Tuna Salad Extraordinaire
Eating tuna is a special lunch treat for me. Since being pregnant and nursing, I’ve avoided eating tuna because of the potential mercury levels.
But this week, I’m trying to eat more protein, so I decided to make my favorite tuna salad. This recipe is delicious on a sandwich, but I especially like eating it with a fork and crackers!
Tuna Salad Extraordinaire
- 5 oz can chunk light tuna
- 2 T. mayonnaise or vegenaise (I love grape seed oil vegenaise.)
- 1 1/2 t. lemon juice
- 6 grape tomatoes, halved
- 1 T. chopped red onion or green onion
- Freshly ground sea salt to taste
- Dash of parsley
Mix mayonnaise and lemon juice. Add tuna, tomatoes, onion and parsley. Mix well. Add sea salt to taste.
*Something about the lemon juice adds a yummy twist to traditional tuna salad.
Enjoy!
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I’ve never thought about adding tomatoes to tuna salad, I’ll have to try that next time. Yum!
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Can you believe that I’ve never tried Tuna, but this looks very good!
Mm-mm! I really like tuna sald. I know this will be good!
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Yum! I adore tuna and I’ve never added lemon to it.
This sounds yummy!!!
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I love tuna salad but I’ve never had it quite like this before. Thanks for sharing your recipe. I’ll definitely have to try this version soon.
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MMM Tuna Salad nothing beats it as far as I’m concerned..I look forward to trying your recipe..
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Oh how I love tuna salad!!
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That does look yummy—and I don’t even like tomatoes! My fave tuna salad is tuna w/a tiny bit of mayo, lemon juice, grated carrots and some ground pepper. SO good!
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This sounds yummy! I just got some tuna yesterday, too! Might have to be lunch!
Have a great day!
Sherry
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Lemon juice adds a yummy twist to many things. Looks great!
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This is lunch for me today!! YUMMMY!
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I love tuna too, this looks yummy 🙂
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Myra, just thought I’d ease your mind a bit. The way I understand it, chunk light tuna is not very high in mercury, but solid white or albacore is the one to look out for. I could be wrong, though….it’s happened before! He he.
I add all kinds of things to tuna salad and it keeps my husband from tiring of it. Here are some, in addition to the ones you mentioned and grated carrot and ground pepper as oh amanda! mentioned.
White pepper
Golden raisins
Chopped apple (mix of red and green is pretty)
Capers (gives a salty taste with the sweet of raisins and apples)
Pickle relish (sweet or dill)
My go-to mix has tuna, white pepper, mayo, lemon juice, chopped sweet onions, golden raisins, chopped apple and capers. Try this and then substitute sweet or salty items as desired. It is so yummy! I’ve had people that don’t like tuna ask me to make it for them after they tried it once.