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.
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.