Evacuation Tuna Pasta Salad

Evacuation tuna salad is a super easy, quick recipe that can be thrown together for dirt cheap eats for hoards of people during difficult times- like if you have to evacuate due to incoming storms (Hurricanes, Torrential downpours, flooding, etc). Pasta can be cooked ahead of time and frozen for fast grab and go meals.

• 1 box Rotini Pasta, cooked, drained, cooled
• 2 cans Tuna, drained
• 1/2 bag frozen peas, thawed
• 1 bottle Ranch Dressing (your favorite kind) ( here I used my own copycat hidden valley dressing)

Optional Add-ins (Choose 1 or more, if desired):

• 1/2 cup finely diced onion
• 1/2 c. finely chopped celery
• 2-3 hard boiled eggs, diced
• 1 c. shredded cheddar cheese

Combine everything together, stir well, sprinkle with salt, pepper and a sprinkle parmesan cheese just before serving. This makes a simple, super fast throw together that is filling and relatively healthy meal for 6-8 people for under $5 total.

If using homemade dressing that does not contain oil, add 1 t. of olive oil to the pasta/veggies, stir well to coat, THEN add the dressing to the salad. Otherwise, the pasta will absorb the liquid of the dressing and it will be dry.