Mom's Tuna Macaroni Salad. A blast from my past from a mother who didn't like to cook. From the food and travel website, http/www.robinbenzle.com. My mom has been making this salad every summer since I was a child.
This is a delicious salad that my Mother-in-law makes.
It is not recommended for staying within calories, but a revised and more healthy version is in the works!
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You can have Mom's Tuna Macaroni Salad using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Mom's Tuna Macaroni Salad
- It's 1 packages of elbow macaroni.
- It's 1 can of tuna.
- Prepare 3 of hard boiled eggs.
- It's 1/2 cup of mayonnaise or miracle whip.
- It's 2 tbsp of olive oil.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of diced onion.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of pickle relish.
- It's of salt and pepper (approximately 1 tsp each).
- You need 1 tsp of paprika.
In a large bowl, lightly toss the tuna, macaroni, peas, onion, celery, and red pepper until mixed. In a smaller bowl, combine the mayonnaise, yogurt, mustard, and black pepper until well blended. Tuna macaroni salad holds a special place in my heart. It reminds me of big summertime cookouts and family reunions in Elberton.
Mom's Tuna Macaroni Salad instructions
- Cook macaroni according to packag, drain.
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- In a large bowl, mix all the other ingredients.
- Add macaroni to bowl and top with sliced eggs..
- Sprinkle with paprika.
- Chill for 1 hour.
I'm surprised to hear a lot of folks have never had tuna macaroni salad before. Maybe it's more of a southern thing because I grew up on this stuff. Macaroni-shaped pasta is tailor-made for salads because it won't fall apart when mixed up with other ingredients. Try other short, sturdy pastas for picnics or Everyone loves the hot version of tuna noddle casserole (the one with the potato chips crumbled on top), but this tuna-macaroni salad, its. This colorful tuna macaroni salad features grated carrot, chopped celery, and red onion, all tossed in a creamy mayonnaise-yogurt dressing.