The culinary adventures of a 20-something woman navigating the wonderful world of food!

The culinary adventures of a 20-something year old woman navigating the wonderful world of food!

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Healthier Tuna Pasta Salad

        I have always loved tuna pasta salad. Its a great picnic food, a nice light lunch, and if done right, relatively healthy. With bathing suit season just around the corner, this recipe is a perfect adaptation of tuna pasta salad - it has about 1/3 less calories than a regular recipe but without compromising the flavour.




Ingredients:
4-5 cups cooked rotini pasta
2 stalks celery, diced
2 dill pickles, sliced
1/4 cup red onion, diced
1 tin tuna, drained
1 tsp fresh dill weed
1/4 tsp fresh ground pepper
2/3 cup light mayo
2 tbsp skim milk
1 tbsp dill juice from pickle jar


Directions:
1. In a small bowl, whisk milk, mayo, dill juice, dill weed & pepper. 
2. Combine rest of ingredients, then mix with mayo mixture. Let sit in fridge for 1 hour prior to serving.
3. Add more milk/mayo mixture as needed.


Serves 4


  

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