If you enjoy the flavor and aroma of coconut, you’ll adore this dairy-free rice pudding. This is a fantastic nutritious substitute for milk or cream if dairy products make you sick. Serve simply, with cinnamon sprinkled on top, or with fruit or nuts.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 45 mins |
| Servings: | 10 |
| Yield: | 10 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) package elbow macaroni
- 2 (5 ounce) cans white tuna, drained and flaked
- 2 stalks celery, minced
- 1 onion, minced
- 2 cups mayonnaise
- 1 (5 ounce) jar pimento-stuffed green olives, drained
- 1 pint grape tomatoes
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- 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.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 553 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 40 g |
| Cholesterol | 24 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 14 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 578 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 38 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I made it the old fashion American deli style; I left out the tomatoes and olivesg but I did add just a small chopped up Italian hot pepper just to give it a kick, and that was the winning addition; friends give it 2 thumbs up;
I liked it
This is basically my recipe except I also add fresh lemon juice to the salad, a little mustard to counter the mayo, and garlic powder. No olives. Top with smoked Paprika.
I made two versions of this tonight, one with tuna and one wwithout. Cannot tell which is better. I think next time I’ll try to play around with it. Thanks Sally!!!
Wayyyyyyyyy too much mayo. Otherwise a great recipe.
I’ve been making this for years with the addition of some lemon juice to offset the fishy taste and a whole cucumber partially peeled in stripes and chopped. I usually use a whole box of small shell macaroni and other ingredients, to taste, so we have plenty of tasty leftovers. It’s even better the next day?
excellent change from plan tuna salad. Great for a nice addition to a summer meal
Changed this recipe a tad. I added Black olive and substituted Spiral for Macaroni! I also added some Garlic Salt for taste. It was a little bland without. My family Loved it! I could of added green onion,but didn’t think of it until it was too late! Oh, I used 1-16 oz. box +1/4 of another box of pasta.
Very tasty! The green olives and pimientos really make the dish.
This would have been a great salad, however two cups of mayonnaise is way, way too much. This much mayo ruins this which has great potential. Try it with 1/2 cup instead…
I have always liked this salad, i add cucumbers to mine, though, delicious!
I adapted it for California style. i used the entire 16 oz bag of small shells 1 can of black olives 5 cans of tuna, in water drained whole dill pickles in my quick chopper..just thru them in sweet relish Giuliano jalapeno spread (its really a jalapeno relish) this is delish on everything fresh ground pepper hot chili flakes lots of mayo and juice of any of your relishes to thin it out i uses 2 red onions chopped shredded carrots for color lots of celery put all the chopped, mayo, tuna, etc in a chilled bowl and blend together, just everything. rinse the pasta in cold water to chill and dump in and mix and mix taste and taste. let the flavors blend and fuse overnight. you can sub small cooked shrimp for the tuna too sometimes i put small chunks of pepper jack cheese. This is the bomb!
I followed this recipe exactly and it was perfect!!! The only thing I did was add black olives because I need some more color! It was a big hit. Try it, you will love it, and of course, add your own touches!! 🙂
I love this dish,and this chef!
Delicious! I added cubed cheddar cheese as well (not very much…) and omitted the celery since I’m not crazy about “crunch” in my tuna salad. Delcious!
very tasty macaroni salad. Only thing I did different was add a 1 tbs sugar and 1 tbs dill pickle juice.
This is from the author of the recipe, I think that maybe 1 and 1/2 cups to 2 cups of mayonnaise may be enough, depending on how you like it.