Colorful Pasta Salad
This is an easy and flexible dish that can be a great snack and easy meal! This Colorful Pasta Salad recipe is a great way to ensure full servings of vegetables with a bit of protein, thanks to the tuna.
Ingredients
- 2 cups dry pasta
- 12 oz canned tuna in water
- 4 large celery stalks
- 1/2 cup diced carrots
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1 cup frozen corn
- 1/4 cup diced white onion
- 1 cup chopped spinach
- 2-3 tbsp mayonnaise
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Set water to boil on the stove for the pasta.
- While the water starts to boil, prepare the vegetables. Dice the white onion, celery, carrots, and spinach and add them to a large mixing bowl.
- Add the frozen peas and corn, as well as the tuna, to the mixing bowl and incorporate the ingredients. Flake the tuna to make sure it mixes evenly.
- Drain the boiled pasta and pour the hot pasta onto the vegetable and tuna mixture in the mixing bowl.
- Mix it all up and check the frozen peas and corn to make sure they thawed (the hot pasta should take care of that).
- Add a dollop or two of mayonnaise (~2 tablespoons) to the bowl and mix. If it looks like you need more, then add another spoonful.
- Top the mixture off with some salt and pepper.
- Refrigerate the pasta salad until chilled.