This was so good. My best friend's Dh couldn't leave it alone, which made me chuckle.

I changed the recipe to this and will do it again when next time I make it.

Tuna salad served with Ritz crackers

2 - 12 oz cans tuna drained and chuncked ( I use tuna in water )

Drain in colander and mash until all the water is out

1/2 cup Hellmans mayonnaise

2 hard cooked egg, chopped I mashed and mashed until the eggs were uniform in color.with a fork

4 tsp lemon pepper seasoning

4 tsp lemon juice

1 scallion that I finely chopped in my hand held blender

When I mixed the ingredients, I mashed and mashed again with a fork to get it to almost a spread consistency, so everything was thorougly blended together.

Mix and chill

This is the original recipe from a friend that took the salad to a monthly potluck

2 - 6 oz cans tuna drained and chuncked ( I use tuna in water )
1/4 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 tbs black olives finely chopped
1 hard cooked egg, chopped
2 tsp lemon pepper seasoning
2 tsp lemon juice

Mix and chill

Glenda, that sounds wonderful! I love making variations on tuna salad and I love lemon so I'll definitely try this. Thanks for sharing!

I put it all together couple days ahead of my open house and the night before I added the mayo.

Sounds good! I love celery and black olives, so I think I'll put them back in.

Thanks!

That sounds sooo good. I will definitely try this. Thanks.

It does sound good! I'll be leaving out the olives, though.

ttt for hallngarden

thanks, Glenda. Had all the ingredients on hand . Wow, that is really good.

Curious could you use a green onion instead of scallion? chopped fine? or a bit of sweet onion?
Also, for those who don't like tuna (like DH when he was with us) could you substitute canned white chicken?

This post was edited by marie-ndcal on Sun, Jun 1, 14 at 15:06

marie, growing up we called them green onions. It is my belief that a green onion and a scallion are the same or almost the same.

{{!gwi}}

I have no idea about using chicken. TRy it you might like it. Although I'm not sure about using the lemon juice.

Other's might have a better idea than me.