Salad Season Begins!

Healthy Tuna Salad  :)

Just checked the forecast for today: sunny with a high of 92. Yikes. We had snow on the ground a few days ago. What happened to spring? This tuna salad is perfect for warm weather. It gets a serious flavor boost by adding apples and celery for crunch and craisins for sweetness. Add as much of the ingredients listed below as you like.

The Ingredients: Tuna in water, drained Large elbow macaroni Dried cranberries (craisins) Celery, diced Sweet apple, cut into pieces Light mayonnaise Green onions, chopped Fresh baby spinach leaves Salt and pepper to taste

The Directions:

Mix tuna, craisins, celery, apple, mayonnaise, green onion, salt and pepper together in a bowl; add cooked macaroni and refrigerate 1 hour.

Just before serving, add spinach to tuna mixture and toss well. 

Another cold salad perfect for a summer supper...

I have a great fondness for pasta. I like it saucy or in salads. I like it served cold or piping hot. When the summer days are sizzling, I find a cold pasta salad like this one makes the perfect supper, and if I'm lucky, lunch leftovers the following day.

Tuna Macaroni Salad
2-3 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
1 can (9 oz) water packed tuna, drained and flaked
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1/2 pt. cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
1 can black olives, drained
1/2 cup sliced green olives
3 stalks celery, chopped
1 small red onion, chopped
1 cup mayonnaise
Yellow mustard (I just squeezed a nice blob)
1/2 teaspoon dill
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Combine mayonnaise through pepper and set aside. Cook macaroni as directed on package, rinse with cold water and drain.
In large bowl, mix macaroni with remaining ingredients. Add dressing. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour to blend flavors.