Elbow Pasta Salad

During the summer my family loves to have barbecues and picnics. It's a good chance to bring everyone together and enjoy some great food. What we serve varies, but one thing everybody always asks me to bring is my pasta salad. Not only is it easy to make, it's nice and refreshing on a hot day and it tastes great as a side with whatever meat you're cooking. This is a must have family recipe!

Ingredients:

8 oz of mayonnaise

1/3 cup of extra virgin olive oil

lunch meat "spam"

2 cups of elbow pasta

1/3 cup of brown sugar

salt (to taste)

1/4 cup of chopped onion

1/4 cup of chopped green pepper

1/4 cup of chopped green apple

Procedure:

1. Put the mayonnaise in a mixing bowl.
2. Add the brown sugar.
3. Add the salt.
4. Add the olive oil.
5. Whisk them all together.
6. Chop up your onions and peppers.
7. Chop the lunch meat into small cubes.
8. Before adding in the other ingredients make sure you mixture is blended smooth.
9. Add the onions and peppers into the bowl.
10. Add your lunch meat.
11. Chop up some green apples and add them in. 
12. After cooking and draining, add the elbow pasta into the bowl.
13. Chill in the fridge for an hour and enjoy!

Put the mayonnaise in a mixing bowl.

Add the brown sugar.

Add the salt.

Add the olive oil.

Whisk them all together.

Chop up your onions and peppers.

Chop the lunch meat into small cubes.

Before adding in the other ingredients make sure you mixture is blended smooth.

Add the onions and peppers into the bowl.

Add your lunch meat.

Mix everything thoroughly.

Chop up some green apples and add them in. 

After cooking and draining, add the elbow pasta into the bowl.

Chill in the fridge for an hour and enjoy!

Super Easy Coleslaw

Picture it: springtime, sunshine and flowers after a long winter. Things are finally warming up so you and your family celebrate with a nice picnic or a barbecue. So what do your serve? Coleslaw of course! It's the classic outdoor side and it works great indoors too. Earlier this year was my son's first Easter celebration with our family. We hid the eggs and set up the grill... and of course I served my very popular coleslaw. It was a great day and a very tasty meal! Not only is it quick and easy to make it tastes great too. Here's the recipe:

Ingredients:

cabbage
carrot
red onion
1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup of white sugar
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
salt and ground black pepper to  taste

Procedure:

Cut the cabbage, the onion and the carrots.

In a bowl mix the mayonnaise, sugar, apple cider vinegar, onion powder, the salt and the ground black pepper. 

Once everything is chopped and mixed, start adding the cabbage mixture to the mayonnaise mix.

Add the red onion.

Mix well. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Enjoy!!