Tuna Pasta Salad
Submitted by aafredricks
Simple tuna pasta salad with white albacore, green peas, red onion, and light mayo. Five ingredients, totally portable, and great for meal prep lunches or easy potluck sides.
YIELD
4 servingsPREP
20 minCOOK
20 minREADY
40 minFive ingredients. One bowl. Lunch is handled.
This stripped-down tuna pasta salad doesn’t try to be fancy, and that’s exactly why it works.
Cooked pasta and green peas get tossed with flaked white albacore, a bit of red onion for bite, and light mayo to hold it all together.
Make it ahead, stash it in the fridge, and grab a container on your way out the door.
Kitchen Tips
- Rinse the cooked pasta under cold water to stop the cooking and cool it down fast. Warm pasta melts the mayo and turns the salad greasy.
- Use white albacore tuna for the cleanest, mildest flavor in a cold salad like this.
- Let it chill at least an hour before eating. The flavors meld together in the fridge and the pasta absorbs the dressing.
Ingredients
Directions
Cook pasta according to package directions; drain.
Cook peas according to package directions; drain.
Mix all ingredients.
Keep refrigerated or in a cool, insulated lunch box until ready to eat.
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