Hey family! It's cousin Rosie and in this video, we are making tuna macaroni salad.
I love this dish because it's delicious and it's cheap to make. So let's get
right into the recipe, y'all it's so, so easy. So anyway, what you're going to do
is you're going to grab all of the things you need to chop and dice and all
that other good stuff. So that's what I'm doing. I'm going to start chopping up my
onions. And as you can see, I have my red onion. Of course, you can use yellow, red
you know, whatever kind you want to use. Here, I have my celery. I did already wash
everything prior to you know, dicing and chopping so make sure you do so as well.
So yeah, let's just chop up that celery. Then we'll set it to the side or to the
back. And then we'll start chopping up our green onion. Now if you're not a fan
of green onion and the other onion, you can use one or the other. I love onion
and most of the people that I make this for love it, so I used both. Now I have my
boiled eggs in here. I'm just going to crumble them. Usually I use a food
processor but you know what, I was being lazy and I did not want to wash anything
other than what I already had to wash, so I just use this little bowl, use my
little you know, thingy right here, and I was good to go.
Of course, you can use a fork as well but this is easier. So once the eggs are nice
and crumbled, we just want to set everything out and we're ready to - or
almost ready to mix everything. So you see, I have my eggs, I have my tuna. And I
use the cheapest tuna that I can find, y'all. Whatever is on sale, that's what I
use and yeah. We have our onions. our celery, and as you see, I have my relish.
Now I prefer dill relish, but if you want to use sweet relish or a combination of
the two, you can do so. Now in the background, I have some garlic powder as
well as coarse black pepper and salt. That's what I'll be using to season this
up. I have my shells, but you can use elbows if you want. And I also have some
mayo. I like to use Best Foods, a.k.a. Helmann. I do not use Miracle Whip for
my tuna macaroni salad, okay? So I'm going to just cook my noodles until they are
nice and al dente. You know, firm but cooked, you know? And yeah, once the
noodles are done, we're just going to walk over to the stovetop and we are
going to drain out all of that water. I'm also going to rinse my pasta here with
some cold water to cook the, you know to stop the cooking process, and to, of course,
pull down the noodles, so there. Now I'm going to set this to the side. I'm going
to walk over to my counter and I'm going to grab a large mixing bowl. And in that
mixing bowl, I'm going to add in my mayo and my dill relish. Now once those two
are in there, I'm just going to combine and you can, you know, use whatever kitchen
utensil you have on hand. You don't need anything fancy. And again, my recipe will
be on my blog IHeartRecipes.com, okay? So yeah, let's just combine those two
ingredients and now we can add in the tuna. Again, get whatever is on sale or if
you have a favorite you know, brand, go ahead and get that. So now that that's
in there, we're going to add in the eggs. And now I'm going to just give everything a
nice stir or fold until it's well combined. So now we are ready to start
adding in some more ingredients. So at this time, you can add in your salt and
your pepper and your garlic powder. So that's what I'm going to do now. And once
I'm doing that I'm going to start adding in all of our chopped goods. So let's toss
in those green onions, the celery, and our red onions, or if you're using yellow or
white, you know, go ahead and toss that in. Now and then, you're just going to grab
your kitchen utensil and you're going to mix everything until this well combined.
Okay, so let's do that now and somehow I forgot to press record when I added in
the pasta, but yeah, it's in there. So now let's just fold all of our ingredients
y'all, till everything is well combined. Then
you're going to cover this, place it in the refrigerator for at least one hour
so can get nice and cold. So once we're done, you know let it refrigerate. You're
just going to grab whatever dish you want to serve this out of. You're going
to place that macaroni salad on in there and then you're just going to flatten it
on out, you know, just like so. And the next step is completely optional. but I
like to add, y'all know me, okay? So y'all know what I like to add on top? My
paprika, and you can use smoked or regular. And of course, some fresh parsley
y'all. And you know what, that is it. Super easy, super cheap to make, and everyone
seems to love this stuff! So head over to my blog. IHeartRecipes.com to print out
the recipe from there. And don't forget to follow me on Facebook, YouTube, and
Instagram and I will see you soon.