Macaroni and Tuna Salad - No "crunchies"

tkclark624's Note:

My DH will not eat macaroni salad if it has any "crunchies" (onion, celery, peppers, etc)in it, so, in order for me to include it in my dinners, I had to be creative. All ingredients are really to taste, as I have a tendency not to measure. This is a great idea for kids also, as I know that when many of the children in our family were small they didn't like onions.

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 16 ounces elbow macaroni (one box of any type will do)
• 2 (6 ounce) cans tuna
• ½ cup mayonnaise (add more to desired consistency)
• 2 teaspoons onion powder
• 3 teaspoons celery seeds
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• 2 hard-boiled eggs (optional)

Directions:

1. Prepare the pasta according to directions on box.
2. Drain and rinse with cold water.
3. In a large bowl, combine cooked pasta with remaining ingredients.
4. Serve cold.

Reviews

[Annacia]

It was a salad and sandwich night and this was a great salad choice as I forgot to buy celery when I did the shopping. After mingling for a couple of hrs in he fridge all of the flavors played very nicely together and made a great tasting mac salad.

[Maggiecme]

It's a great, simple recipe that while satisfying the "no crunchies" can be enhanced with "crunchies" as desired. I used about 3/4 cup of mayo and it was perfect. This was an easy and quick recipe that allowed me to use food in my cupboard.

[bmcnichol]

Your title made me smile and I knew I had to try this. As I child, I didn't like crunchies in my macaroni salad so my mom would make me my own batch. This recipe was easy to make. I followed the recipe as written but I needed to add a lot more mayo then indicated. I put in one cup and it still wasn't enough. From there I just dumped it in, I didn't measure. We thought it was missing something though- just not sure what (and it wasn't anything cruchy! LOL) I did add the optional eggs.