Mediterranean Pasta Salad with Tuna
Mediterranean Pasta Salad with Tuna is one of our quick go to dinners, it's got everything we crave when we're super hungry ~ carbs, protein, and lots of crunchy veggies. It's ready in the time it takes to cook the pasta.
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb bow tie pasta
- 1/2 cup marinated artichoke hearts, chopped
- 1/2 cup marinated peppers
- 1/2 cup cucumber, cut in small dice
- 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, halved or quartered
- 1/2 cup radicchio, cut in shreds
- 1/4 cup black olives
- 1/4 cup green olives
- 1/4 cup diced red onion
- 14 ounce can white beans, drained and rinsed
- 6 ounce can of albacore tuna, drained
- 2 hard cooked eggs, cut in quarters
- handful of fresh basil and thyme leaves
- salt and fresh cracked black pepper to taste
dressing
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 4 Tbsp more or less to taste red wine vinegar
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- salt and fresh cracked black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook the pasta just to the al dente stage, drain.
- Whisk the dressing together while the pasta cooks, then toss the hot pasta with some of the dressing.
- Add the rest of the ingredients to the bowl with the pasta and toss with more of the dressing. Note: if you'd like to serve this as a 'composed salad' like you see in some of my photos, you can arrange the ingredients in groups over the pasta, and toss with the dressing tableside.
- Serve garnished with more fresh herbs.
Nutrition
Calories: 272 kcal · Carbohydrates: 34 g · Protein: 9 g · Fat: 11 g · Saturated Fat: 2 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 6 g · Cholesterol: 47 mg · Sodium: 201 mg · Potassium: 355 mg · Fiber: 4 g · Sugar: 2 g · Vitamin A: 278 IU · Vitamin C: 6 mg · Calcium: 60 mg · Iron: 2 mg
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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