Tuna Pasta Salad - Cooking Classy
This refreshing Mediterranean style Tuna Pasta Salad is made with tender curly rotini pasta, an abundance of fresh veggies, and a creamy lemon-dill dressing with a bright zip.It’s a nutritious recipe with flavor in every bite! This tuna pasta salad can be served as a cool summer lunch, a cook out side dish, or even passes a dinner entree since it also includes a filling protein of nutritious tuna.It’s brimming with layers of flavor thanks to the lemony dressing, its duo of herbs, the rich tuna in oil, and the various blend of veggies which are a blend of fresh, roasted and marinated.
This is also a great dish to make ahead of time.So if you have a busy day the following day you can prep the day before and have it in the fridge ready to go for serving guests or an on the go meal prep.Canned tuna got a major upgrade thanks to this recipe! Tuna Pasta Salad Recipe Ingredients Greek yogurt: Use plain unsweetened yogurt, and be sure it’s “Greek” variety as this is thicker.
Extra virgin olive oil: This is the least refined olive oil and has the most flavor.If you only have standard refined olive oil on hand that will work as well, though I don’t recommend “light olive oil” as this lacks flavor for this recipe.Lemon: You’ll use both the juice and zest of the lemon so don’t forget to zest it with a rasp grater before slicing and juicing it.
Dill: Fresh or dried dill can be used in this recipe.If using fresh you’ll use a greater quantity than d
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