Tuna Pasta Salade

You’re hungry, tired, and your brain’s done for the day, we’ve all been there. This tuna pasta salad is super easy, fresh, and actually filling. It’s the kind of meal you can throw together with what’s lying around, and it somehow always hits the spot. Bonus: it makes great leftovers if you don’t eat it all straight out of the bowl (no judgment if you do).

Ingredients

• Pasta (e.g., fusilli or penne)
• Canned tuna
• Cherry tomatoes, halved
• Cucumber, diced
• Grated Carrot
• Red onion, thinly slice
• Pickles
• Mayonnaise, Mustard and Ketchup
• Lemon juice
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• Optional: Fresh herbs like parsley or dill

Instructions

1. Boil the pasta
   Cook your pasta till it’s al dente, drain it, and rinse with cold water, because no one wants a sweaty salad.
2. Mix tuna & mayo
   In a bowl, mash your tuna with mayo, mustard and ketchup until it’s creamy and dreamy. Add salt and pepper. This is the heart of the salad, treat it with love.
3. Prep the fresh stuff
   Slice those cherry tomatoes, chop up the cucumber, and cut the red onion nice and thin and don't forget to grate that carrot like a boss.
4. Bring it all together
   Throw everything into a big bowl: pasta, tuna mix, veggies. Gently stir it all up like you're folding laundry you actually care about. Done!