There were so many people that came and gave me compliments on the tuna salad and asked for the recipe, I couldn’t keep up with them all. I should have photocopied it and just handed it out! That would have been a lot easier for sure. I make this every once in a while now for our summer BBQ’s and potlucks dinners. It’s always a huge hit among the crowd. Even kids that don’t normally eat pasta salad go for this. I think it’s the mix of all the colors in the dish that draws their attention. Whatever it is, it works!
These two ingredients really compliment one another well. The flavor is like none you’ve never had before.
Ingredients
7 oz (2 cups dry) macaroni pasta
1/2 c mayonnaise or salad dressing (i.e. Miracle Whip)
1/2 c Daisy sour cream
1/2 tsp celery seed
1/2 tsp onion salt (I omit and use 1 1/2 tablespoons minced onion)
7 oz can of Starkist tuna, drained (I rinse and drain tuna again to lessen strong flavor)
17 oz can of sweet peas, drained, or 1 cup thawed frozen sweet peas
3/4 c mild Kraft cheddar cheese, diced small
2 Tbsp minced green pepper
1 Tbsp diced pimento
note: if you omit onion salt and use fresh onion as stated above, you may salt and pepper to taste.
Instructions
Cook macaroni as directed on package. Drain, and rinse with cold water to chill and rinse starch. Drain. Place macaroni in a large bowl.
Combine salad dressing, sour cream, celery seed, black pepper to taste, and about 1 tsp salt (add salt to taste ONLY IF you are omitting the onion salt). Gently blend the dressing into the macaroni in bowl making sure all macaroni is well coated with dressing.
Gently blend remaining ingredients into the pasta. Chill. Note: I use two 5 oz. cans tuna for fuller salad. You can substitute tuna with ham, luncheon meat, or chicken. Also, you can substitute lite sour cream, lite Miracle Whip, low fat cheese, as desired. NOTE FOR GLUTEN FREE: This recipe is excellent using the rice/quinoa blend of macaroni, such as Andean Dream.
Serve on plates. I often garnish plates with bright orange carrots, green celery, and cucumber sticks for a colorful plate. Can line plate with a large lettuce leaf upon which to lay the serving of salad as well. Makes a lovely luncheon salad.
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