🍋 NO MAYO Mediterranean Tuna Salad: Pantry Meal Prep! QUICK RECIPE 🤯

canned tuna

🥗Healthier: canned salmon

💰Cheaper: canned sardines

Canned salmon provides similar protein with omega-3 benefits.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point and similar flavor profile.

Welcome to the kitchen, today we're making a Mediterranean tuna salad.

Cook off pasta, then drain and cool it down, no need for pasta water.

Salt the water like the ocean when cooking pasta.

Slice cucumbers into fairly big dices, about 1 cup.

Chop spring onions, using both white and green parts, about 1 cup.

Drain 2 cans of tuna (in water) and set aside.

Prepare capers and pitted colada olives.

Use fire roasted red peppers from a jar, or roast your own if preferred.

Squeeze about 5 oz of fresh lemon juice and zest 2 tablespoons of lemon.

In a jar, combine 5 oz olive oil, 5 oz lemon juice, lemon zest, white pepper, thyme, and pureed garlic. Shake well to mix.

Layer cooled pasta in a mixing bowl, seasoning it well with salt during cooking.

Add chopped fire roasted red peppers to the pasta, including some liquid for flavor.

Add the drained tuna to the bowl, keeping it chunky.

Mix in the chopped spring onions and capers (drained).

Add more pasta if desired, about 2 1/2 cups dry pasta used in total.

If using, crumble goat cheese on top before serving.

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