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Our Favourite Easy Tuna Salad (10-minute Dinner)
There’s a reason I’ve been making this easy tuna salad for years. It’s healthy and delicious and made with the simplest of salad ingredients that you’ve probably nearly always got in your fridge. Try it – I don’t think you’ll be disappointed!
Prep Time
10 mins
Total Time
10 mins
Servings: 2
Calories: 546 kcal
Course:
Salad
Cuisine:
British
Ingredients
- 6 handfuls lettuce or similar fresh green leaves
- 6.5 ounces tuna in water (canned)
- 2 tomatoes chopped
- ¼ cucumber sliced
- 10 slices beetroot (canned or jarred is fine)
- 2 handfuls grated cheese or use another tasty cheese - whatever you have
- ½ avocado
- ½ carrot grated or finely sliced (optional)
- 4 slices onion (raw) I like red onion.
- 2 handfuls walnuts crushed (or toasted pine nuts, or mixed crushed nuts and seeds)
for the dressing
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon balsamic glaze
to serve (optional)
- toasted bread with olive oil and sea salt
- mayonnaise (or Greek yogurt)
Instructions
- Start by placing the fresh green leaves in the bottom of 2 big wide bowls.
- Divide the tuna between the 2 bowls, then add all the other ingredients (apart from the walnuts and onions) next to each other in little piles.
- Scatter the onion over the tuna and the walnuts over all the ingredients in the bowls.
- Drizzle over the olive oil and balsamic glaze.
- Serve with the toasted bread and mayonnaise (if you like).
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Notes
- This recipe is only a guide, of course! Don’t have any carrots or cucumber? No worries, just throw in something else that you have got, like sundried tomatoes or a few slices of apple.
- I often vary the exact ingredients and amounts in this recipe, but I always try to include some kind of cheese, avocado, beetroot and some kind of nut for maximum deliciousness!
- Dressing: Of course, you can use balsamic vinegar (or a different kind of vinegar or dressing) instead if you don’t have balsamic glaze. May I suggest this incredible 5-minute tahini dressing if you'd like to try something a little different?
- Leftovers: This salad will keep well in the fridge for a day. Leftovers make a great lunch, or stuff into a sandwich or wrap.
Nutrition Information
Calories
546kcal
(27%)
Carbohydrates
22g
(7%)
Protein
25g
(50%)
Fat
42g
(65%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Cholesterol
34mg
(11%)
Sodium
287mg
(12%)
Potassium
1062mg
(30%)
Fiber
8g
(32%)
Sugar
9g
(18%)
Vitamin A
3725IU
(75%)
Vitamin C
25.9mg
(29%)
Calcium
87mg
(9%)
Iron
3.3mg
(18%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 546
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 546kcal | 27% |
| Carbohydrates | 22g | 7% |
| Protein | 25g | 50% |
| Fat | 42g | 65% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 34mg | 11% |
| Sodium | 287mg | 12% |
| Potassium | 1062mg | 23% |
| Fiber | 8g | 32% |
| Sugar | 9g | 18% |
| Vitamin A | 3725IU | 75% |
| Vitamin C | 25.9mg | 29% |
| Calcium | 87mg | 9% |
| Iron | 3.3mg | 18% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.