Photo: Anna Pelzer
Pasta salad with tuna, capers & balsamic dressing
10 ingredients
10 min + 10 min
Serves 4
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Update tuna pasta salad by skipping the mayo and adding balsamic vinegar, olive oil, colourful tomatoes and celery
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
674
Calories
31g
Protein
29g
Fat
73g
Carbs
Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Pasta | 1 cup cooked (140g) | 220 |
| Salmon | 100g cooked | 208 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Cherry | 1 cup (138g) | 87 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Celery | 1 stalk (40g) | 6 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Capers | 1 tbsp (9g) drained | 2 |
| Basil | 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) | 1 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 350g orecchiette pasta
- 225g jar MSC approved tuna in spring water, drained
- 1 tbsp capers , drained
- 15 peppadew peppers from a jar, chopped
- 1 celery heart, sliced
- 140g yellow, red or a mixture of cherry tomatoes , halved
- 75ml balsamic vinegar
- 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 100g bag rocket leaves
- good handful basil leaves
Directions
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By bbcgoodfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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