Name: My Mom's Awesome Macaroni Salad (enough to feed a crowd!)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Elbow macaroni - 1 (16 ounce) package; Mayonnaise - 2 ½ cups; White vinegar - ¼ cup; Seasoned salt, or to taste - 1 ½ teaspoons; White sugar - 1 teaspoon; Garlic powder - 1 teaspoon; Ground black pepper, or to taste - ½ teaspoon; Chunk light tuna in water, drained and flaked - 2 (5 ounce) cans; Baby shrimp, drained - 2 (4 ounce) cans; Cucumber, seeded and chopped - 1 large; Sweet onion, chopped - 1 small; Hard-boiled eggs, chopped - 4; Hard-boiled eggs, sliced - 2; Paprika - 1 pinch

My Mom's Awesome Macaroni Salad (enough to feed a crowd!)

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25 min.

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Ingredients for - My Mom's Awesome Macaroni Salad (enough to feed a crowd!)

1. Elbow macaroni - 1 (16 ounce) package

2. Mayonnaise - 2 ½ cups

3. White vinegar - ¼ cup

4. Seasoned salt, or to taste - 1 ½ teaspoons

5. White sugar - 1 teaspoon

6. Garlic powder - 1 teaspoon

7. Ground black pepper, or to taste - ½ teaspoon

8. Chunk light tuna in water, drained and flaked - 2 (5 ounce) cans

9. Baby shrimp, drained - 2 (4 ounce) cans

10. Cucumber, seeded and chopped - 1 large

11. Sweet onion, chopped - 1 small

12. Hard-boiled eggs, chopped - 4

13. Hard-boiled eggs, sliced - 2

14. Paprika - 1 pinch

How to cook deliciously - My Mom's Awesome Macaroni Salad (enough to feed a crowd!)

1. Stage

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes; drain. Rinse macaroni with cold water until chilled; drain.

2. Stage

Mix mayonnaise, white vinegar, seasoned salt, sugar, garlic powder, and black pepper in a large bowl with a whisk until smooth. Stir tuna, baby shrimp, cucumber, and sweet onion into the mayonnaise mixture to coat ingredients completely; add chopped eggs and stir. Pour chilled macaroni into the bowl and stir; top with sliced eggs. Garnish salad with paprika.

3. Stage

Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour to overnight before serving.