Tuna Pasta Salad

Classic tuna pasta salad with peas and hard-boiled egg

Quick answer: This is the classic, potluck-style tuna pasta salad — about 31 grams of protein and 460 calories per serving, ready in about 25 minutes. A little mayo and Greek yogurt together, plus peas, hard-boiled egg and a dusting of paprika — the version most people picture when they think “tuna pasta salad.” Serves … Read more

Mediterranean Tuna Salad

Niçoise-style Mediterranean tuna salad platter with eggs and potatoes

Quick answer: This Mediterranean tuna salad has about 29 grams of protein and 500 calories per serving, and takes about 25 minutes. It’s a composed platter, Niçoise-style — hard-boiled eggs, boiled potatoes, blanched green beans, tomatoes and olives arranged around oil-packed tuna, rather than everything tossed together in a bowl. Serves 4. Sodium runs high, … Read more

Tuna Egg Salad

Tuna egg salad with mustard and paprika, deviled-egg style

Quick answer: This tuna egg salad has about 30 grams of protein and 240 calories per serving, and takes about 20 minutes, mostly boiling the eggs. Unlike the other tuna salads in this collection, eggs are the co-star rather than a garnish — mustard, paprika and a little Greek yogurt give it a deviled-egg flavor. … Read more

Tuna Pasta Salad Without Mayo

Mediterranean tuna pasta salad with feta, olives and white beans, no mayo

Quick answer: This Mediterranean tuna pasta salad has about 30 grams of protein and 570 calories per serving, and takes about 25 minutes. Instead of mayonnaise it uses an olive oil and lemon vinaigrette, with white beans, feta and Kalamata olives doing the flavor work. Serves 4. Sodium runs high, about 810 mg per serving … Read more

Tuna Salad with Cottage Cheese

Tuna salad with cottage cheese spread on whole grain bread

Quick answer: This tuna salad has about 28 grams of protein and roughly 185 calories per serving of filling (not counting bread), and takes 15 minutes with no cooking. Cottage cheese is blended smooth here rather than left chunky, so it behaves like a mayo substitute you can actually spread. Serves 4. Sodium runs moderate-to-high, … Read more

Tuna Salad Recipe Without Mayo

Mediterranean tuna salad without mayo, chickpeas and capers

Quick answer: This tuna salad has about 27 grams of protein and 275 calories per serving, and takes about 15 minutes with no cooking. Unlike the yogurt-based version, there’s no dairy at all here — chickpeas, olive oil, capers and parsley carry the whole bowl instead, Niçoise-style. Serves 4. Sodium sits at a moderate ~465 … Read more