White Bean and Tuna Salad
"A fresh-tasting Mediterrnean salad. This is substantial enough for a meal accompanied by good bread and a glass of wine."
photo by PaulaG
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 2 (907.18 g) can cannellini beans, rinsed,drained
- 2 (680.38 g) can solid white tuna, drained
- 2 large tomatoes, seeded and diced
- 118.29 ml chopped red onion
- 118.29 ml kalamata olive
- 29.58 ml fresh lemon juice
- 14.79 ml Dijon mustard
- 118.29 ml olive oil
- 118.29 ml chopped fresh basil
- lettuce leaf
directions
- Combine beans, tuna, tomato, onion and olives in large bowl; combine lemon juice and mustard; gradually whisk in oil; add to salad; mix in chopped basil; season to taste; line 4 plates with lettuce leaves; spoon salad over; enjoy!
- Note: this salad makes an exceptional sandwich 'wrap'; use warmed Greek pita bread.
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Reviews
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Hate to rain on the parade, but we did not enjoy this recipe at all. The ingredients sounded terrific but it just wan't the combo for us. Sorry! -
Tastes just like Italy and makes me want to make a return trip! It's even better, I bet, if you can get the Italian tuna. -
I thought everything about this tuna salad was wonderful. Great flavors, great mix of textures, the olives added just the right bit of salt, and the addition of basil leaves and lemon juice made the whole salad taste very fresh. Excellent recipe, will definitely make this again!
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This is such a delightful salad. The flavors of the tuna (use only the best tuna), and olives, and beans, with the other vegetables, were in perfect harmony with each other. Very heart healthy! The dressing was light and the basil gave the dressing a perfect robust flavor. We enjoyed this healthy, tasty salad so much. Thanks, Evelyn for sharing your recipe. -
I am a fan of your parade! I followed the directions & ingredients - WONDERFUL!!!
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Tweaks
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We used canned salmon instead of tuna, but it was still delish! Served it over salad greens, but we all agreed it would make an excellent sandwich on good crusty french bread, too. May also try mixing in some cooked pasta for a one-dish meal. -
So, I was getting ready to make this wonderful salad for the second time and realized I only had one can of beans and no lemon juice. It then dawned on me that there was some leftover Simple Garlic Pasta (#208217) in the fridge. Looking for a no-cook summer time dinner, I combined everything, used cider vinegar and and a dash of sugar instead of lemon juice and added some pepperocini (because we love them) and Voila!...Yum! The salad, as written is fabulous as well,...no changes needed, but I was happy to use up some leftovers and have a delicous, healthy meal. Thanks so much for the great recipe!
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.
