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Gingered Tuna Pasta Salad Recipe

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Ingredients:

Serving

8 -12 oz pasta (such as shells, elbows , rotini)
5 quarts water, boiling
1 tsp salt
1 (7 5/8 oz) package flavor fresh pouch tuna in water
2 tsp curry powder
1 tbsp olive oil
1/4 cup red onion, minced
3 tbsp crystallized ginger, chopped
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tsp dijon mustard
1/4 cup pecans, chopped
1 dash cayenne pepper

Directions:

Bring water to boil, add salt and pasta. Cook pasta per package directions, approximately 10 minutes, or al dente.
While pasta cooks, in a small saucepan over low heat, sauté the curry powder in olive oil for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
While the curry powder is cooking, mince the onion and chop the crystallized ginger.
In a medium bowl, add the mayonnaise, rice vinegar and Dijon mustard; whisk to blend.
Add the cooked curry powder, crystallized ginger, onion, pecans and cayenne pepper; whisk again to thoroughly blend.
Add the tuna and mix with a fork until tuna is well blended and coated with the dressing.
When pasta is finished cooking, thoroughly drain pasta and rinse with cold water.
Combine pasta with tuna mixture. Chill or serve at room temperature
Feel free to experiment by adding seedless grapes or different nuts to mixture.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving Per 100 g

Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories	200.5 Kcal (839 kJ)
Calories from fat	130.68 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	14.52g	22%
Cholesterol	16.84mg	6%
Sodium	378.71mg	16%
Potassium	64.62mg	1%
Total Carbs	15.22g	5%
Sugars	0.7g	3%
Dietary Fiber	0.96g	4%
Protein	3.43g	7%
Vitamin C	0.5mg	1%
Iron	0.8mg	5%
Calcium	72.1mg	7%

Amount Per 100 g
Calories	30.23 Kcal (127 kJ)
Calories from fat	19.71 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	2.19g	22%
Cholesterol	2.54mg	6%
Sodium	57.11mg	16%
Potassium	9.74mg	1%
Total Carbs	2.3g	5%
Sugars	0.11g	3%
Dietary Fiber	0.14g	4%
Protein	0.52g	7%
Vitamin C	0.1mg	1%
Iron	0.1mg	5%
Calcium	10.9mg	7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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