Healthy Salad - Farm-Fresh Albacore Tuna Salad

While tuna salad is a healthier topping than, say, fried chicken, the mayo it's typically loaded with can add a lot of saturated fat and mask the great, fresh taste of the fish. This tuna salad is made sans mayo and also sneaks in some extra vegetables.

Albacore tuna salad

• 1 6-ounce jar water-packed tuna
•  ½ tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 ½ tablespoons olive oil
• 1/3 cup chopped carrots, celery and scallions
•  Salt and pepper to taste
• 3 ounces mixed baby greens
•  2 ounces cooked jumbo golden beets, diced
• 2 ounces English cucumber, diced 5 cherry tomatoes, halved
• 2 ounces garbanzo beans, cooked
• 3 ounces albacore tuna salad
• 1 ½ tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 ½ tablespoons olive oil

 

For albacore tuna salad:

Combine all ingredients and refrigerate.

For salad: Combine salad ingredients and toss with lemon juice and olive oil. Top with albacore tuna salad and serve immediately.

Per serving: 501 calories, 25 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 80 mg cholesterol, 44 g protein, 30 g carbohydrates, 8 g fiber, 698 mg sodium