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                             Tuna Pasta Salad

Recipe By     : Bon Appetit February 1995
Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Beans & Peas                     Bon Appetit Magazine
                Pasta & Couscous                 Salads & Salad Dressings
                Tuna                             To Post

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/2  pound         green beans -- trimmed cut into
                        -- 1-inch-long pieces
     3/4  pound         rotini or other corkscrew pasta
   2      cans          solid white tuna -- packed in water,
                        -- drained (6-1/8
                        -- ounce)
   5                    green onions -- chopped
   1      large         tomato -- seeded, chopped
     1/2  cup           chopped pitted black olives -- preferably
                        -- brine-cured
     3/4  cup           mayonnaise
   2      tablespoons   balsamic vinegar
     1/2  teaspoon      celery salt

Cook green beans in large pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about
 4 minutes.  Using slotted spoon, transfer beans to colander.  Add pasta to sam
e pot of water and cook until tender but still firm to bite.  Pour pasta into s
ame colander and rinse under cold water to cool.  Drain well.

Place tuna in large bowl; break into small pieces.  Add green onions, tomato, b
lack olives, pasta and green beans.  Mix mayonnaise, balsamic vinegar and celer
y salt in small bowl.  Season to taste with salt and pepper.  Mix dressing into
 pasta salad and serve.

Celeste Kuch: Devon, Pennsylvania

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