Description
This healthy Mediterranean Tuna Salad is a unique twist on classic tuna salad and an easy and nutritious lunch ready in 10 minutes! Canned tuna, crunchy vegetables and fresh herbs all mixed with a simple lemon dressing & Greek yogurt to make it extra creamy.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cans tuna, 5 ounces each
- ¼ English cucumber, chopped
- 10 cherry tomatoes, quartered
- ¼ red onion, chopped
- 1 stalk celery, chopped
- 10 olives (kalamata or green manzanilla), chopped
- ½ cup fresh parsley, chopped
- ¼ cup fresh dill, loosely packed, chopped
- 1 large lemon, juiced
- ½ cup plain Greek yogurt
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
Instructions
- Step 1: Chop the vegetables and fresh herbs including the English cucumbers, fresh tomatoes, celery, red onion, fresh parsley, dill, and olives. Flake the tuna in the bottom of a bowl.
- Step 2: Add the tuna, vegetables, herbs, and olives in a medium bowl. Add Greek yogurt, fresh lemon juice, garlic powder, salt, black pepper. Give it all a good stir.
Notes
Store leftover tuna salad in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-5 days. To make this recipe dairy-free, use half an avocado in place of Greek yogurt.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Lunch
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: Mediterranean
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 310 kcal
- Sugar: 5 g
- Sodium: 720 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 12 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 38 g
- Cholesterol: 3 mg
Keywords: 10 minutes or less, gluten free, high-protein, healthy lunch, no mayo