Pasta salad with spicy tuna and cottage cheese
Recipe for an easy main-course salad with pasta, tuna and cottage cheese.
Servings 4 people
Calories 509kcal
Ingredients
- 260 g pasta
- 2 peppers, diced
- 1 cucumber, diced
- 1 small red onion, cut into thin strips
- 200 g peas, defrosted
- 140 g sweetcorn, defrosted
Tuna salad
- 3 tins tuna, drained
- 300 g cottage cheese
- 4 tbsp crème fraîche
- 2 spring onions, finely sliced
- 2-3 tsp chilli sauce
- 1 lemon, juice of
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
Instructions
- Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions, then rinse it under cold water so it cools down straight away. Drain it thoroughly in a sieve.
- Mix the ingredients for the tuna salad and season to taste with lemon juice, salt and freshly ground pepper.
- Put all the ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.
- Season the salad with salt and freshly ground pepper, and add a little more chilli sauce if you would like it spicier.
Nutrition
Calories: 509kcal | Carbohydrates: 75g | Protein: 39g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 40mg | Sodium: 535mg | Potassium: 869mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 2622IU | Vitamin C: 107mg | Calcium: 126mg | Iron: 4mg