Tuna Pasta Salad (For the Lunch Box)
Created by ImPat on October 19, 2014
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 12m
- Recipe #14783
Ingredients
- 500 grams dry pasta (recommend large spirals)
- 420 grams dried beans (four-bean mix)
- 425 grams cooked tuna (in water)
- 250 grams cherry tomatoes
- 1/4 cup gherkin pickles
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise (whole-egg)
- 2 teaspoons white vinegar
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley (freshly, chopped)
How to Make
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Step 1: Drain four-bean mix, rinse and drain.
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Step 2: Drain and flake tuna.
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Step 3: Quarter cherry tomatoes.
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Step 4: Finely chop gherkins.
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Step 5: Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water as per manufacturer’s instructions until al dente. Drain well.
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Step 6: Place pasta, beans, tuna, cherry tomatoes and gherkins in a large bowl.
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Step 7: Whisk mayonnaise, white vinegar and fresh parsley in a small bowl until combined. Season with salt and pepper.
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Step 8: Add mayonnaise mixture to pasta, tossed until combined.
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Step 9: Serve pasta salad with fresh fruit (a complete and healthy lunch for adult or child).
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (444.6 g)
- Calories 720.7
- Total Fat - 9.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.5 g
- Cholesterol - 57.4 mg
- Sodium - 317.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 119.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 17.6 g
- Sugars - 9 g
- Protein - 43.2 g
- Calcium - 64.2 mg
- Iron - 3.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 26.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg