Favorite Tuna Salad?

JaenaM

Tuna is such a great source of protein and i need to get more protein! I'd love to know your favorite weight-goal-friendly-but-tasty tuna salad recipes. This is my favorite recipe ever (but traditionally not goal friendly):

Tuna
Real mayonnaise
Slivered almonds
Lemon pepper

Thats it! I just add mayo, pepper, almonds to taste. I used to do the celery, onion, and everything else but the recipe is so good just simplified like this. You would be surprised how tasty of a tuna salad this makes! Serve it on a croissant and go straight to heaven, do not pass go, do not collect $200. It's actually my moms chicken salad recipe but I don't eat chicken. With my current goals I've got to ditch the croissant and go for a sandwich thin and maybe lighten up the mayo.

What do y'all like to do with your tuna?

vim_n_vigor

Try the tuna steaks instead of frozend. Sear in olive oil and put some wasabi and soy sauce. I will mix this up with rice and veggies, or put it on top of a salad - no dressing necessary

ZebraHead

1 can Tuna (5oz can white albacore in water)
1 tsp sweet pickle relish
1 tsp yellow mustard
1 half stalk finely diced celery
2 TBS Miracle Whip lite
Salt and Pepper to taste

sometimes 1 hard boiled egg white (diced)
sometimes fine diced carrots
sometimes some fine diced yellow onion

Goal_Seeker_1988

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NoExcuseTina

hard boiled eggs...and I like dill

TDGee

I throw a cup of spinach chopped up into the mix. Some lemon pepper and garlic powder. That's it.

NoAdditives

I don't eat tuna, it's too high in mercury and the canned tuna is high in BPA.

I like to make a tuna-style salad with salmon instead with some olive oil mayo, sweet pickles, celery and onion.

scv4414

tuna, diced pickle, diced boiled egg, one tbs light mayo, salt & peper!

rbryntes

I mix a can of tuna with salt and pepper and put it on bread. No mayo.

gp79

I keep it basic

Sarah Lee Delightful multigrain bread - 90 cal
5oz (I like it plump) starkist albacore tuna - 175 cal
1 plop of Kraft Olive Oil Mayo - 45 cal
finely chopped celery + onion - negligible

310 cal
39g protein
20g carbs
10g fat

dmpizza

Tune(packed in water)
generous pinch of "steak rub" seasoning
shot or two of Real Lemon, or similar
Dried lemon peel(chopped)
Oregano

Mix to taste

cmw72

First, I drain and rinse the tuna, otherwise the taste is too overpowering. Then I like to mix it with fat-free cottage cheese, frozen peas, and a healthy dose of black pepper. I don't know how it would be on bread, but it's pretty good by itself.

trixylewis

tuna, light mayo, onion, dill pickle, celery, dash of dry mustard, hard boiled egg, served on toast with a slice of tomato, yum!

Tree72

One of my standards is:

1 pouch (2 servings) tuna
1 Tbsp. Kraft olive oil mayo (half the fat of regular mayo)
1 tsp dijon mustard
juice of half a lemon
1/2 tsp tarragon
1/4 tsp garlic powder
2 sliced green onions
1 large stalk celery, chopped

Other times I'll use dill instead of the tarragon and add in a tablespoon or so of sweet pickle relish.

BeLightYear

100 calories - 1 can of tuna (packed in water, drained well)
40 calories - 2 tablespoons of light sour cream
0 calories - dill relish
70 calories - 2 slices of light bread

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210 calories for a totally filling sandwich that isn't ruined by that awful light mayo!

slimdownspicey

bump!

tameko2

One of my standards is:

1 pouch (2 servings) tuna
1 Tbsp. Kraft olive oil mayo (half the fat of regular mayo)
1 tsp dijon mustard
juice of half a lemon
1/2 tsp tarragon
1/4 tsp garlic powder
2 sliced green onions
1 large stalk celery, chopped

Other times I'll use dill instead of the tarragon and add in a tablespoon or so of sweet pickle relish.

mine looks like this but I don't bother wiht hte onion and celery and tarragon -- ok mine doesn't look THAT much like this. I do mayo, mustard, lemon, a little salt, pepper, and i'm generally too lazy to go further.

and when i'm really lazy i just drain it, scoop it straight out of teh can, and put some mustard on top.

CakeFit21

Garam Masala
chopped cucumber
lemon zest
finely chopped cilantro
green onion
lemon juice
MAYO!

PVMcHugh

I make my tuna salad with an avocado instead of mayo. Then salt and pepper to taste. Sometimes I eat this plain, most times I eat it with crackers or bread. Delicious either way.

aldale

I am doing low carb so I mix:

1 can tuna
2 hard-boiled eggs
mayo
onions
celery
salt and pepper

This is very traditional but very good. It also works for me! Sometimes instead of adding the celery chopped, I just spread the tuna salad on the celery rib.

lisacornell

If you want to cut down the calories in your recipe, just substitute low fat plain yogurt for the mayo, or you can do 1/2 yogurt and 1/2 mayo. The taste is nearly the same, the yogurt actually adds a little more zing to it.

My recipe is:

12 oz canned tuna in water
3 T low fat plain yogurt
1 T capers
1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes in oil (drained)

Mix the above together and then top 2 whole wheat soft tortilla shells with 1 t dijon mustard and a red leaf lettuce leaf and 1/2 the mixture above and roll up.

calories - 416
fat - 16
protein - 37
fiber - 5
iron - 22

chubba10000

I like salty/sour. Coarsely chop a couple of Tbs of capers, mince a clove of garlic, make a little vinaigrette with this, a Tbs of dijon, and equal parts olive oil & sherry vinegar. Fine diced celery, tuna, add vinaigrette to taste, season it, let it get to know itself for a few minutes. Some hard boiled egg if you've got it but no reason to go out of your way. Maybe chopped pickled peppers of some kind.

In general sandwichmaking I have found mayo to be more indispensable than any other condiment. Cheese I have totally learned to live without. A little mayo makes everything else go further, though.

TheRoadDog

Fresh Raw Tuna (Maguro)
Green Onions
Mayo
Thai Chili Past

JaenaM

If you want to cut down the calories in your recipe, just substitute low fat plain yogurt for the mayo, or you can do 1/2 yogurt and 1/2 mayo. The taste is nearly the same, the yogurt actually adds a little more zing to it.

My recipe is:

12 oz canned tuna in water
3 T low fat plain yogurt
1 T capers
1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes in oil (drained)

Mix the above together and then top 2 whole wheat soft tortilla shells with 1 t dijon mustard and a red leaf lettuce leaf and 1/2 the mixture above and roll up.

calories - 416
fat - 16
protein - 37
fiber - 5
iron - 22

What a great idea!

kyodi

BUMP; I LOVE tuna!!

purple_orchid

Hard boiled eggs sound good!

anvacarz

Oh, mine might be weird!

I use salmon also because it tastes "less fishy" to me for some reason. But, I LOVE tuna.

Canned salmon
enough hummus to make it wet but not really clumped together
sliced almonds
raisins
sweet relish
jalepenos
lettuce or spinach
egg whites hardboiled

on TOASTED bread.

sal0118

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