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Tuna Salad Recipe:
A delicious and quick salad recipe that's different than what you've come to know. Fast and easy to prepare, this tuna salad mixes just a few ingredients that are rich and flavorful including roasted red peppers, capers and a thick and creamy yogurt dressing.
It's a quick seafood salad that's a bit unexpected but sure to be a real crowd pleaser.
Take a look and the simple ingredient exchanges and menu planner to make a variety of flavor packed quick meals in minutes from this tuna salad recipe.
2-3 servings
You will need 5 ingredients:
- Canned Tuna
- Greek Style Yogurt
- Bottled Roasted Red Peppers
- Capers
- Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
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Ingredients:
2 (6 oz) cans of tuna in water - drained
**3/4 cup Greek style yogurt
(or to desired moistness)
1 cup bottled roasted red peppers - cut into pieces
1/4 cup capers
lemon juice - 1 tbsp
** Other quick dressing options that are also easy and delicious are our
mayonnaise walnut dressing
or
creamy ranch dressing.
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Put all ingredients in a bowl and toss to combine.
The Greek yogurt has a thicker and creamier consistency than regular yogurt. Combined with the smokiness of the peppers and the salty capers, this tuna salad takes on a much richer taste and texture than the normal tuna salad we all know.
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Quick Meals - Menu Planner:
Quick and Light Meal Ideas:
** Serve tuna salad on a bed of your favorite salad greens along with a bowl of tomato soup or gazpacho.
** Scoop this quick tuna salad into hollowed out red or green peppers and add your favorite crackers or flavored breadsticks.
** This easy seafood salad also doubles as a tuna salad sandwich recipe and can be served on whole grain bread or inside a pita pocket topped with avocado slices and sprouts.
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You can also change up this great tuna salad with the ingredient exchanges listed below.
Ingredient Exchanges:
Instead of Yogurt:
*Sour cream - 3/4 cup or
*Olive Oil Vinaigrette - 3/4 cup or
*Blue Cheese Dressing - 3/4 cup
Instead of Roasted Peppers:
*Black Olives - 1 cup diced or
*Red Onions - 1 cup medium dice or
*Jalapeno Peppers and Green Peppers - 1/2 cup of each diced
Instead of Capers:
*Fresh Basil - 1/4 cup diced - (cut basil when making salad,
not before, to avoid blackened leaves)or
*Fresh Dill - 1/4 cup chopped finely or
*Walnuts - 1/4 chopped into small pieces
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