How About A Tuna Salad With Movie Star Gene Tierney!
You see, when people think about making a tuna salad, they remember all of those old-fashioned retro dishes like this ad shows…but the modern tuna salad is much different!
A modern tuna salad is fresh and delicious….and changes the narrative of what a tuna pasta salad can be:
There’s a scene in the film “As Good As It Gets” when Jack Nicholson challenges the notion that we all have a sad story to tell using a pasta salad as an example.
“That’s not true. Some of us have great stories, pretty stories that take place at lakes with boats and friends and noodle salad …. A lot of people. That’s their story. Good times. Noodle salad.”
With his words ringing in my ears, time for a fast, easy and delicious tuna pasta salad!
The Washington Post had a great article about the simple enjoyment of a tuna pasta salad… She wrote:
“I went with little elbow macaroni because it allows the fork to capture a mixture of the varied ingredients in each bite.”
The key is to prep everything – have it all cut up so when you are ready to make the salad it’s not cooking, it’s compiling!
Here are the ingredients:
one small diced onion
five cloves of diced garlic
six cherry tomatoes chopped
one stalk of diced celery
1/2 diced cucumber
one box of macaroni shells
one cup of roasted corn
two eggs
whatever dressing you like – I used chik-fil-a sauce!
After prepping all of the ingredients, I boiled two cups of macaroni noodles and hard-boiled two eggs and let them cool. That’s really all the cooking there is!
I thawed some roasted corn and added it to the cooked macaroni noodles…then all of the other ingredients into a bowl.
For crunchy contrast, the chopped onion and celery work nicely… then, I added some Chik-fil-A” sauce and mixed it in!
It’s light, fresh and delicious, and you can have it as a side dish or a fresh main course for lunch!
I spent an entire year doing a “52 In 22” cooking challenge – a new recipe from one of our cookbooks every week, and I only tackled a salad a few times – but I did make this one:
It was a unique and delicious recipe using roasted chickpeas and more!
Click here for the recipe:
Yes, there are so many unique ways to make a salad – like this one:
Well, this one came with a roast chicken on the side!
Click here for the classic Zuni Cafe’s recipe!
That recipe was part of my “52 In 22” cooking challenge from last year. I also cooked a great “Spaghetti alla Nerano” recipe from Actor / Cookbook Author / Food Travel Host Stanley Tucci – using “Zoodles!
I made a terrific zucchini dish using “zoodle pasta” and here is the recipe:
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I haven’t had a tuna pasts salad in forever and this sounds so summery and refreshing! I’m going to my friend’s lakehouse for the weekend and this sounds like the perfect thing for me to bring. thanks!
The older I get, the more I see and read and try and taste and . . , the more my plate will probably be something called a salad of which there are a million, trillion different kinds – and what a good excuse to try another dressing > mix and match and hear your body call out in delight . . , 🙂 ! Oh tuna pushes its way to the forefront quite often, hands on hips, to say ‘my turn’ !!!
I have never liked Tuna, but my wife eats tinned Tuna all the time. She loves it in a baked potato, or with a salad on hot days.
Best wishes, Pete.
I love those spirals, when the machine works right!
I know. It’s from my upbringing but I don’t eat anything with the word “macaroni!”