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TUNA & WHITE BEAN SALAD

Make this TUNA & WHITE BEAN SALAD for a protein packed lunch or dinner.

INGREDIENTS

1 can tuna

1 can white beans

1 cup cubed cooked potatoes (optional)

1/4 minced red onion

1 tomatoes

3 tbsp parsley

salt & pepper to taste

1/4 cup olive oil

1/8 cup vinegar

Appetizers

Black Eye Pea & Tuna Salad

You’ll love this delicious low carb salad. It’s a lunch, side dish, or snack.

Mix in bowl and serve.

Ingredients:

1 can cooked black eye peas

1 can tuna in water

1/4 cup minced red onion

1/4 cup olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

2 tbsp minced parsley

1/2 cup cherry tomatoes or any chopped tomatoes

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Lisbon Cobb Salad – Salada de Atum

 Lisbon Cobb Salad

During lent, it often becomes a challenge to create new and interesting dishes. This is my take on Cobb Salad by making a Lisbon salad.

I use Portuguese tuna fish packed in olive oil, but feel free to substitute with regular tuna and any of your favorite vegetables to create your own version.

Serve it with Portuguese Vinho Verde and fresh crusty bread! Enjoy and bom apetite!

Gourmet Portuguese canned goods

Ingredients:

1 can of Portuguese tuna or sardines packed in olive oil (or any brand canned fish or seafood you prefer)

Green Leaf Lettuce

Tomatoes

Onion

Carrots

Hard boiled eggs

Pickles

Olives (optional)

Dressing:

Olive Oil

White or red wine vinegar

Salt

Pepper

Canned goods image credit: http://www.vascodagama.ca/gourmet-market/conserves-bompetisco-santacatarina

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Tuna with Black Eyed Bean Salad – Salada de Feijão Frade com Atum

A fan from Portugal; Sofia Vieira-touristic Guide, who does cooking classes in Évora, Portugal with many North American tourists, sent me this recipe.

It’s a great quick salad for your meatless days, a quick lunch and even as a side dish. It’s protein packed and the beans are slow digesting carbs that are good for you!

“The Alentejo is a great place to eat. It was really poor that’s why people had to be creative and yes, there are lots of recipes from the convents and palaces, and also the adaptations of these recipes from the servants  that worked for them. Bom Apetite.”  She says!

Ingredients:


1 can of cooked black-eyed beans

1 can of Portuguese tuna or any good tuna packed in olive oil

1 small onion (finely minced)

2 cloves garlic ( finely minced)

Sea salt

Black pepper

1 tablespoon Olive oil or more to taste

2 teaspoons white wine vinegar or more to taste

Cilantro (finely chopped)

2 hard boiled eggs (optional)

Instructions:

Place the beans into a small bowl, add the onion and garlic and mix well. Add the flaked tuna, olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper. Toss gently. Add Cilantro and toss. Add chopped hard boiled eggs if desired and stir into the salad.

Sofia Vieira-touristic Guide

Top image credit: https://whyiamnotskinny.wordpress.com

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Tuna Fish & Pickle Salad

Pickles in Tuna Fish? Yes believe me you’ll love this! This recipe is from an Australian friend that I worked with many years ago.

It’s a perfect meatless, protein packed lunch.  All you need is one bowl to prepare for easy cleanup.

Mix all the ingredients together. You can also add the crackers to the mix. It’s all good! Enjoy!

Ingredients:

2 cans tuna fish in water

1 large stock of celery (finely minced)

2 pickles (finely minced)

3 tablespoons red onion (finely minced)

salt

pepper

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Instructions:

Mix all ingredients in a small bowl. Serve with crackers. How easy can it get?

 

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Saladas de Atum – Tuna Fish Salads

I’ve been making salads to make it feel like Summer. Look at the beautiful colors in this salad! It says Summer doesn’t it?

Prepare the tuna salad and eat it over a bed of lettuce for a light lunch, or add the tuna salad to the cooked pasta for a main meal.  Enjoy!

Ingredients for Tuna & Tomato Salad:

1 or 2 cans of tuna fish in water

1 cup of grape or cherry tomatoes

1/4 cup of onion or scallions (finely minced)

1 tablespoon of olive oil

1 tablespoon of white wine vinegar

Salt to taste

Pepper

Parsley flakes

 

Pasta Salad Ingredients:

8 ounces or 1/2 package of uncooked pasta (any you prefer)

1/2 cup of red, yellow or green pepper (chopped)

1/4 cup of onion (finely chopped)

1 cup of uncooked peas

2 tablespoons of mayonnaise

crushed black pepper

1 tablespoon of Italian salad dressing mix (optional)

 

Instructions:

Cut the tomatoes in half. Drain the tuna. Place all ingredients in a small bowl and stir gently to incorporate the flavors.

Serve on a bed of lettuce.

Pasta Salad Instructions:

Prepare pasta per package directions but add the peas, peppers and onions 5 minutes before the pasta is done cooking.

Drain the pasta in a colander and rinse with cold water to remove the starch.

Mix the pasta with the remaining ingredients of mayonnaise, pepper and dressing and stir gently. Add the prepared tuna salad mixing gently to incorporate the flavors.

Add more salt or crushed black pepper if desired.