Summer Macaroni Salad Recipe

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I know some people who don’t use spring and fall when talking about the passing seasons, but rather the sport currently in session. We aren’t much of a sports watching family, but I definitely don’t mind when it’s football season- because that’s when all my favorite foods are popular!

I love all kinds of “football food” and love always finding it available in the fall, but I can’t wait until September for more chicken wings! We have been busting out the grill a lot lately and tonight we made chicken wings! We followed the Easy Buffalo Chicken Wings Recipe from Hellmann’s which switched it up a bit from the kind I had way too often just a few months ago.

Easy Buffalo Chicken Wings

Ingredients:
-1/4 cup Hellmann’s or Best Foods Real Mayonnaise
-2 tbsp cayenne pepper sauce
-12 chicken wings, halved {about 2 & 1/2 lbs}
-1/2 cup chunky blue cheese dressing

Directions:

1. Grill chicken on aluminum foil-lined grill or broil on aluminum-foil-lined baking pan, turning once, until chicken is thoroughly cooked and golden, about 20 minutes.

2. Combine Hellmann’s or Best Foods Real Mayonnaise and pepper sauce in large bowl; add cooked chicken and toss to coat.

3. Serve with blue cheese dressing.

While I would have made the Hellmann’s Chicken Wings recipe anyway because YUM, I actually made it because Meijer and Hellmann’s gave me a challenge! They wanted me to come up with the best side dish to accompany the Easy Buffalo Chicken Recipe, using Hellmann’s as my star ingredient. I came up with a delicious macaroni salad- the first one I’ve ever even liked! I think it has a little something to do with the mayo in it.

Summer Macaroni Salad

Ingredients:

-1/2 lb. Elbow Macaroni, cooked
-1/4 cup diced red onion
-3 tbsp sour cream
-2 cups cherry tomatoes, cut in half
-Hellmann’s or Best Foods mayo as needed {I used about 1/2 cup and added as needed}
-Fresh Cilantro to taste

Directions:

1. Mix all ingredients in a large bowl, stir.

2. Chill in refridgerator for 20 minutes or until ready to eat.

3. Garnish with additional fresh cilantro and enjoy!

Now I’m challenging all of YOU to the Wingman Sides Challenge! Come up with your own side dish idea to go with the Hellmann’s Easy Buffalo Chicken Wings recipe in this post. Then go over to THIS Facebook post and share the recipe and/or a photo of it to be entered to win a Meijer gift card!

If you live near a Meijer, this is the perfect time to make this recipe! Right now when you buy 2 Hellmann’s products, you can get $2.00 off your total purchase of Meijer Fresh Chicken! Since I used Hellmann’s in both the wings and mac salad recipes {and use it all the time} I highly recommend jumping on this offer!

What kind of side dish would you pair with these wings?