![]() ![]() Ok, so American cheese doesn’t have the best rap. While I really adore the crunch of celery in this tuna pasta salad, if you don’t have it on hand, or don’t have access to it, you can leave it out.Ĭheese. Celery and red onion and the only ingredients that have a shorter shelf life than the other ingredients. Plus we’re trying to use shelf-friendly items here!Ĭelery and red onion. Because we use the pineapple juice in the tuna pasta salad dressing, it just makes sense to use canned pineapple. Canned pineapple in 100% juice is what I use here. Just make sure to drain out as much as you can. Mine was packed in water, but if you only have tuna packed in oil, that’s fine as well. Your favorite canned or packaged tuna will work great here. I love how the sweet and savory dressing gets inside the nooks and crannies of the noodles, how the tuna sticks to the outside, and how the creamy American cheese basically melts into it. There are a number of pastas that could work here, but my favorite to use for this tuna pasta salad is penne. A few penne noodles, some bits of pineapple, tuna, a crunchy piece of celery, and that gooey, ultra-creamy American cheese. My very favorite way to eat this Creamy Tuna Pasta Salad is straight out of the bowl, while standing, trying to get the perfect bite every time. In addition to the pasta, flaked tuna and pineapple, there’s also creamy diced American cheese scattered about (see notes), crunchy celery, and if you’re into it, a handful or so of chopped red onions. Coincidentally, I actually made this Creamy Tuna Pasta Salad before all of the craziness in our world began, so because this is made with almost all pantry and shelf-stable items, this is a great one to have in your repertoire for lunches over these next few weeks. ![]() I grew up eating this sort of tropical take on a classic tuna salad, and to this day, it’s still one of my favorite lunches to throw together when my fridge has run dry and I only have a few pantry ingredients. It’s the same idea with anything sweet and savory – it just works. Just here on the website, we have two of our favorites, Tilapia with watermelon and Chipotle Tacos with Mango Salsa. It makes sense though, some of the most popular warm fish preparations are paired with fruit of some variety. It’s true, flaked tuna plus sweet pineapple is surprisingly, so so good.Like, I can’t get enough of it. Now, I’m guessing you may be doing a double take right now- pineapple and tuna together? In a pasta salad? ![]() We make another divergence in the classic flavor profile of a tuna pasta salad with a slightly sweet element – pineapple in the tuna pasta salad itself and pineapple juice in the very simple dressing. Ours is indeed wrapped in a mayo-based dressing, but only uses just enough low-fat mayo to ever-so-slightly coat all the ingredients and give you the creaminess we all crave in a classic pasta salad. Unlike Grandma’s version of a classic Tuna Pasta Salad, this one is not drowned in a heavy dressing that will steal a day’s worth of your allotted calories and fat. Everything is then tossed in a super light mayo-based dressing that won’t weigh you down.Ĭreamy Tuna Pasta Salad with Pineapple is one of those old-school, simple recipes that just makes you feel GOOD. Aldente penne noodles are tossed with flaked tuna, pineapple, crunchy celery, and creamy American cheese. This Creamy Tuna Pasta Salad with Pineapple is one of my favorite lunches to make when I need to throw something together quickly from the pantry.
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