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Tomato & Tuna Salad

Course: Salads - Other Salads

Ingredients

  • 1 7- Ounce Can Chunk Light Tuna in Water Well Drained
  • 3 Tablespoons Mayonnaise
  • 1 1/2 to 2 Tablespoons Onion Chopped
  • 2 Tablespoons Bread & Butter Pickles Chopped
  • - Or Sweet Pickle Relish
  • 2 Medium Tomatoes on the Vine
  • - or 3 Roma Tomatoes Diced
  • 1 Avocado Sliced or Diced
  • 1/2 Cucumber Sliced or Diced
  • Crisp Leaf Lettuce For Serving, Optional
  • Assorted Olives Optional
  • Chopped Parsley For Garnish, Optional

Instructions

Tuna Salad:

  • Combine tuna, mayonnaise, onion, and pickles or pickle relish in a bowl and stir well to combine.
  • Choose from one of these preparation styles:

Fancy Tomato Cups:

  • Using tomatoes on the vine, slice tomatoes in half and hollow out, removing seeds to form cups. Fill each tomato cup with 1/4 of the tuna salad mixture.
  • Place two tomato halves on a plate with sliced avocado and cucumber.
  • If desired, serve on top of leaf lettuce with assorted olives and garnished with chopped parsley.

Diced Salad:

  • Place tuna salad and diced Roma tomato, diced cucumber and diced avocado together in a bowl. You can either mix the vegetables all together and top with the tuna salad or place each individual component is separate quadrants.
  • If desired, garnish with olives and chopped parsley. Make it really fancy by serving in a lettuce bowl.
  • Serves two as a light lunch or four as a side salad.

Notes

A note on tuna can sizes: 7-ounce cans can be found at Costco, but the standard size can found in most grocery stores is 5-ounces, so you may need to adjust these proportions accordingly.