Josephine's Tuna Pasta Salad
photo by mianbao
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 1 lb rotelle pasta or 1 lb elbow macaroni, cooked and cooled
- 3 (8 ounce) cans tuna packed in oil, undrained
- 1 cup chopped red onion
- 2 tablespoons capers
- 1 1⁄2 cups pitted and chopped black olives
- 2 ripe tomatoes, seeded and diced
- 1⁄2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 lemon, juice of
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
directions
- Put the cooked pasta in a large mixing bowl. Add the tuna with its oil, the onion, capers, olives, tomatoes, olive oil, lemon juice, and salt and pepper and toss to combine. Serve.
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Reviews
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This is very good and fresh-tasting! I did reduce the amount of tuna by about half. I also added some cucumber and lettuce I wanted to use. Didn't change anything else. Thank you for sharing this most enjoyable recipe with us. -
We really enjoyed this. I substituted brown rice pasta and left out the tomatoes and it was just what we were looking for. I love the fact that the dressing is made from scratch and is not made with made with mayo. Light, refreshing and healthy. Fantastic! Thanks for a keeper! -
This was so awesome! I made it without the black olives so next time I think I'll double or triple the capers to replace the salinity missing from the olives. It was still so great that I didn't want to eat the chicken I made with it! Can't wait to try it tomorrow after it's had time to maserate in the fridge.
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Both my husband and I thought this needed tweaking. The onion and black olives were overpowering (I would add to taste next time) and I only used about 1/2 of the pasta. We also thought the "dressing" was bland. I added about 5 shakes of red wine vinegar and that helped some, but we finally added about 1/4 cup of italian dressing. It was nice for a change from our usual tuna salad. Thanks for posting! -
Great salad. I made this because the earlier reviewer had such great things to say about it!! I didn't have any oil packed tuna, so I used a 12 oz pouch of tuna along with about 1/4 cup of olive oil. I also mixed all the ingredients except the tomatoes and pasta in a bowl and then combined everything together. I used the juice of two lemons because we like the freshness of lemon with the tuna. Great salad...we'll make this again and again!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Mimi Bobeck
United States
Very busy nanny/au pair, working for a very rich and snooty family, in a very large home, in a very snooty village. Just in case my employer comes here, please don't ask where I am from, or I'll be sacked like the last nanny was. ;-) I take care of 4 gorgeous, and darling kids. 3 girls and a boy. The boy is the youngest (and my favorite). They are great children, very, very active. (Hyper)
I love to cook. I guess that's a given, why else would I be here. Part of my job is also to prepare meals for the family. The more they like my food, the longer I get to stay. (just a little joke)
On my day off, I usually go out to the cinema or some dance clubs with the other au pairs in this town. That's about it I think.
