Description
Like tuna mac and cheese, tuna pasta salad is an easy way to take a classic pasta dish and significantly up its protein content.
Ingredients
Scale
- One 12-ounce box brown rice macaroni pasta, cooked
- Two 5-ounce cans wild-caught tuna
- ½ red onion, chopped
- ½ cup kalamata olives, pitted
- ½ cup bell peppers, chopped
- 2 tablespoons capers
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, sliced
- ⅓ cup Paleo mayo
- ⅓ cup Dijon mustard
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
TOPPINGS:
- ½ cup green onions, chopped
- ¼ cup microgreens
Instructions
- Cook the pasta and chop the veggies.
- Add all the ingredients to a large bowl, mixing until well-combined.
- Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.
- Top with chopped green onions and micro greens.
Notes
- Top the salad with green onions and microgreens if you choose for added flavor and nutrition.
- If you want to avoid mayo, you can use mashed avocado as the binder.
- Feel free to customize this recipe with your choice of vegetables added.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 10 min
- Category: Meat & Fish, Salads
- Method: By hand
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 152g
- Calories: 503
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 300mg
- Fat: 8.6g
- Saturated Fat: 1.7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6.9g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 70.2g
- Fiber: 4.2g
- Protein: 34.1g
- Cholesterol: 34mg
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