tuna macaroni salad with peas

Recipe by
Jeanne Wise
Cleveland, OH

My youngest sister Evie made this recipe up about 25 years ago. We've always been "experimental" in the kitchen. She gave me some and I immediately asked her for the recipe. Been making it ever since and now my oldest daughter makes it, too. (My youngest daughter doesn't like tuna, but that's all the more for us, LOL.)

yield 4 -6, depending on your appetite
prep time 10 Min
cook time 10 Min
method Stove Top

Ingredients For tuna macaroni salad with peas

  • 1 lb
    mini farfalle pasta (bow ties)
  • 2 can
    tuna packed in oil, drained (the 7 oz. size)
  • 1/2 c
    sweet pickle relish
  • 1 lb
    bag frozen peas
  • 1/2 bottle
    ranch dressing (medium sized bottle)
  • dash
    salt & pepper

How To Make tuna macaroni salad with peas

  • 1
    Cook the pasta in salted boiling water per box intructions. Drain then rinse briefly in cold water. Drain well and empty into large mixing bowl.
  • 2
    Drain most of the oil from the cans of tuna, break up chunks with a fork and add to the pasta.
  • 3
    Put the peas into a colander and run hot water over them for a minute or two then drain and add to the pasta in the bowl. Mix everything together then add salt & pepper to taste and enough Ranch dressing to coat the pasta.
  • 4
    Note: You may or may not need to add a little more Ranch dressing to any leftovers eaten the next day as the pasta seems to soak it up.

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