Tuna Pasta Salad
Made with colored pasta, boiled eggs and tuna, this cold salad can be served as a side dish or is also hearty enough to eat on it's own as a meal. The celery and onions add a nice crunch and the only thing you actually have to cook is the pasta (and that can be done ahead of time)!
Ingredients
- 1 box Tri-Colored Pasta
- 4 hard boiled eggs peeled and mashed or chopped
- 2 sticks celery finely diced
- ½ small yellow onion finely diced (or use green onion for milder taste)
- 1½ to 2 cans flaked light tuna
- 1 cup Miracle Whip
- 1 squirt mustard
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to directions. Strain in colander and run cold water over the pasta until it is no longer warm.
- Place pasta in a large mixing or serving bowl.
- Add mashed eggs, celery, onion and tuna into the pasta and mix gently until everything is evenly distributed. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, mix a squirt of mustard in with the Miracle Whip, just enough to slightly color it. Add the Miracle Whip mixture into the bowl with the pasta and mix gently until thoroughly combined..
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Store in fridge until ready to serve.
Notes
This can be prepared a day in advance, but don't mix in the Miracle Whip/Mustard mixture until and hour or two before serving.