Tuna With Grape Tomatoes and Greens |
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 15 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Enjoy this French-style tuna salad that’s not only great for your heart, but it’s also packed with plenty of veggies and topped with a fragrant vinaigrette for unbelievable flavor. And as a no-cook recipe (requires no stove time) – you conserve energy in your own kitchen! Ingredients:
1 cup canned asparagus, cuts and tips drained and chilled |
1 (6 ounce) can albacore solid white tuna packed in water, drained and flaked |
1 cup canned chick-peas, drained and rinsed (garbanzo beans) |
6 romaine lettuce leaves, washed, dried and shredded |
1/2 cucumber, peeled, seeded and diced |
12 grape tomatoes, halved |
1/4 cup peanut oil |
1/2 lemon, juice of |
1 tablespoon rice vinegar |
1 teaspoon soy sauce |
1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce |
1 tablespoon capers |
1 tablespoon chopped cilantro |
Directions:
1. Place asparagus, tuna, chickpeas, lettuce, cucumber and tomatoes in a salad bowl.
2. Whisk peanut oil, lemon juice, vinegar, soy sauce, hot-pepper sauce, capers and cilantro in a small bowl to make a vinaigrette.
3. Toss vinaigrette with the salad ingredients; serve immediately.
4. Servings: 4.
5. Nutritional Information Per Serving: Calories 270; Total fat 16g; Saturated fat 3g; Cholesterol 20mg; Sodium 670mg; Carbohydrate 18g; Fiber 5g; Protein 15g; Vitamin A 35%DV*; Vitamin C 45%DV; Calcium 6%DV; Iron 15%DV.
6. *Daily Value.
7. Adapted from The Get with the Program! Guide to Good Eating by Bob Greene. Copyright 2003 by Bob Greene. Published by Simon & Schuster, Inc., N.Y. Reprinted by permission.
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