Tuna pasta salad recipe

Tuna pasta salad

12 ratings

Prep Time:15 mins

Serves:4 Adults

Cost:Low

You might not know it, but pasta is a great salad ingredient, even when it’s cold. It can be prepared the night before.

Ingredients

225g / 8 oz. of short pasta shapes, uncooked
2 teaspoons of olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
2 peppers, 1 red and 1 green
225g / 8 oz. of mushrooms
2 medium tomatoes
1 x 185g tin of tuna, drained
Black pepper and lemon juice, to taste

Method

Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling water until it’s cooked through but still firm
Drain it and rinse in cold water
Prepare the vegetables by washing and slicing them into small pieces
Soften the vegetables in a pan with a little olive oil
Drain the tuna from the can and add to the pan along with the pasta
Cool and serve into a plastic container for bringing away to lunch

What you will need

Chopping board
Chopping knife
Lunch box
Saucepan
Wooden spoon

Serving suggestions

Serve with a dessertspoon of salad dressing, tomato relish or cool mint infused natural yogurt

Oily fish provide a rich source of vitamins A, D and E and are high in essential omega-3 fatty acids which are important for healthy brain, eye and nerve development in babies and children.

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