Don’t get envious… make your own!
Green with Envy Tuna Salad
Don't get envious... make your own!
Ingredients
- 1 Can Tuna Canned (5oz can, packed in water)
- 1 avocado perfectly ripe
- 1 tsp lemon juice fresh
- 1 Tbsp mustard prepared (I used the last of the Maile)
- sea salt to taste
- 2 Tbsp goji berries dried (chopped - or use a few raisins)
- 2 Tbsp pecans crushed (or walnuts)
- Black Pepper As much as you like
- 2 Cup mixed lettuces prewashed organic spring mix is great for this
- 1 hard boiled egg peeled and sliced or quartered
- 1 Cup chopped veggies carrots, celery, etc. cut into sticks
- 1 Tbsp olive oil optional - if you need more moisture in the salad and a calorie boost. Use the highest quality you can find.
Instructions
- First, drain the can of tuna well (I recently asked a friend if "they started making the cans thinner" because I mash the cut lid down so hard to drain the tuna that I've been bending out the bottom of various cans. You don't need to be this enthusiastic about the can draining.) and break up the larger chunks of tuna in a medium sized bowl.
- Add in the peeled and at least partially chopped avocado along with the salt, pepper, lemon juice, and mustard. Mash together with the back of a fork then mix in the rest of the (mostly optional) ingredients.
- Serve on a plate or large bowl full of mixed greens and your chosen salad veggies and optional hardboiled egg on the side. Alternately you could wrap up the tuna in lettuce leaves and eat it out of hand.
- Yes it's kind of weird because it's green, but your friends will be green with envy if you let them taste this salad. Admittedly, this is heavy calorie wise, so some people may wish to make it into 2 servings - personally I eat it all, but you know how that goes over here. What variations will you come up with?
Notes
This is so simple to make... and it can be made super portable too - made on the fly at the office or maybe even on a picnic/camping! If you love convenience and tastiness, then this may be a good choice for you. I added the "suggested serving" items that were in the picture above, but feel free to get creative - instead of carrots/celery/pickles on the sides of the salad, you could always use tomatoes (I think grape tomatoes would fun), apple slices, jicama, or whatever you have.
Maybe add some olives or whatever is handy that you enjoy eating. Similarly, the goji berries and pecans are optional additions. I'm going through a "let's add goji berries and pecans to everything" phase right now, but they are totally optional. You could choose to add a different dried fruit like a few raisins, or something that's less sweet. For extra extra "credit" you could add in chia seeds or sesame seeds for a nutritional crunch.
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