Moms Tuna Macaroni Salad For A Crowd Recipes

TUNA MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Cook macaroni in a large pot of boiling salted water until done. Drain.
• Marinate macaroni in Italian dressing for 2 to 3 hours or overnight.
• Mix sour cream, mayonnaise, onion, celery, garlic powder, tuna, and salt and pepper into macaroni. Chill before serving.

MY MOM'S AWESOME MACARONI SALAD (ENOUGH TO FEED A CROWD!)

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes; drain. Rinse macaroni with cold water until chilled; drain.
• Mix mayonnaise, white vinegar, seasoned salt, sugar, garlic powder, and black pepper in a large bowl with a whisk until smooth. Stir tuna, baby shrimp, cucumber, and sweet onion into the mayonnaise mixture to coat ingredients completely; add chopped eggs and stir. Pour chilled macaroni into the bowl and stir; top with sliced eggs. Garnish salad with paprika.
• Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour to overnight before serving.

MACARONI SALAD FOR A CROWD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Place macaroni in the pot, cook for 8 to 10 minutes, until al dente, and drain.
• In a large bowl, toss the cooked pasta, grated eggs, olives, onion, and relish with some of the liquid. Mix in mustard and mayonnaise, increasing the amount of mayonnaise as desired. Season with salt and pepper. Top with sliced eggs, and sprinkle with paprika to serve.

MOM'S TUNA MACARONI SALAD FOR A CROWD

Steps:

• 1. Cook the macaroni in salted boiling water and drain and let cool down.
• 2. Place the onion, pimentos, tuna, peas, and relish in a large bowl. Add the macaroni. Chop 5 of the eggs and add to the salad.
• 3. In a separate bowl mix the Miracle whip, apple cider vinegar, mustard, sugar, 2 tbsp. celery seed, salt and pepper and milk. whisk until smooth,
• 4. Pour over the macaroni mix and mix well until combined. slice the remaining eggs and lay over top. Sprinkle with paprika and the remaining celery seed.

MOM'S TUNA PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to boil, add box of pasta to boiling water, and cook for about 7 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Drain the pasta, and rinse in cold water to cool off the shells. Chop up the pickles and onion and add them to a large bowl. Cube the cheese (or buy the cheese already cubed to save time) and add to the pickles. Add the tuna to the pickles and cheese.
• Add the cooled pasta shells to the bowl along with the Miracle Whip and mix everything together. Add pepper and garlic powder to taste. The Miracle Whip should just evenly coat the tuna and shells, but not too thick a coat.
• Cover the bowl and chill it in the refrigerator at least 2 hours before serving.

MACARONI TUNA SALAD

Steps:

• Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Once the water is boiling, stir in the macaroni, and return to a boil. Cook the pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the pasta has cooked through, but is still firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain well in a colander set in the sink. Transfer the macaroni to a bowl, and cool in the refrigerator.
• In a large bowl, lightly toss the tuna with celery, onion, and about 1 cup mayonnaise until combined, then stir in the remaining mayonnaise, macaroni, olives, and grape tomatoes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Let the salad chill in refrigerator 1 hour.

MOM'S AWESOME MACARONI SALAD- ENOUGH TO FEED A CROWD

Steps:

• Cook elbow macaroni per package directions; drain and rinse in cold water.
• While the macaroni is cooking, chop the onion and seed and chop the cucumber.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar, seasoned salt, and black pepper. Stir in the drained chunk light tuna,baby shrimp,chopped onion and chopped cucumber and mix all ingredients thoroughly. Chop 4 of the hard boiled eggs and add to the mixture. Stir in the drained elbow macaroni. This may seem to be "runny" initially but it firms up nicely as it cools. Slice the remaining 2 hard boiled eggs and place on top; garnish the top of the salad by sprinkling with paprika. Cover and place in the refrigerator and allow it to cool for at least 1-2 hours prior to serving; ideally chilling it overnight is better so the flavors can mingle.

STILL ANOTHER TUNA/PASTA SALAD.......(MOM'S TUNA SALAD)

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine all ingredients.
• Mix well to blend.
• If salad is too dry, add more mayonnaise.
• Taste, and adjust seasonings to your preference.
• Chill well before serving.
• Note: If you are going to triple the recipe, only use 1 hard boiled egg per can of tuna.