Summertime Salad For Dinner

 

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Tuna Pasta Salad

Ingredients

8 oz shell pasta, cooked and drained

2-5 oz packages of white tuns, drained

1 small carrot shredded

¼ of a red onion, finely chopped

¼ of a bell pepper, finely chopped

¼ of an English cucumber, finely chopped

1 cv\celery stalk, finely chopped

Salt to taste

1 cup mayonnaise

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Directions

Combine all the ingredients in a serving bowl. Cover and chill for several hours.

Serve with fresh cantaloupe, sliced tomatoes, and hot biscuits.

Change it up:

Serve stuffed cucumbers

With the leftover pasta salad on another night.

Stuffed Cucumber 

2 servings 

Ingredients

1medoum, fat cucumber, peeled, cut in half, and seeds removed 

Salt

Paprika for garnish

Filling

2 green onions, finely chopped

1 small celery stalk, finely chopped 

1 jalapeño pepper. Seeded and finely chopped 

2 dry-packed sun-dried tomatoes, finely chopped 

¼ cup cream cheese, at room temperature 

1 tablespoon Sour cream

Pinch of salt

¼ teaspoon Dried dill

Directions

Salt the insides of the cucumber halves. Turn them over on a paper towel for 30 minutes.

Mix the filling ingredients together in a small bowl and chill in the refrigerator while the cucumbers 

Drain.

Wipe the cucumber halves dry with a paper towel.

Fill the cucumber halves with the cream cheese mixture and sprinkle with paprika.

Serve with the pasta salad.