What are some good add-ins to use in home made macaroni salad?

I woud add hard boiled eggs or bacon bits, italian seasoning, grated cheese, red or green peppers, and some grated carrots, plus what you did, but the mayo needs to be spiced up, so add a little cayenne pepper as well. You know,maybe those small petit peas would also help to give it a little color and flavor. Mayo is a bit too bland - I use the olive oil mayo and find that has a bi of a kick as well.

You can add quite a variety of things to macaroni salad. I start with macaroni and mayo, and I then add in whatever I happen to have on hand that seems like a good idea at the time. I like adding turmeric or curry powder to help spice things up a bit. I also like carrots and peas (frozen or fresh). Onion is a definite if I have it about, and green peppers are a good addition as well. If in season, some green onion tops can add to the salad as well. I like macaroni salad with a nice piece of salmon or a salmon burger. That makes for a nice, healthy and beautiful meal. However, if you're just going with the salad as a meal, I would suggest adding in some hard boiled egg, bits of chicken or chunks of tempeh to it to help bulk it up a bit more.

I put celery, SPIKE(which is a collection of herbs), palomento, cheese, minced onion, mayonaise, mustard, bell peppers, and pepper. It depends on how people like their salad. Some like it with sliced ham or chicken in it but i don't. Cucumbers would be good to keep it moist.

When ever my mother in law makes Macaroni salad she always adds onions and peas to it as well as hardboiled eggs. She will even put a little dill in as well as a little ranch dressing just to add to the flavor. I have even added garlic powder to mine and it really adds something to it. I have a friend that puts in red pepper flakes and it really puts some spice to it. I love to make macaroni salad as its really a what ever you have on hand to throw in type of salad. I have also added black olives and pickles too. I think I am going to have to make my self a batch now cause just thinking about it makes me very hungry.

For me, a macaroni salad can yake almost anything you have in your kitchen. There are a couple of things that are always present in mine, becvause I grow the plants in my garden. One of the is oregano (in this case I use it dry, in the powdered form)and another are chives. If you don´t have chives around, use the green part of bunch onions. Still if you are out of them a piece of grated onion will do. Cooked peas and diced cooked carrots (not too much) help the color. You can add a bit of mustard to the mayo before adding it (not too much).

Crumbled up bacon and onion are both great. I usually add a little mustard to mine. If you want to add in some dairy cottage cheese is good, but does add much in the way of flavor. If you want to make a complete meal add in crumbled hamburger meat, onions and peas. I like to add garlic and peppers to give it a bit of a kick.