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Tuna Pasta Salad

Transform your weeknight dinners with our quick and easy tuna pasta salad recipe!
It's a guaranteed hit at your next picnic or potluck! Packed with protein, salad, and a mayonnaise dressing, it's the ideal dinner for those busy evenings or makes a great packed lunch.
Our tuna pasta salad recipe is easily adjustable, see the blog post for ingredients you can change to suit your taste or dietary preferences.
Prep Time10 minutes
Active Time10 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: BBQ, Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, Salad, Sides
Cuisine: British
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Yield: 6 People
Calories: 496kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Equipment

Ingredients

Pasta

  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 500 g Pasta any shape
  • Drizzle of Olive Oil

Tuna Mayo

  • 2 tin Tuna in Spring Water (204g drained)
  • 1 can Sweetcorn (165g drained)
  • 1 small Red Onion finely diced
  • ½ Cucumber finely diced
  • 10 tablespoon Mayonnaise we use low fat
  • 2 tablespoon Wholegrain Mustard
  • 2 splashes Worcestershire Sauce
  • Salt and Black Pepper to taste
  • 5 sprigs Fresh Parsley Leaves or other herbs

Instructions

  • Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil. Add 1 tsp Salt once boiling.
    1 tsp Salt
    Sprinkling sea salt crystals into a boiling water in a silver cooking pot
  • Add 500 g Pasta and cook to the time stated on the packaging directions (time will vary depending on shape/brand used). Cook for less time than stated if you like it al dente.
    500 g Pasta
    Pouring pasta into hot boiling water
  • Once cooked, drain and add a Drizzle of Olive Oil to prevent it from sticking together.
    Drizzle of Olive Oil
    Pouring olive oil over the cooked pasta
  • Transfer to a serving dish, and allow it to cool while preparing the tuna mayonnaise mixture.
    cooked pasta in a white dish
  • Drain the liquid from 2 tin Tuna in Spring Water and 1 can Sweetcorn , add to a large bowl.
    2 tin Tuna in Spring Water , 1 can Sweetcorn
    Tuna and sweetcorn in a glass mixing bowl
  • Add the diced 1 small Red Onion and ½ Cucumber.
    1 small Red Onion, ½ Cucumber
    Tuna, sweetcorn, chopped red onion and cucumber in a glass mixing bowl
  • Add the dressing ingredients 10 tbsp Mayonnaise and 2 tbsp Wholegrain Mustard, 2 splashes Worcestershire Sauce and season with Salt and Black Pepper. Mix all together until well combined. If you like it creamier, add more mayonnaise.
    10 tbsp Mayonnaise, 2 tbsp Wholegrain Mustard, Salt and Black Pepper, 2 splashes Worcestershire Sauce
    Tuna, sweetcorn, chopped red onion, cucumber, mayo, wholegrain mustard Worcester sauce, salt and pepper being mixed with a spatula in a glass mixing bowl
  • Pour the mixture into the cooled pasta.
    Tuna mayo salad on top of cooked pasta
  • Mix until evenly spread through.
    Mixing the tuna salad together with the pasta using a fork
  • Add a sprinkle of 5 sprigs Fresh Parsley Leaves. Or whatever herb you prefer.
    Sprinkling fresh chopped parsley over the top of our tuna pasta salad
  • Ready to serve.
    Tuna mayo Pasta Salad served on a small plate

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Nutrition

Calories: 496kcal | Carbohydrates: 81g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 781mg | Potassium: 518mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 321IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 3mg