Name: Healthy Tuna Pasta Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Salad
Ingredients: 1/2 tin tuna flakes (50 g); 40g dried fusilli pasta; 1/2 red or orange pepper, diced (around 60 g); 40g pitted black olives, halved (1/4 cup); 1/4 red onion, finely diced (around 30 g); 5-6 basil leaves, roughly torn; 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil; 1 tsp balsamic vinegar

Question 1

What are the ingredients?

Accepted Answer

This salad combines tuna and fusilli pasta with a host of great vegetables, including sweet red pepper, tangy red onion and briny olives. Basil is used to add extra flavour and depth. The salad is dressed in a beautiful mixture of olive oil and balsamic vinegar which adds a silky yet rich coating.

Question 2

How many calories does it have?

Accepted Answer

This salad has 350 calories which is light considering that it includes pasta and an olive oil dressing. It has 12g of fat which comes mainly from the olive oil and olives. Therefore the fats are heart-healthy, unsaturated fats. It's also full of anti-oxidants.

Question 3

How long does it keep in the fridge?

Accepted Answer

This salad will keep in the fridge for up to three days. Great news if you want to make it the day before to take to work, or make a few portions at once. For best results don't dress the salad until you are ready to eat it. I also recommend freshly tearing in the basil leaves when you are ready to eat.

Question 4

Will pasta salad freeze?

Accepted Answer

You can freeze this salad and all its ingredients. Make sure to freeze it before you have dressed for best results. I'd suggest not adding the basil until defrosted either. However, for best results, eat this fresh. The pasta might lose some of the texture and it just won't be quite as good. Since it only takes 15 minutes to make I'd recommend making it up to 3 days ahead and storing in the fridge.

Healthy Tuna Pasta Salad

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