--- title: "Meatless Friday: Tasty Tuna Macaroni" description: Amanda Lauer shares a family favorite pasta salad that can serve as a side or main course. 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Download our printable recipe card!* --- In the summer, we’re fans of salads, especially when there is fresh produce available from our local farm market or gifted to us from our gardening friends.    A family favorite for many years has been Tasty Tuna Macaroni. While it can be used as a side dish, we doubled it when our kids were all at home and made it for a main dish. Cool, refreshing, and tasty—as the name implies. You can’t ask for much more than that on a warm summer day!      ![null](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/20230818%20ALauer%203.png?width=1080&height=1080&name=20230818%20ALauer%203.png)   #### Tasty Tuna Macaroni   ##### Ingredients 7 ¼-oz. package of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese (or the brand of your choice)  6 ½-oz. can of tuna, drained and flaked  1 C. chopped tomatoes  ½ C. chopped cucumber slices, cut into quarters  ½ tsp. dill weed ½ tsp. salt  Dash of pepper  2/3 C. Miracle Whip salad dressing (or the brand of your choice)  ##### Directions  Prepare Macaroni & Cheese as directed on the package. Add remaining ingredients, mix lightly. Chill. Add additional salad dressing before serving if desired.   > [Click to tweet: > For #MeatlessFriday, put together a cool pasta salad that serves as a side or main course. #CatholicMom](https://ctt.ac/BLQAf) [![Download printable recipe](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/275132/c771a7dc-8a7c-4add-814a-de6a34853300.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/275132/c771a7dc-8a7c-4add-814a-de6a34853300)   [![See our full list of Meatless Friday recipes](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/275132/78e80fc5-0f87-4e45-9328-c9be5b685c01.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/275132/78e80fc5-0f87-4e45-9328-c9be5b685c01)   ![null](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/20230818%20ALauer%202.png?width=1080&height=1080&name=20230818%20ALauer%202.png) --- Copyright 2023 Amanda Lauer Images: copyright 2023 Amanda Lauer, all rights reserved. ### Share this article [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2Fmeatless-friday-tasty-tuna-macaroni%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2Fmeatless-friday-tasty-tuna-macaroni%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2Fmeatless-friday-tasty-tuna-macaroni%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Meatless%20Friday%3A%20Tasty%20Tuna%20Macaroni) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2Fmeatless-friday-tasty-tuna-macaroni%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholicmom.com%2Farticles%2Fmeatless-friday-tasty-tuna-macaroni%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) ** #### About the Author ![Amanda Lauer](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/belle-agency-1151-0682%20-%20Amanda%20Lauer.jpg) ### [Amanda Lauer](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/amanda-lauer) Amanda Lauer is the author of the award-winning Heaven Intended Civil War series, the time-travel novels *Anything But Groovy* and *Royal & Ancient*, and the contemporary hometown Christmas rom-com *A Very Chapel Falls Christmas*. Amanda and her husband John have been married more than 40 years, and have four married children and eight precious grandchildren. Find out more about Amanda's life and work at [AmandaLauer.com](http://www.AmandaLauer.com). 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