Creamy Tuna Pasta Salad is perfect whenever you need a side dish recipe that can feed the family or a crowd.
I love pasta salad recipes they made the best side dish recipes for any meal! They can be served with almost any meal and are perfect when you need to feed a crowd.
Creamy Pasta Salad
I love a creamy pasta salad and the way I make my creamy pasta salads is to use Hellman's mayonnaise.
Whenever there is a family dinner planned, a back yard barbecue or a celebration like a birthday party or baby shower in the family I like to make a creamy pasta salad to bring along.
Pasta salads are always a crowd pleaser and go with just about anything.
What ingredients are in pasta salads?
There are literally thousands of pasta salad recipes out there.
All pasta salads start out with some type of cooked pasta.
There are no rules about the type or shape of pasta you can use. When it comes to the other ingredients you can go wild.
Some people like a macaroni salad.
I have a macaroni salad that is to die for. I can't believe I have never shared it on the blog.
I searched high and low and can not find it. I will have to make it and share it soon.
For my Tuna Pasta Salad recipe, you will need a can of albacore tuna, sweet peas, diced onion and celery, hard-boiled eggs, mayonnaise and salt and pepper to taste.
This is a pretty simple Tuna Pasta Salad recipe that tastes amazing.
Chicken lovers will want to try this Chicken Pasta Salad recipe!
Make-ahead Pasta Salad for a Crowd
This Tuna Pasta Salad is perfect for a pot luck, family barbecue or any time you need to feed a crowd of people.
You can make this pasta salad the night before.
Refrigerate it after making and right before serving check to see if it looks a little dry.
You can add a small amount of mayonnaise if the pasta salad has dried out after refrigerating.
Add one or two tablespoons of mayonnaise and mix well.
How To Make Tuna Pasta Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 8 oz. pasta, cooked and drained well (I used a spiral type pasta. you could also use bow tie pasta see notes)
- 15 oz. can peas, drained
- small onion, diced
- 1 stalk celery, diced
- 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
- 5 oz. can albacore tuna in water, drained well
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground pepper
- 1 cup mayonnaise (I used Hellman's Mayonnaise)
Directions
- Boil the pasta following the directions on the package. Drain the pasta and run cold water over until the pasta is cold.
- Place the pasta in a large mixing bowl.
- Open the can of peas and drain well. Add the drained peas to the bowl with the cooked pasta.
- On a plastic cutting mat and dice the small onion and the celery stalk. Add the diced onion and celery to the mixing bowl with the pasta and peas.
- On a plastic cutting mat dice the small onion and the celery stalk.
- Peel the hardboiled eggs and chop. Add the chopped hardboiled egg to the bowl of pasta.
- Open the can of tuna fish and drain well. Add the tuna fish to the bowl of other ingredients.
- Add the salt and pepper to the bowl.
- Measure one cup of mayonnaise and add to the bowl.
- Using a large mixing spoon mix the ingredients until well combined.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve. Maybe made a day ahead before serving.
- Makes 8 servings.
Helpful Tips for Tuna Pasta Salad Recipe
- Mixing the tuna pasta salad in an oversized mixing bowl makes it easier to combine all the ingredients well.
- You can make this pasta salad recipe the night before.
- Whenever serving a pasta salad with mayonnaise and tuna always keep the bowl well chilled.
- You can nestle the Tuna Pasta Salad in a larger bowl filled with ice.
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Tuna Pasta Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 8 oz pasta (cooked and drained well (I used a spiral type pasta. you could also use bow tie pasta see notes))
- 15 oz can peas (drained)
- 1 small onion (diced)
- 1 stalk celery (diced)
- 2 large hard-boiled eggs (chopped)
- 5 oz can albacore tuna in water (drained well)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground pepper
- 1 cup mayonnaise (I used Hellman's Mayonaise)
Instructions
- Boil the pasta following the directions on the package. Drain the pasta and run cold water over until the pasta is cold. Place the pasta in a large mixing bowl.
- Open the can of peas and drain well. Add the drained peas to the bowl with the cooked pasta.
- Dice the small onion and the celery stalk. Add the diced onion and celery to the mixing bowl with the pasta and peas.
- Peel the hardboiled eggs and chop. Add the chopped hardboiled egg to the bowl of pasta.
- Open the can of tuna fish and drain well. Add the tuna fish to the bowl of other ingredients.
- Add the salt and pepper to the bowl.
- Measure one cup of mayonnaise and add to the bowl.
- Using a large mixing spoon mix the ingredients until well combined.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve. Maybe made a day ahead before serving.
- Makes 8 servings.
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Recipe Expert Tips
- If using a large pasta noodle like bow tie pasta use the entire 16 oz box to make this recipe.
- Always keep pasta salads made with mayonnaise and tuna well chilled when serving.
- Mixing the tuna pasta salad in an oversized mixing bowl makes it easier to combine all the ingredients well.
- You can make this pasta salad recipe the night before.
- Whenever serving a pasta salad with mayonnaise and tuna always keep the bowl well chilled.
- You can nestle the Tuna Pasta Salad in a larger bowl filled with ice.
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Colander
Large stainless steel mixing bowl.
Large spoon
Can Opener
Cutting Mat
Sharp knife
Marisa Franca
I agree about Hellman's mayo -- won't buy anything else. And we simply love tuna. I could eat it every day. But if you add pasta to it, well it's irresistible. This is a dish that you can eat any time of year. I especially like it in the summer -- make some up ahead of time and then have a cold plate on the patio. so nice and relaxing. I'd love to have some of your creamy tuna pasta this evening even though it's freezing outside.
Veena Azmanov
I love anything tuna. My kids would feast over these. We are a huge tuna fan family. Love it.
Jolina
We can eat tuna everyday! We always have cans of tuna on hand for when we're too lazy to cook anything else. This is perfect! Looks delicious. And love the tip about the chilled bowl.
Lois Christensen
My husband is the big tuna lover in our family. He would enjoy this for dinner one night and then to take with him for work for lunches.
Denise
I agree about using Hellman's mayo. It is the best. I like that you use albacore too. I can't wait to give this a go! I love tuna and pasta salad but I've never had them together!
Susan O'Gorman
I've always loved tuna macaroni salad with peas and Hellman's mayonnaise and in my family we call this toony-macaroonie. It's nice to know other people eat this dish too!
Arlene Mobley
Yep, we love it around here.
Gloria
My daughter LOVES tuna pasta salad. She always asks for it on her birthday. I am sure she would love this version too.