To make this classic tuna pasta salad all you need are six simple ingredients! Serve with these chipotle ribs, sandwiches or even with a side salad!
Sometimes the best recipes are the classic ones that you can easily make with ingredients that you all normally have in the pantry. This weekend, after a LONG two weeks of battling the flu, Franklyn and I were just too tired to muster up the strength to do any grocery shopping.
We decided to whip up a classic tuna pasta salad, a dish that everyone loves! It can be served as a side dish or on its own, with some fruit as I did. This classic recipe also tastes great with leftovers and it’s perfect for meal planning! To make a big batch simply double the ingredients listed below!
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Ingredients:
Elbow pasta – rotini pasta is also a great choice!
Albacore tuna fish in water
1 -2 cups of mayonnaise. We don’t use a lot of mayonnaise just enough so that the pasta salad has flavor and is no longer dry. **We used this one with lime. You can also use greek yogurt for a lighter version.
1/2 diced white onion
1 cup of diced celery
Salt and pepper to taste
How To Make Tuna Pasta Salad
Cook pasta according to instructions on the package.
Drain tuna fish
Dice onion and celery
Add mayonnaise, salt, and pepper.
Mix all together and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
Optional Toppings:
Peas
Bacon
Crunchy Onions
In place of mayo, you use 2 tbsp of olive oil and 2-3 sliced avocados.
Hard-Boiled Eggs
For a spicy kick top with diced Jalapenos!
Pin this summer side dish for later!
Classic Tuna Pasta Salad 
Serve this classic tuna pasta salad with fruit, crackers or for a complete meal add a soup or salad!
Classic Tuna Pasta Salad
This classic tuna pasta salad is the perfect summer side dish!
Ingredients
- 16 oz elbow pasta
- 5 oz canned tuna in water
- 1-2 cups mayonnaise
- 1/2 medium white onion
- 1 cup chopped celery
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
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Cook pasta according to instructions on package.
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Drain tuna fish.
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Dice onion and celery.
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Add mayonnaise, salt and pepper.
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Mix all together and refrigerate for about 30 minutes.
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Do you add boiled eggs
I almost always out off celery so I use 1/2 Tbls celery salt
This is the true tuna macaroni salad. The only thing I changed was not to add the onion as it bothers my stomach. My friends loved it as it was just as they remembered as kids. Sometimes that’s all you need: to eat and go back home as you do.
Thank you!
I love pasta salad and tuna salad! I don’t know why I never thought about putting them together. Now you have me craving it!
That looks so delicious! I love tuna and my kids love pasta, I think it would be a great combo! Thanks for the recipe!
Oh yum! I’m drooling over here. That dish looks crazy delish. Hello lunch!