This Healthy Tuna Pasta Salad recipe is super creamy and loaded with veggies, protein, and whole grain pasta. It’s sure to be a hit at your potlucks, cookouts and gatherings!

A creamy, healthy tuna pasta salad in a large bowl made with whole grain rotini, red bell pepper, cucumber, celery, green peas, and a creamy greek yogurt dill dressing.

If you love a good creamy pasta salad, you’re going love this recipe!

Not only is it creamy and delicious, it’s actually really good for you too. This recipe features whole grain pasta, tuna, fresh and cooked veggies like cucumber, celery, and peas, and a creamy, tangy greek-yogurt based dressing.

It’s a big salad, so it’s great to bring to gatherings – especially warm weather BBQs and cookouts. It’s sure to be a hit with your family and friends! I love serving it up with my favourite grilled proteins like chicken in the summertime, and I hope you do too!

A healthy tuna pasta salad made with rotini pasta, red peppers, cucumber, celery, peas, tuna and a creamy greek yogurt dill dressing.

Healthy Tuna Pasta Salad Ingredients:

For the Healthy Tuna Pasta Salad:

  • A short, whole grain pasta like rotini, fusilli, or penne
  • Chopped cucumber, celery, and red bell pepper
  • Cooked frozen peas
  • Canned flaked tuna
Healthy tuna pasta salad ingredients including rotini pasta, green peas, celery, red bell pepper, cucumber, and canned tuna.

For the Creamy Dressing:

  • Plain Greek yogurt
  • Mayonnaise
  • Dijon mustard
  • Lemon juice
  • Chopped fresh dill
  • Garlic powder
  • Salt & pepper
Healthy tuna pasta salad dressing ingredients in a bowl including greek yogurt, mayonnaise, fresh dill, lemon juice, garlic powder, salt and pepper.
Healthy tuna pasta salad dressing in a bowl.

How to Make This Healthy Tuna Pasta Salad Recipe:

Step 1: Combine Pasta, Veggies and Tuna

Cook pasta according to package directions. While the pasta is cooking, prep the vegetables by chopping the cucumber, celery and red bell pepper, and cook frozen peas according to package directions.

When the pasta is cooked, rinse with cool water, then add to a large bowl with chopped vegetables and cooked peas. Drain and rinse the canned tuna and add this to the bowl as well.

Step 2: Make Healthy Tuna Pasta Salad Dressing

In a separate bowl, whisk together the Greek yogurt, mayonnaise, lemon juice and dijon mustard. Add chopped fresh dill, garlic powder, salt and pepper and mix until well-combined.

Large bowl with rotini, chopped vegetables, and tuna.
Large bowl with rotini, chopped vegetables, and tuna mixed together.
Large bowl with rotini, chopped vegetables, tuna and creamy dill dressing mixed together.

Step 3: Mix Everything Together!

Add dressing to the bowl of salad ingredients and mix well until everything is coated with dressing and well-combined. If you have time, place the pasta salad in the fridge to chill for 20-30 minutes prior to serving.

How to Store Leftovers:

If you have leftovers (which you may – this recipe makes a lot), simply store them in an airtight container in the fridge. This healthy tuna pasta salad should keep well in the fridge up to 5 days. Give the pasta salad a good mix before serving the leftovers!

A healthy tuna pasta salad made with rotini pasta, red peppers, cucumber, celery, peas, tuna and a creamy greek yogurt dill dressing.

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A healthy tuna pasta salad made with rotini pasta, red peppers, cucumber, celery, peas, tuna and a creamy greek yogurt dill dressing.

Creamy Healthy Tuna Pasta Salad

Servings: 6 -8 servings
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
his Healthy Tuna Pasta Salad recipe is super creamy and loaded with veggies, protein, and whole grain pasta. It's sure to be a hit at your summer cookouts and gatherings!
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Ingredients

For the Salad:

  • 1 box whole wheat rotini pasta, or fusilli/penne
  • 1/2 cup chopped cucumber
  • 1/2 cup chopped celery
  • 1 cup chopped red bell pepper, or sliced cherry tomatoes
  • 1 cup cooked frozen peas
  • 1 12 oz. can flaked white tuna, drained

For the Dressing:

Instructions 

  • Cook pasta according to package directions, then drain and rinse with cool water and add to a large bowl with chopped cucumber, celery, red bell pepper, peas, and tuna.
  • In a separate bowl, make the dressing by whisking together greek yogurt, mayonnaise, lemon juice and dijon mustard. Stir in chopped dill, garlic powder, salt and pepper until well-combined.
  • Pour the dressing over salad ingredients and mix well until all ingredients are well-coated and combined. Taste, and season with additional salt and pepper as necessary.
  • If you can, chill pasta salad in the fridge for 20-30 minutes before serving. Enjoy!

Notes

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge up to 5 days. Give the salad a good mix before serving leftovers!
Cuisine: American
Course: Salad, Side Dish
Author: Hannah Magee
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