For some crazy
reason I’m on a tuna kick so I hunted down a couple recipes to try, Tuna Pasta
Salad and Tuna Quesadilla. I, of course, tweaked both recipes to suit my bland
food loving taste buds :-P
Tuna Pasta Salad
Ingredients:
8 ounces dry
whole-grain elbow pasta (Barilla Plus recommended)
1 cup frozen
green peas
5 ounces canned
tuna, packed in water
½ cup chopped
broccoli
¼ cup balsamic
vinaigrette
Directions
Combine pasta
and peas in a large bowl with tuna, celery and balsamic vinaigrette. Season
with ¼ teaspoon kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; mix well
to combine. Serve slightly chilled or at room temperature. Enjoy this salad as
is or pile it over mixed greens.
Note: the
original recipe has nutritional information if you’re curious.
My version of this
was WAY different because…well I wasn’t really following the recipe. I accidentally
used a whole box of pasta instead of half so my proportions were all wrong. I
also forgot to buy peas so I used kidney beans instead. Oh, and I substituted
vinaigrette for fat free Italian dressing. Like I said WAY different, haha. But
the important thing is that it was very tasty even with the differences. This was also my favorite of the two recipes in this post.
My Ingredients:
1 box
whole-grain elbow pasta (Barilla Plus)
Kidney Beans
3 cans tuna in
water
¼ cup fat free
Italian dressing
Reduced fat shredded
cheddar cheese
Tuna Quesadilla
Ingredients:
2 small
(3-ounce) cans tuna, drained and flaked
½ cup salsa,
drained
½ cup chopped
fresh scallions
1 cup shredded
cheddar
3 (12 inch)
flour tortillas
Directions:
Mix tuna with
salsa and scallions. Fold in cheddar. Divide mixture into 1/3’s and spread each
portion over ½ of a tortilla and fold into a half circle. Brown each of the 3
quesadillas on both sides in a hot pan to melt cheese. Cool a bit, cut into wedges
and serve.
My Version was
pretty much the same as the original except I left out the scallions and salsa. It actually ended up tasting a little too plain, even for me. I’ll have to come up with
something else to add to it the next time. I also need to work on my quesadilla
browning skills a bit…or I should just pay closer attention :-P
Hmm well they both do sound good, especially the salad. I'm not too sure about the tuna mixed with salsa.
ReplyDeleteI know, I like the two this separate but together....I'm not convinced. Maybe next time I'll dip it in salsa. That's a decent compromise right?! Lol
ReplyDeleteI don't like tuna mixed in with things - even though I love tuna. Weird right?? lol
ReplyDeleteThat pasta salad looks super easy though. I think I'll try it - just without the tuna.
Karen @ For What It's Worth
Go for it! Honestly the first time I had it I couldn’t even taste the tuna because my proportions were all wrong. It was still really good : )
DeleteThe dreaded Tuna - hiss hiss book *scared and runs away from the smell*
ReplyDeleteLmao, my husband would agree with your reaction. He hates the stuff and I always have to have it when he'll be at work.
DeleteAlthough it was damn funny (and a but mean of me :)), I had a bowl of the pasta in the fridge and hubby saw it when he got home from work. He got excited thinking I made Mac n cheese. I may have let him open it without warning him. Hehehehe. Evil Jen.