Greek Tuna Pasta Salad
Summer is about backyard parties, picnics, and days at the beach ⛱! For these occasions, we like making certain foods like sandwiches 🥪, hummus, muffins, smoked sausages, charcuterie boards, snacks, granola bars, etc.
Salads 🥗 are another popular choice. I think of Israeli, Creamy Bacon Potato or Moroccan Potato Salad, Niçoise, Mixed Tomato, Chickpea Corn, and others as well as Pasta Salad! As most of you know, I love pasta and there are already a couple more of these salads here at CF like Mediterranean Chicken Pesto Pasta and this featured one… Greek Tuna Pasta Salad!
This colorful salad is loaded with deliciousness! With an assortment of fresh vegetables, feta cheese and a lovely dressing, this is the perfect summer salad! It’s easy to make and another amazing dish to add to your folder! This is one of my “summer time” go-to recipes…
After the noodles are cooked, cool to room temperature and you have your “mise en place” (means everything in place and ready to go), the rest is kiddy play! My tasty Greek Salad Dressing is something you can make ahead and you’ll see, it takes no time to put this healthy recipe together!
If not using the cooked pasta right away or, in this case, has to cool off, pour on some oil and gently toss. For this Greek Tuna Pasta Salad, I use grapeseed or any other flavorless oil to not compromise the flavor. Olive oil is good for regular pasta dishes.
Some people find raw onion 🧅 tastes overwhelming. To remedy this situation, soak the chopped onion in cold water for 30 minutes which will take away the bitterness. The other alternative is to use a milder onion like green onions or Vidalia.
Like most recipes, adjust it to your liking! All our lives (even before we met), David and I have never been big fans of “salt”. Yes, some salt 🧂 is okay but not a ton like I see in so many home cook recipes or chefs. If you’re wise and start doing some research, you’ll see how bad salt can be for your body. As you saw in the video, I don’t add any because feta cheese is already salty (yes even after rinsing it) so I’d rather use other spices even freshly ground black pepper to bring the flavors together… no extra salt needed!
When pouring in the Greek Salad Dressing, add a little at a time just enough to lightly coat the ingredients. Taste and adjust if needed, before adding a little more. Normally for 1 lb. of pasta, I use ½ cup of dressing. Same thing here… adjust to your liking!
This healthy 💚 Greek Tuna Pasta Salad is incredibly delicious! With gorgeous ingredients, this is a rainbow of yumminess! Bring summer to your plate by making this succulent pasta salad dish! After trying it, it wouldn’t surprise me that it will become your “go-to” recipe as well…
Bon Appétit! 🍽
Here are more incredible salad recipes for you to try… 🥗😀
– Waldorf Salad
– Tabbouleh
– Pittsburg Steak Salad
– Salade Lyonnaise ~ Lyonnaise Salad
– Strawberry Salad
– Summer Creamy Coleslaw
and for even more salad recipes 🥗, click on this link… Recipe Category • Salads & Dressings
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Greek Tuna Pasta Salad
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Ingredients
- 1 lb. tri-color rotini pasta, cooked according to package directions
- 1 can (133 g) chunk light tuna in water, drained and flaked
- 2/3 cup cucumber, sliced and quartered
- 2/3 cup red peppers, finely diced
- 1/2 cup celery, finely diced tips & tricks
- 1/3 cup red onions, finely chopped
- 3/4 cup Roma tomatoes (about 2 large), seeded and finely diced
- 3/4 cup feta cheese, crumbled
- 1/3 cup black olives, sliced
- 1/2 cup Greek Salad Dressing, or to taste see Recipe
- freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 tbsp. fresh chopped parsley, garnish tips & tricks
Directions
- In a large bowl, add cooked rotini pasta, tuna, cucumbers, red peppers, celery, and red onions; toss to blend.
- Add Roma tomatoes, feta cheese and black olives; gently toss again.
- Pour in a little bit of Greek salad dressing and toss before adding a little bit more if needed or until the ingredients are lightly coated; season with salt and pepper.
- Before serving, garnish with freshly chopped parsley and toss one more time to mix.
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