Loaded Tuna Macaroni Salad. Totally loaded tuna pasta salad is amazing!! Easy to throw together and a perfect side dish for a get together or barbecue. Keyword macaroni, pasta, salad, side dish, tuna.
In my mind I can see my funny aunt Adrienne smiling her pretty, infectious smile while whipping up her always requested tuna macaroni salad. This hearty macaroni salad is full of tuna, eggs, carrots, celery, and onions. This salad can be eaten as a tasty side or as a mid-day snack. You can have Loaded Tuna Macaroni Salad using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Loaded Tuna Macaroni Salad
- Prepare 1 of -16 oz. box of pasta, spiral or bowtie.
- Prepare 1 medium of purple onion.
- It's 1/2 each of of red, yellow, & orange bell peppers.
- It's 2 can of of solid white tuna drained.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of Hellmans mayo (or more or less to your liking).
- Prepare 2 tsp of sweet pickle relish.
- You need 1 small of splash of vinegar.
- It's 1 of tiny squirt of yellow mustard.
- You need 3 of boiled eggs.
- It's 1 of original Mrs. Dash.
- You need 1 of garlic salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Prepare 1 of sprinkle of parsley flakes.
Recently, I made my own Kalua pig plate lunch for my family and had the opportunity to get feedback on my Hawaiian Style Loaded Tuna Salad Recipe. Tuna Macaroni Salad is a classic potluck recipe. It is creamy with lots of hard-boiled egg, peas, celery, onion, and sweet pickle relish. Tuna Macaroni Salad is a really budget-friendly recipe.
Loaded Tuna Macaroni Salad step by step
- Boil the pasta, drain water and shock pasta with cold water to stop cooking. Place cooked pasta in a separate mixing bowl..
- Chop the bell peppers and onion, add to the pasta. Add mayo, vinegar, mustard, Mrs Dash, garlic salt and pepper and parsley flakes to the pasta as well..
- Open and drain the 2 cans of tuna. Flake the tuna with a fork, then add to pasta. Peel and slice the boiled eggs, add to pasta..
- Now that everything is put together in the mixing bowl, toss well until everything is coated nicely and salad looks creamy..
- Serve and eat right away, or chill in refrigerator until ready to eat..
Adding a can of tuna to pasta salad gives it plenty of flavor and some protein without the expense of a more. This macaroni salad is a simple and delicious combination of tuna with chopped vegetables. Use cooked shell pasta or elbows in the salad. A basic macaroni salad like this one is a great starting point. Tuna Macaroni salad is satisfying dish all on its own, but is also the perfect side dish to complement a summer picnic or potluck.
