My friends invited us to stop by at a cookout they were having to celebrate their new (and newly renovated) home in West Mount Airy. I was excited to go, but the "potluck" aspect stopped me -- in the middle of painting jobs and reading and cleaning and so on, did I have time to throw something together? I really didn't want to spend too much time going to the store. On the other hand, I always want to show up with something yummy to share.
I looked in the cupboard and found two cans of tuna in olive oil, two cans of chick peas, and a box of orecchiete. Voilà.
Pasta Salad On-The-Fly
1 box any pasta, 16 oz.
2 cans of tuna in olive oil
2 15 oz. cans of chick peas
1/2 - 1 cup sweet or red onion, diced
1 pint of cherry or grape tomatoes, sliced in half
4 T. olive oil
4 T. (or more) lemon juice
2-4 T. flat leaf parsley, chopped finely (or as much as you have -- I have a pot of herbs outside and harvested as much as was ready)
salt and black pepper to taste
This makes a LOT: good for a potluck, to leave some with the hosts who will not want to make lunch the next day after cleaning up, and to take some home. Unless no one else brings anything to the potluck, in which case it should feed a crowd. (You can also make just half a recipe, which works just fine if you have the right bowl to present it in!)
I looked in the cupboard and found two cans of tuna in olive oil, two cans of chick peas, and a box of orecchiete. Voilà.
Pasta Salad On-The-Fly
1 box any pasta, 16 oz.
2 cans of tuna in olive oil
2 15 oz. cans of chick peas
1/2 - 1 cup sweet or red onion, diced
1 pint of cherry or grape tomatoes, sliced in half
4 T. olive oil
4 T. (or more) lemon juice
2-4 T. flat leaf parsley, chopped finely (or as much as you have -- I have a pot of herbs outside and harvested as much as was ready)
salt and black pepper to taste
This makes a LOT: good for a potluck, to leave some with the hosts who will not want to make lunch the next day after cleaning up, and to take some home. Unless no one else brings anything to the potluck, in which case it should feed a crowd. (You can also make just half a recipe, which works just fine if you have the right bowl to present it in!)
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