Recipe

Italian Tuna Pasta Salad Recipe

	Vainwi / All my dishes 4 months, 4 weeks ago My 8 year old wanted tuna salad for lunch, I wanted something other than the traditional mayo-based salad, spiced with pickle relish. Here's what I came up with. Prep:15m Cook:11m Servings:4	Vainwi
	italian pasta salad easy

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Ingredients

8 oz medium shell pasta

2 cans water-packed tuna, drained

1 can white beans (northern, canellini, etc.), drained and rinsed

1 small onion, minced (1/2 cup)

1/2 cup chopped celery

12 kalamata or similar olives, roughly chopped

1 T capers

2 T fresh basil, chopped (I used lemon basil) - or more, to taste

1/4 cup olive oil

1 T lemon zest, minced

1 lemon, juiced

1 t coarse ground or cracked pepper

1 t dried dill weed

Salt, to taste

Directions

Bring pot of water to a boil, add pasta and cook to desired tenderness.

In the meantime, mix tuna, beans, onion, celery, olives, capers and basil in a large bowl.

Whisk together olive oil, lemon zest, lemon juice, pepper and dill weed.

Drain pasta, run under cold water and add to bowl w/ tuna mixture.

Pour dressing over and toss well. Salt to taste.

Note: you could add blanched (or frozen, thawed) green beans or parsley for more flavor and color.

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Comments

sparow64 4 months, 4 weeks ago said:
Love it! Thanks for sharing!

22566 4 months, 4 weeks ago said:
It is nice to read you again,it has been sometime.

Hope all is well.

This sounds like a wonderful Pasta Salad!

Thank-you

Kind Regards

Joyce