Tuna Salad
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Plan Z Phase: This is a Z2 (ZReduction) recipe.
As far as ZReduction proteins go, tuna is light, delicious, and filling. It is dieter Sarah’s go-to protein. She enjoys it plain, or as a “tuna salad-salad.” Thanks for sharing this recipe, Sarah!
Servings: Serves 2
Ingredients:
- 1 large can (9 oz) of Albacore tuna
- 3-5 stalks of celery chopped very fine
- ½ of a medium white or red onion chopped very fine
- 2-3 pinches of sea salt
- 2-3 pinches of pepper
- 2 Tbl Hellman’s mayo or your favorite kind. This includes your salad dressing portion for the meal so if you are having an additional salad with this, cut back on your dressing.
- 1/2 cup finely chopped dill pickles (optional)
Instructions:
Open the can of Albacore tuna and drain it. In a colander rinse off all of the extra juices and pick apart the less attractive spots. Then you will want to chop up the tuna to the size you like and place it in a medium or large bowl. Add the celery and the onions. Then add your sea salt and pepper. Then you will want to add your 2-3 tbsp. of mayo. Mix well. Taste and adjust to your liking. Sometimes in order to get a dill taste, I will add about a ½ cup of very finely chopped dill pickles. You may want to add a little water or pickle juice if you notice the mixture is too dry.
Refrigerate and let the flavors meld. Tuna salad tastes better when it is eaten several hours later.
Enjoy!
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This is delicious! Thanks for sharing!!
YES! Used half on tuna salad salad with tomato. Tastes almost like a tuna salad sandwich and no need for dressing the mayo is in there. This is easy to take along for lunch in a cooler when you don’t want to be forced to eat out. 🙂
Love it! Great idea to use the tomato. You can also put the tuna salad between cucumber sliced the long way and use the cucumber as your “bread.” It makes a very refreshing lunch 🙂
Or skip the celery on the inside and stuff the tuna mixture in celery sticks. I eat that at my desk a lot.