Sunday, September 2, 2012

'Tuna and Peas' Pasta Salad with Red Wine Vinaigrette!

I have been making this incredibly EASY, yet YUMMY pasta salad since I was a new mom!  My boys love it, and ask for it every week!  (no joke!)  It's made with ingredients that most have on hand, so it's a great go to recipe when you need to make something good for unexpected guests or when your kids are looking for something 'different' for lunch than 'corn dogs'!  :)  If you like pasta salads, I bet you'll like this one!


                             'Tuna and Peas' Pasta Salad with Red Wine Vinaigrette!


Makes me want to eat some, just looking at it!  :)



Make up the vinaigrette~  3/4 cup olive oil, 1/4 cup red wine vinegar, 1/4 cup cooking sherry,  1 Tbsp spicy brown mustard, 1 tsp sugar,  3/4 tsp salt,  fresh pepper, 1/2 tsp minced garlic~  stir well to emulsify! 

Cook 1 pound of noodles til al-dende (we like to make this with these 'cork screw' noodles, or shells)   strain in strainer and rinse with cold water to cool down noodles as well as you can.

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Take a pound of frozen PETITE peas, and pour the bag on top of the cooled down noodles in strainer~

Rinse with cold water til peas are thawed.  The frozen peas help cool down the noodles even more!  No need to cook the peas!  

Transfer all to a big bowl, or into cooled down pot!  Add 2 or 3 cans of drained tuna, and all of the vinaigrette you prepared!

Stir well, and serve in bowls!  EASY, EASY, EASY!!   Hope your family loves it as much as mine does!








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