Tuna Pea Pasta Salad from Dayton’s

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Tuna Pea Pasta Salad

Nothing beats a Midwestern pasta salad. This one from Dayton’s in the 1980s brings tuna, peas, pasta and a few other kitchen staples together with a mayo-based dressing.
Servings: 6

Ingredients

  • ½ lb. small or medium shell pasta
  • ¼ cup celery, chopped
  • ½ cup frozen peas, thawed and drained
  • ¼ medium onion, chopped
  • 6 oz. tuna, drained
Dressing
  • 1 tsp. sugar
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp. pepper
  • 1 tsp. lemon juice
  • 1 to 1½ cup mayonnaise

Instructions

  • Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and cool.
  • In a small bowl, mix together sugar, salt, pepper, lemon juice, and mayonnaise.
  • In a large bowl, add cooled pasta, celery, onion, and peas. Add dressing and mix well. Then gently stir in tuna.