Tuna Crunch Pasta Salad

Tuna Crunch Pasta Salad- a twist on the classic tuna mayo with sweetcorn. Chopped fresh peppers and spring onion add some crunch to this summer recipe. It makes a quick and easy lunch and is Slimming World Friendly.

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Pasta salads get quite a bad rap at times- gloopy, bland and so on, but I love them, especially in summer. It took me a few years to realise how much I loved them though, due to bad experiences at school. This was because there were often pasta salads served in the summer and they were truly revolting; very sweet and always tasted the same, no matter what the ingredients were. I found out later that they had been making the pasta salads with salad cream... I know, the very idea is revolting. Can't believe I ever managed to eat it!

Pasta salads can be absolutely delicious, if you get the balance right (and don't use salad cream!) Given that pasta is soft, it works best if you balance that with some other firmer textures.

For this pasta salad, I wanted to make a big batch so that it would do a couple of lunches for me and my husband. I'm trying to add to my summer lunch repertoire, with dishes that are easy for me to take to work and that will fit in with his Slimming World requirements as well.

I started off with the classic tuna pasta mayo salad with sweetcorn and added chopped red pepper and spring onion for some crunch. It's nice served cold with a some grated cheese on the top and you can make a big batch and use it over a couple of days. It would work for children's lunchboxes too.

This recipe is Slimming World friendly and low syn if you use light or extra light mayonnaise. 

Looking for more summer lunch recipes?

Mediterranean Summer Salad with Lemon and Garlic Dressing
Feta Cheese Salad with Balsamic Dressing
Lemon and Garlic Giant Cous Cous Salad

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Tuna Crunch Pasta Salad

prep time: 5 minscook time: 15 minstotal time: 20 mins

Tuna Crunch Pasta Salad- a twist on the classic tuna mayo with sweetcorn. Chopped fresh peppers and spring onion add some crunch to this summer recipe. It makes a quick and easy lunch and is Slimming World Friendly.

ingredients:

• 250g pasta
• 2 x 160g tin of tuna in brine
• 75g sweetcorn
• 2 spring onions
• 1 red pepper
• 2 heaped tbsp reduced fat mayonnaise
• grated cheese (optional)

instructions:

1. Bring a pan of water to the boil and put the pasta in.
2. Chop the spring onions and the red pepper into very small chunks (1cm ish).
3. Drain the tuna and mix well with the mayonnaise and the chopped peppers and onion.
4. If using frozen sweetcorn, put it in with the pasta 2 minutes before the end of cooking.
5. Drain the pasta when cooked, put back in the saucepan and stir through the tuna mayo mixture while the pasta is still warm, to allow the mayo to spread through.
6. If desired, serve warm. Otherwise, leave to cool and then put in the fridge to serve later.

Calories

320

Fat (grams)

4

Sat. Fat (grams)

0

Carbs (grams)

52

Fiber (grams)

3

Net carbs

0

Sugar (grams)

6

Protein (grams)

18

Sodium (milligrams)

159

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