Green Tuna Salad is a perfect option for a fresh, quick and easy meal for being healthy and having high protein content. You can prepare this recipe easily with the goodies you have in your fridge.
Hi salad lovers! Today we will share a very healthy, filling, and fresh recipe with you. Green tuna salad is a classical type of salad, yet perfect for preparing a high protein meal in a very short time. If you need to feed those muscles after a long training, but also look for freshness, this recipe is just for you. So, let’s get into it!
All you need is lettuce, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, and tuna chunks. Just wash the veggies well in cold water, chop them into any size you want. After pouring over the salad dressing, add the tuna chunks and toss the salad. That’s all! The most simple green tuna salad you can prepare is ready!
Best part of salads we think, is that you can customize them and create unique, special recipes. You do not have to go to market to buy certain ingredients. If you have just some basic veggies in your fridge, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, lettuce, you can easily prepare a very tasty salad depending on your creativity.
In this recipe, we stayed far from creativity and focused on simplicity. Of course, we have very different customizations on even the most basic salad. Do not worry folks, we will be sharing all the secrets of kitchen with you! Until next time, take care and keep coloring your plates!
Ingredients
- 10 leaves of lettuce
- 2 cherry tomatoes
- 1 cucumber, diced
- 140 grams Tuna chunks
- 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
- Juice of 1/4 lemon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Wash the lettuce leaves well with cold water. Use a vegetable dryer to dry them.
- Chop the lettuce leaves. You can cut them into small or big pieces, as you desire.
- Put the lettuce and diced cucumbers in a large bowl.
- In another small bowl, prepare the salad dressing. Squeeze half of a lemon. Mix lemon juice, olive oil, and salt. Pour it over the leaves and stir well.
- Cut tometoes in half, filter the excess oil tuna fish, and place them over the salad.
Notes
- Because tuna fish is oily, we recommend you to limit the amount of olive oil you use.