Description
This macaroni salad has been in my family for generations. and I have never had anyone say they don’t love it! I have friends who constantly ask me for the recipe, yet I have never given it out….until now. This salad is the BEST macaroni salad in the world, you just gotta try it to believe me! Please rate if you like it! I love to serve this with hamburgers or bratwurst on a summer day! This goes very well at any party and even at Thanksgiving!
Ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) package elbow macaroni
- 1 (12 ounce) can tuna in water, drained and flaked
- 6 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
- 2 large tomatoes, finely chopped
- 1 large white onion, finely chopped
- 1 cucumber, finely chopped
- 3 cups creamy salad dressing (such as Miracle Whip®)
- ½ cup 2% milk
- ¼ cup white sugar, or to taste
- 3 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard
- 1 ½ tablespoons ground black pepper, or to taste
- ½ tablespoon salt, or to taste
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water until cooked through but firm to the bite
- 8 minutes; drain. Rinse with cold water to cool completely; drain.
- Mix macaroni
- tuna
- eggs
- tomatoes
- onion
- and cucumber in a large mixing bowl.
- Whisk salad dressing and milk together in a separate bowl until smooth. Beat sugar
- mustard
- pepper
- and salt into the dressing mixture; pour over the macaroni mixture and stir to coat.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins
Servings: 14