Grammy's Kitchen · Macaroni Salad · Tuna Avocado Macaroni Salad
One of 47 macaroni salad recipes we measured
from therecipecritic.com
2 cooks on therecipecritic.com rate it 4.5★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 47.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 21% | 26% |
| acid | 3% | 4% |
| sweetener | 1% | 2% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| dairy | 0% | 7% |
| aromatics | 10% | 10% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 227 g | 8 ounces elbow macaroni |
| 142 g | 5 ounces drained canned white albacore tuna |
| 64 g | 1/2 cup shredded carrots |
| 107 g | 2/3 cup diced red onion (about 1 small red onion) |
| 149 g | 1 cup diced red bell pepper (about 1 whole pepper) |
| 149 g | 1 cup diced green bell pepper (about 1 whole pepper) |
| 460 g | 2 cups diced avocados (about 2 large avocados) |
| 220 g | 1 cup mayonnaise |
| 30 g | 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar |
| 12 g | 1 tablespoon granulated sugar |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon dijon mustard |
| salt (to taste) | |
| ground black pepper (to taste) |
Method: 4 steps, published by therecipecritic.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I made this for dinner last night. Unfortunately, I had to leave out the bell pepper. My husband just can't tolerate it. Even without the bell pepper, it was delicious. I did feel like it needed something else. Any suggestions as to what I can add to replace t” — a cook, 5.0★
“How do you keep an avocado from turning a brownish color in a salad, when the air gets at the fruit it's not nice to eat” — a cook, 4.0★