This is a great salad for a summer party-a complete meal in a bowl! It has tons of veggies and the tuna and feta blend deliciously with the whole wheat spiral pasta.
Veggie Tuna Pasta Salad
Author: Catherine Katz
Ingredients
- 1 package (12 oz) whole wheat spiral pasta
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, rinsed and halved
- 1 cup of cauliflower florets, rinsed
- 1 cup petite peas, frozen
- 1 green pepper, rinsed and chopped
- 2 cups, loose leaf fresh spinach, rinsed, and chopped
- 1 jar of marinated artichokes, drained, and sliced (make sure no added sugar)
- 12 oz can of solid white tuna in water, drained
- 1 cup low fat crumbled feta cheese
- 1 Tbsp freshly grated asiago or parmesan cheese
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 Tbsp white wine vinegar
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp turmeric (optional)
- Fresh basil to taste
Instructions
- Cook the pasta in boiling water with turmeric (I like to use it to give a beautiful color to the pasta but itʼ s not necessary) according to package directions.
- Drain and rinse under cold water and drain again. Set aside to cool down.
- Place all the cut-up vegetables in a big salad bowl, add the cooled pasta, artichokes, feta cheese, grated asiago cheese, olive oil, vinegar and salt and gently mix.
- You can refrigerate it covered at this point and serve cold or at room temperature, with fresh basil, to taste.
Amazing article, thank you so much
YUM – dinner tonight!!
Looks so healthy and delicious.
Thank you for tuna recipes!
Hmmmmm, do the peas simply thaw out in the salad?
Yes, exactly Dawn! They do so very quickly!