Quick & Easy Healthier Tuna Salad
This recipe I love and it is super simple for week day lunches. Make this on a Sunday and have some to go throughout the week.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time5 minutes mins
Course: Dinner, lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: easy dinner, healthy dinners, healthy eats, quick, tuna melt, week night dinner
Servings: 6
Calories: 122kcal
Author: Alaina Hinkle
large mixing bowl
Frying pan
- 3 in water no salt added 5 oz cans of white albacore tuna
- 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 3 tbsp mayonaise
- 1 tbsp light olive oil
- 2 tbsp yellow mustard
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1/2 tsp dried dill
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp Pink Himalayan salt
- 1/4 tsp paprika
- 2 stalks of celery diced or 1 large carrot shredded
- 4 slices of cheese diced
- *salt & pepper to taste
Drain the 3 cans of tuna. Then take your fork and break apart the 3 cans of tuna into a medium sized bowl. Then in a separate small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, mayo & olive oil. This makes the mayo stretch farther. 3 tbsp of mayo is just under 1/4 a cup. Which is WAY less than a lot of typical tuna recipes. Also I love the zing this combo gives it :)
Next add the mayo combination plus the mustard to the tuna and stir until combined. Then add in all the seasonings & lemon juice. Mix well until combined and then lastly add in the shredded carrots or chopped up the celery & the diced cheese. Then fold that in at the end.
Lastly, choose how you want to eat it! Tuna melt as see above, crackers, open face with avocado mashed, stuffed in avocado, with cucumbers-- options are endless!
Calories: 122kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 421mg | Potassium: 59mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 219IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 107mg | Iron: 1mg