Tuna Macaroni Salad

Name: Tuna Macaroni Salad
Ingredients: 1 cup uncooked elbow macaroni; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 quart water; 1/2 cup chopped green onion; 1 cup chopped red, orange, and or yellow bell peppers, seeded and de-stemmed; 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley, packed; 2 cans of tuna, packed in olive oil (do not drain), or if you get tuna packed in water, drain the water out and add 2-3 Tbsp olive oil.; 2 stalks of celery, chopped; Juice of 1/2 lemon, freshly squeezed; 1/4-1/3 a head of lettuce (preferably iceberg lettuce), sliced first and roughly chopped into 2 inch long strips; 1/2 cup mayonnaise; 1/2 teaspoon paprika (we use sweet Hungarian); Fresh ground pepper

Tuna Macaroni Salad was pinched from <a href="http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/tuna_macaroni_salad/" target="_blank">www.simplyrecipes.com.</a>

"Almost every other Friday growing up my mother would serve the family this tuna macaroni salad. With six kids she loved this standard; it was easy to make, filling, relatively inexpensive, and best, we all gobbled it up...."

INGREDIENTS

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1 cup uncooked elbow macaroni

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1 teaspoon salt

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1 quart water

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1/2 cup chopped green onion

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1 cup chopped red, orange, and or yellow bell peppers, seeded and de-stemmed

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1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley, packed

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2 cans of tuna, packed in olive oil (do not drain), or if you get tuna packed in water, drain the water out and add 2-3 Tbsp olive oil.

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2 stalks of celery, chopped

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Juice of 1/2 lemon, freshly squeezed

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1/4-1/3 a head of lettuce (preferably iceberg lettuce), sliced first and roughly chopped into 2 inch long strips

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1/2 cup mayonnaise

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1/2 teaspoon paprika (we use sweet Hungarian)

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Fresh ground pepper

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