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Orzo, bean and tuna salad

Orzo, bean and tuna salad with black olives on a plate

Orzo, bean and tuna salad

Name: Orzo, bean and tuna salad
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: ½ red onion finely chopped; 2 tbsp sherry vinegar; 150g green beans cut into bite-sized pieces; 100g orzo; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 tin tuna drained and flaked; 3 roasted red peppers from a jar chopped; 12 dry-cured black olives halved; a handful dill chopped

Janine Ratcliffe

Published: April 24, 2020 at 2:33 PM

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Serves 2

Easy

Total time: 20 mins

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Turn storecupboard staples into this vibrant, nutritious orzo pasta salad with roasted red peppers and black olives

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Try this easy orzo pasta salad recipe using red onion, green beans, orzo, tuna, roasted red peppers and black olives. Also check out our niçoise salad, tuna pasta bake and tuna wraps, as well as more quick and easy pasta salad ideas.

Ingredients

Nutrition

½ red onion

finely chopped
2 tbsp sherry vinegar
150g green beans

cut into bite-sized pieces
100g orzo
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tin tuna

drained and flaked
3 roasted red peppers from a jar

chopped
12 dry-cured black olives

halved
a handful dill

chopped

Nutrition: per serving

kcal298

low
fat11.9g
saturates1.7g
carbs26.6g
sugars4.3g
fibre5g
protein18.7g
salt0.7g

Method

step 1

Put the onions and vinegar in a bowl and season.
step 2

Cook the beans in boiling salted water for 3 minutes then scoop out with a slotted spoon. Cook the orzo in the same water until just tender then drain, rinse under cold water and drain really well again.
step 3

Tip the beans, orzo, olive oil, tuna, peppers, olives and dill into the bowl with the onion and season well. Toss together and serve.

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Janine Ratcliffe in a short sleeved long dress sitting on a chair beneath palm trees on a balcony

Janine RatcliffeFood director

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