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Cold pasta salad dishes make great summer meals. They donโt require a lot of cooking; therefore, the kitchen stays cooler and the electricity bill a bit lower. Try my budget-friendly recipe for Hawaiian-style tuna salad. Itโs my favourite recipe for serving up a cold pasta salad dish on a hot summer day.
There is no need to compromise nutrition when cutting costs. For example, my Hawaiian pasta salad ingredients are backed by solid food science research as nutritious.
I often serve this dish Hawaiian-Style Tuna Salad alone, or sometimes when I get the urge for a bit of warm, comforting food, I may add boiled corn on the cob and fresh warm rolls to the meal. So give cold Hawaiian tuna pasta salad a try!
Sweet Hawaiian-Style Tuna Salad
Try my budget-friendly recipe forย Hawaiian-style tuna salad. It's my favourite recipe for serving up a cold pasta salad dish on a hot summer day.
Ingredients
- 12 ounces tuna packed in water and drained
- 16 ounces pasta
- 1 cup green bell pepper diced
- 1 cup orange bell pepper diced
- 1 cup celery chopped
- 2 cups pineapple fresh or canned, chopped
- 2 cups tomatoes chopped
- ยฝ cup salad dressing
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 1 tablespoon peppercorns
Instructions
- Boil pasta. Drain and cool.
- Chop peppers, celery, tomatoes, and pineapple.
- Add chopped fruit and vegetables to cooled pasta.
- Add the can of drained tuna.
- Stir curry into the salad dressing.
- Toss all ingredients together with the salad dressing.
- Dust with ground peppercorns.
- Serve on a bed of chilled crisp lettuce.
Nutrition
Calories: 694kcalCarbohydrates: 137gProtein: 20gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 1097mgPotassium: 1038mgFiber: 7gSugar: 94gVitamin A: 2593IUVitamin C: 112mgCalcium: 105mgIron: 5mg
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