Mediterranean Tuna Salad
Healthy, flavor-packed, and delicious, this Mediterranean Tuna Salad is a budget-friendly recipe to use up pantry staples as well as a few crunchy veggies like peppers and tomatoes.
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Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 2 5 oz cans of albacore tuna
- ½ cup cannellini beans
- ¼ cup yellow bell pepper or any color, diced
- ½ cup cherry tomatoes quartered
- ¼ cup shallot or red onion, diced
- ¼ cup kalamata olives pitted and quartered
- ¼ cup green olives pitted and quartered
- ¼ cup feta cheese cubed or crumbled
- 1 tablespoon capers rinsed
- 1 tablespoon fresh dill
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley
- juice of half a lemon
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- pepper
Optional Add-ins:
- cucumbers
- artichoke hearts
- pepperoncini peppers
- celery
Instructions
- Place the tuna in a medium bowl or food storage container. Flake the tuna slightly with a fork.
- Add the beans, bell pepper, tomatoes, shallot, olives, capers, feta cheese, fresh dill, and parsley to the bowl. Toss to mix. Drizzle with olive oil and fresh-squeezed lemon and a few turns of freshly cracked black pepper.
- Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate for lunches throughout the week. This Mediterranean Tuna and White bean salad will be good for 4 days in the refrigerator. After 4 days, the tomatoes and peppers will start to get soggy from the acid in the lemon juice.