Kliserup wrote:
> Can someone please help me out with a recipe for a simple but tasty
> macaroni salad?

I never make deli style macaroni salad, may as well just buy it, can't
get more simple... I never use elbow macaroni either, reminds me too
much of a cheap church feed.

1 lb tri color rotelle, cooked al dente
Fistful curly leaf parsley, minced
1 rib celery, fine dice
1 cup pimento stuffed salad olives, coarse chopped
2 cans solid white tuna in oil, *not* drained (in olive oil
preferred),
coarsely broken with fork.
Flavorful extra virgin olive oil to moisten, or a jar of marinated in
oil artichoke hearts
Juice of one lemon
Black pepper to taste
Dried oregano to taste if desired.

Don't like tuna, use small shrimp, or even that faux crab, or diced
sausage (ie. pepperoni, hard salami). Feel free to ad lib.

Gently incorporate all ingredients and place in fridge to meld at
least six hours.

Depending on how many people served you may want to double this
recipe, it goes very fast, and keeps twice as long in the fridge as
mayo based types.. this can be a side dish or the main course... for
me, with something to drink, it's almost always the entire meal.