Tuna Pasta Salad

Name: Tuna Pasta Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 3 servings
Ingredients: 3 × 145 g Tuna chunks in spring water; 300 g Fusilli; 4 tbsp Light mayonnaise; 198 g Sweetcorn, tinned; 250 g Cherry tomatoes; ½ Cucumber; ½ Red onion

The meal-prep classic: tuna, sweetcorn and fusilli in a light, tangy dressing.

Time25 min15 prep · 10 cook

Serves3portions

Energy470kcal / serving

Cost£1.77per serving

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Ingredients 7

Ingredient	Amount	Where to buy	Price
Tuna chunks in spring water	3 × 145 g	Tesco	£3.50uses 75% · £2.62
Fusilli	300 g	Asda	£0.75uses 60% · £0.45
Light mayonnaise	4 tbsp	Tesco	£2.50uses 15% · £0.38
Sweetcorn, tinned	198 g	Tesco	£0.55
Cherry tomatoes	250 g	Aldi	£0.79
Cucumber	½	Lidl	£0.75uses 50% · £0.38
Red onion	½	Lidl	£0.89uses 17% · £0.15
Shopping basket (full packs)			£9.73
Per serving (3)			£1.77

Method 4 steps

1

Cook the pasta for 10 minutes, then drain and cool under cold water.
10 min
2

Mix the mayo with black pepper and a squeeze of lemon if you have one.
3

Fold through the tuna, sweetcorn, halved tomatoes, diced cucumber and red onion.
4

Split between 3 tubs. Keeps for 3 days in the fridge.

Macros per serving

470kcal

Protein36g32%

Carbs55g48%

Fat10g20%

7.7 g protein / 100 kcal 20.3 g protein / £

Nutrition per serving

Fat

10 g

Saturates

1.8 g

Sugars

5 g

Salt

1 g

Fibre

6 g

Bars show % of an adult's daily reference intake. Colours follow UK FSA traffic lights for a portion.

The verdict

Good for

High protein36 g of protein per serving

Protein dense31% of calories come from protein

High fibre6 g fibre per serving

Low sugar5 g sugar per serving

Budget friendlyCosts £1.77 per serving

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