Low Sodium Macaroni Salad Recipe (No Salt Added)
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Jump to Recipe Watch VideoThis Low Sodium Macaroni Salad is made with bright & fresh vegetables, spices, and a creamy salt-free dressing. A healthy & flavorful alternative to store bought macaroni salad, that tastes amazing with simple herbs and spices.
This salt free macaroni salad has no preservatives either, for a healthy whole side dish. Great for serving alongside lunch, BBQ fare, or just as a side dish with dinner.
Macaroni salad has always been a favorite of mine – I love it in the summertime with a burger, hotdog, or anything coming off the grill. What I don’t love about regular macaroni salad is the amount of sodium, so I wanted to make a healthier salt free & preservative free version!
This macaroni salad gets is amazing flavor from homemade mayonnaise (made without salt!), fresh chopped vegetables, and herbs and spices. It’s a great recipe to bring to your next BBQ, potluck, or cookout – and guess will love it!
This Low Sodium Macaroni Salad Recipe Is:
- Bright
- Fresh
- Herby
- Loaded with Vegetables
- Flavorful
- Versatile
- Salt Free, Preservative Free
Low Sodium Side Dishes for a Healthier Meal
This low sodium macaroni salad recipe is a fantastic condiment to make without the salt. Low sodium cooking does NOT have to be bland, boring, or flavorless… It’s quite the opposite when done right.
By building meals around fresh ingredients and bright flavorful spices you can make healthier meals for you and your family. Check out all my low sodium side dish recipes here that are on LowSoRecipes. These easy and healthy recipes are fantastic sides for everyone at your table.
What’s In This Deli-Style Macaroni Salad?
See the recipe card below for a full list of instructions and ingredient amounts!
- Onion, Celery, Carrots, Bell Peppers
- Macaroni Noodles – I love the light springy texture of macaroni noodles, they are so perfect for creamy vegetable salad like this! If you don’t have macaroni noodles you can use another short pasta like ditalini, orzo, or small shells.
- Low Sodium Mayonnaise: If you have 5 minutes, you can make this easy low sodium mayonnaise recipe in your blender or food processor! If you’re looking for a store-bought option, this mayo has only 50mg per serving, which is about half the sodium of traditional brands.
- Low Sodium Mustard – my easy mustard recipe is sodium & salt free, which makes it the perfect addition to this recipe.
- White Wine Vinegar: not to be confused with normal white vinegar, this white wine vinegar gives this recipe a really nice flavor.
- Granulated Sugar
- Salt-Free Lemon Pepper Seasoning – this salt free lemon pepper seasoning is one of our favorite low sodium spices! It brings a ton of flavor from real lemon and pepper corns, and is SO good in this recipe.
A Great Make-Ahead Salt Free Side Dish for Entertaining
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Low Sodium Macaroni Salad
Equipment
- large mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 8 ounces macaroni noodles
- 2 carrots chopped
- 2 stalks celery chopped
- ¼ cup sweet onion chopped
- 1 bell pepper chopped
- 1 cup parsley chopped
- 1 cup low sodium mayonnaise click for recipe
- 1 tablespoon low sodium mustard click for recipe
- ¼ cup white wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon lemon pepper optional
Instructions
- Cook macaroni noodles according to package instructions. Drain, rinse in a colander under cool water.
- In a large mixing bowl, add cooked and cooled macaroni noodles, onion, carrots, celery, bell pepper, parsley, low sodium mayo, low sodium mustard, white wine vinegar, sugar, garlic and onion powder, and lemon pepper. Mix well to combine all ingredients. Taste and add an additional teaspoon of vinegar if needed.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least an hour before serving.
Notes
Serving Size
The nutritional information above is for 1/8 of the recipe, or about 3/4 cup of macaroni salad.Nutrition
*Please note, all nutrition content is estimated based on the ingredients we used, it may vary based on your ingredients. Always check your nutrition labels to verify sodium amounts.
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I usually buy this in the store. It gets very expensive. This tastes way better and better for me
what is the service size on these recipies its nice you include the nutritional info but whats the service size 1/4 cup, 1/2 cup , 1 cup , 2 oz 5 oz etc?? this is important to some of us that are on say a low sodium diet and i see its 8 mg of sodium but for how much?
Hello Christopher – noted, thank you for the feedback, I just edited the recipe to make the serving size more clear! And will continue to state it on the recipes moving forward.
For the macaroni salad, at the top of the recipe card it says how many servings, which are 8 – so about 3/4 cup of macaroni salad.
Hope that helps! – Kelly
A fabulous taste
Tastier and more economical than at the deli counter