Tuna Salad Recipes

"If you are going to make a white bean & tuna salad (which, if you've never had it, might not sound good, but is) with canned goods, this is a good recipe. This is from a book called _Culinary Journey to the Mediterranean. You can serve this with pita bread or pita chips, and/or on a bed of arugula or watercress."

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Ingredients: extra virgin olive oil, garlic...

"This recipe was saved from many years ago (35) when my then future MIL and I would enjoy a cool, refreshing "time-out" on her screened in porch. Never finding tuna in a can" or a tuna from "anywhere" to be especially great tasting, particularly to my immature palette (I was probably 19 yers.old) I would hem and haw about how..."

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Ingredients: canned tuna, fresh chives...

"This is something I have been making for years for my family. Taking the fixins of a tuna sandwich and combining with pasta makes for a great lunch or side dish. Serve cold. My boys always ask for "tuna-noodle""

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Ingredients: dill relish, egg noodles...

"A quick and healthy tuna salad with a different twist. I put this together for lunch today, just tossing together what sounded good. The flavors came together nicely, I thought, so I am posting the recipe. It was great served in a whole-wheat tortilla."

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Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, cumin...

"Not sure where I found this but it was on my computer and still looks good to me. With summer coming salad entrees that require little or no cooking work especially well. Cook some barley one night for dinner and reserve some to make this the next day. Though this is good after a couple of hours, it's even better the next day as the dill flavor..."

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Ingredients: pepper, cucumbers, fresh dill...

"Years and years ago I tried something like this, but I didn't like it between bread. Now I'm reducing carbohydrate intake, and this is a tasty alternative (without bread) to plain cottage cheese (I use low fat because the nonfat is so dry and low fat is at least a compromise). Cook time is chill time if you want it cold, but isn't really necessary."

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Ingredients: cucumbers, green onions...

"Try this in a whole-wheat pita pocket with fresh spinach and sliced red onion."

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Ingredients: ground cumin, salt & freshly ground black pepper...

"I made this up while on phase 1 of the South Beach Diet. I was trying to keep fresh cut up veggies on hand and I love tuna so this was quick to throw together when I didn't want to think about what to eat. It is also very colorful...I love green, purple and red together. I also love the spicy tuna with the crunch and flavors of the fresh veggies. My..."

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Ingredients: mixed sprouts, grape tomatoes...

"I don't know where my mother learned to make this macaroni salad, but it is a multi generation family favorite. And it is so simple! The only family get togethers where we don't make this are Thanksgiving and Christmas. I think my father would dis-own my sister and me if one of us didn't make it for Easter! It always disappears when taken to pot-lucks..."

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Ingredients: fresh dill sprigs, dried dill...

"I like this recipe because it's simple and good. Also, it can be made quickly. I made it up out of items that were already on hand."

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Ingredients: pepper, curry powder...

"I got this recipe from a heart healthy cooking school that I attended. It's very easy and when done right one serving has only 80 calories and 0.6 grams of fat."

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Ingredients: fat-free Italian salad dressing, light chunk tuna in water...