Healthy Tuna Vegetable Salad Recipe
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This healthy tuna vegetable salad recipe makes a wonderful lunch salad without any added chemicals or preservatives found in store-bought tuna salad.
We never used to eat a lot of tuna or other fish around here because my ex-husband is highly allergic to it. Add to that my trepidation where seafood is concerned due to the increasing toxicity of our oceans. So it’s pretty rare that we actually eat fish. But there are times when a healthy tuna salad recipe is needed. Say, for example, on one of those mornings when I haven’t been to the store but Mini Chef needs a lunch to take to school and tuna is the only thing in my pantry.
A while back, a reader emailed me and asked if I could redo a recipe for her. She had eaten a tuna wrap that she really enjoyed, but then read the ingredients and realized it was not clean. So she emailed and asked if I could “clean it up” for her.
Not being one to turn down a cooking challenge, I went to the web page she gave me (no longer available) that listed all the ingredients of the sandwich she liked so much. To say it isn’t clean is an understatement. But I wasn’t going to give up easily. So I went to the store, bought some tuna, and got to work making healthy tuna salad.
This tuna salad is tasty, mild, and enjoyable in several different ways. But my favorite is to use it in a healthy tuna salad sandwich. You can try putting this into a wrap or just eating it by itself as well. It’s a mild and delightful salad that will also keep you pretty full and satisfied until dinner.
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Healthy Tuna Vegetable Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 15 oz. canned water-packed tuna
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- 2 tsp. lemon juice
- 1 medium carrot (grated)
- ½ tsp. dried dill
- 1 tsp. dried parsley
- 1 small tomato (chopped)
- ¼ tsp. dijon mustard (no sugar added)
- ½ small white onion (chopped)
- 1 large hard boiled egg (chopped)
- ½ tsp. garlic powder
- 1 tsp. honey (optional – to taste)
- salt and pepper (to taste)
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
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Sounds great! Hmmm wonder if I have tuna????? Off to look. I may be having this over the weekend!
Paulissa – Fantastic! Let me know how it turns out!
This looks awesome, going to try it!
Rhonda – Great! Let me know how you like it!
LOL, if you notice in the top right of the liks website it says that the palce was “selected as one of americas most healthy restaurants”..haha. great revamping again Tiffany.
Desiree – I’m not following. What says that?
sorry, correction..the LINKS, thePLACE..lol. i have 4 kids running round me and they keep bumping me..haha
Thanks for posting this! I love tuna for lunch and I haven’t been eating it much because to get it “clean” I have to make homemade pickle relish. Wish I did this summer and froze it. But your recipe sounds really delicious! Thanks again!
Erin – You’re welcome! Hope you enjoy it!
Thank you!!!
Tuna Salad is a staple lunch item for me and I had no idea what I should do to clean it up!! I will be trying this for Monday lunch!
PS I just stumbled on your blog last week and as an aspiring clean eater I am thrilled to have found you!
Ashley – So happy to have you as a reader! Welcome! Let me know how you like the tuna salad!
Thanks Tiffany, I will be having this for lunch at work next week. I love tuna salad over greens like spinach and romane ( and other veg as well) in a big bowl. This version sounds great
Trude – You’re welcome! I hope you’ll enjoy it!
Looks good! I’ve also used hummus in place of the yogurt, for anyone who’s avoiding dairy.
Erin – Really? I never would have put those two together. I’ll have to try it. Thanks!
I made this last nite and it turned out great. Thank you for sharing
Arnisha – Fantastic! So happy you enjoyed it!
I LOVE Tuna Salad!!!! This looks a lot more clean than my usual version!
Kim – Great! Let me know how you like it!
Tuna turned out awesome! So flavorful that I ate it “as is” and left the Wasa crackers on the shelf. Thanks!
Margaret – That’s fantastic! I’m so happy you enjoyed it!
I am not a big tuna person, so I used salmon instead. But I have to say this could possibly be the best salmon salad I have ever made. YUM. I just ate a helping and am tempted to go back for another.
Heather – That’s marvelous! I’ll have to try it with salmon next time. Thanks for the tip!
This looks good, I too would use hummus and real garlic instead of powder, maybe green onion instead of onion and the dried parsley
Rebecca – The sky’s the limit! Enjoy!
I’m not a huge tuna fan, especially while pregnant, but I appreciate your concern and care with all foods, even ones you don’t tend to indulge in much. Also, I love the muchkin tip and the nutritional breakdown you give of the foods. Thanks again for bringing good foods to us all!
CJ – You’re pregnant! Congratulations!! Glad you’re enjoying my recipes!
Robyn – I couldn’t find an ingredient list for this on line. If you send me one, I can take a look.
5 ounces (142g)
I included it because the ingredient list I was converting had sugar in it. So I made it an optional thing. It’s not necessary, but some people may prefer it. I added it, but found that for my own preferences, I probably shouldn’t have. I didn’t think it was necessary, so I made it optional.
You should never keep meat more than 3 days from what I’ve read. So maybe just cut the recipe in half to be sure it doesn’t go to waste. Enjoy!
I was wondering if when I made this I could leave out the Greek Yogurt? or is it an important part?
Thank You!
You can certainly try it. It wouldn’t have that traditional texture, but I’m sure it would be tasty.
Just made this and am eating it right now, yum, delish and so glad I found this recipe because we like tuna and eat it often. Thanks!!!!
My pleasure! 🙂
Hi, second time I made this for my hubbie to take to work with his salad. I keep some (a lot) in a different container, ’cause I love it!!! The taste of the tuna is really good, amazing how different with the greek yogurt instead of mayo, thank you so much!
My pleasure!
W/ any type of this “salad”; what do you eat it with? Sandwich? (What bread?) crackers? (healthiest crackers?) I liked eating it w/ Triscuit Brown rice crackers but is that the best choice?
Anna – As a sandwich is always good. You can certainly use it as more of a dip for crackers though. Either way. Ak Mak crackers are great.
Made this last week and it was the best tuna salad ever. I’ve been looking for a good healthy tuna recipe and this did the trick. I followed your directions (even added honey) but didn’t include the onions because I’m not an onion fan. It was delicious and I don’t think I will do tuna again without doing it this way. Thanks!
Dee – That’s wonderful! So glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
I made this for lunch today and it was delicious! I only had vanilla greek yogurt on hand, so I used that. Wasn’t sure it would turn out but it did. Had a sweet and salty taste, which I’m a fan of 🙂
Danilee – Fantastic! 🙂
This looks fantastic, can you omit the boiled egg though?
Alesia – Sure!