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    Home » Recipes » Lunch » Spicy Garden Tuna Salad

    Spicy Garden Tuna Salad

    Updated: Jul 21, 2023 by Veronica Noone · This post may contain affiliate links · 8 Comments

    spicy garden tuna salad pin

    I've never been a tuna salad person. I think we established that on my Garden Tuna Salad with Feta Post. But being home for lunch has me wanting to get creative and I always seem to have cans of tuna in the pantry. Nor sure why. Pair that with a crap load of veggies from the farm (I joined a CSA-learn more here) and you get things like this Spicy Garden Tuna.

    I'm calling it "Garden" because I use fresh veggies from the the farm/garden and I'm calling it "Spicy" because... well... it's spicy. Genius, I know. 😉

    You can of course make it as spicy as you like, or don't like. I was in the mood for something with bite so in addition to the hot peppers I had from the farm I added some green chili tabasco. It went awesome with the lime and cilantro. I also didn't add any onion but I can see some diced red onion is here as a nice addition. Here's what I did do...

    Ingredients

    • 1 can of tuna packed in water
    • 3oz of fat free yogurt
    • 1 carrot shredded
    • 2 tomatoes diced
    • 2 red or green peppers diced
    • 2 hot peppers minced (I used a Serrano and a Green Chile)
    • 1 bunch of fresh cilantro chopped
    • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
    • 1 tablespoon Lime juice
    • 1 teaspoon tabasco or too taste

    Instructions

    This one is pretty easy. Just combine all the ingredients.

    Here they are not combine...

    and combined...

    Once combined make a sandwhich. 😉

    You got love simple recipes. Of course you had to do all the chopping and such but that's not too too bad. 😉 By the way my "secret" with the carrot is to simply use a potato peeler to get thin strips. It's perfect when you want carrot in a salad like this without it being too hard or crunchy.

    I served a cup of the salad on a new FlatOut Foldit bread with a bed of spinach and a side of carrot sticks. It's was a perfect lunch!

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    spicy garden tuna salad featured

    Spicy Garden Tuna Salad

    Add some heat to your lunch routine with our spicy garden tuna salad. It's a balanced, nutritious, and tasty dish that's easy to prepare.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Cook Time 3 minutes mins
    Total Time 8 minutes mins
    Course Salad
    Cuisine American
    Servings 1 people
    Calories 305 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 can of tuna packed in water
    • 3 oz of fat free yogurt
    • 1 carrot shredded
    • 2 tomatoes diced
    • 2 red or green peppers diced
    • 2 hot peppers minced I used a Serrano and a Green Chile
    • 1 bunch of fresh cilantro chopped
    • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
    • 1 tablespoon Lime juice
    • 1 teaspoon tabasco or too taste

    Instructions
     

    • This one is pretty easy. Just combine all the ingredients.
      1 can of tuna packed in water, 3 oz of fat free yogurt, 1 carrot shredded, 2 tomatoes diced, 2 red or green peppers diced, 2 hot peppers minced, 1 bunch of fresh cilantro chopped, ¼ teaspoon kosher salt, 1 tablespoon Lime juice, 1 teaspoon tabasco or too taste
    • Once combined make a sandwhich.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 305kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 46gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.3gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 65mgSodium: 1124mgPotassium: 1345mgFiber: 6gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 2417IUVitamin C: 273mgCalcium: 212mgIron: 6mg
    Keyword beet salad, Spicy, Tuna
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    1. Judy

      September 17, 2011 at 1:59 pm

      very colorful, very appetizing..rainbow of color!
      the carrot tip is off the chain...great secret!

      what i love is that all the ingredients are in the pantry...

      Reply
    2. Ryan

      September 27, 2010 at 10:07 am

      Thanks! This post inspired me on Sunday, to make a similar tuna-yogurt-veggie mix and make picnic sandwiches. My girlfriend loved them!

      I have a picture on my blog and a link back to this page from there. Thanks again, I'll try more of your recipes - the simpler ones that I can cook, that is.

      Reply
    3. roni

      September 17, 2010 at 1:25 pm

      Yogurt is about 6, carrot is 6, 1 tomato is 5... it adds up! That's why I don't count carbs anymore. 😉

      Reply
    4. Michelle

      September 17, 2010 at 1:02 pm

      21 grams carbs? How? Ate the stats including the bread? Sounds really yummy!

      Reply
    5. TheKitchenWitch

      September 17, 2010 at 10:19 am

      Sounds and looks healthy and delicious. Anything spicy is a good thing, in my book!

      Reply
    6. Dana

      September 16, 2010 at 2:52 pm

      Great way to get veggies in! I wondered what you were going to do for the mayo/salad dressing!!

      Reply
    7. Kemi

      September 16, 2010 at 1:27 pm

      This looks delish and very similar to how I make my tuna salads chock full of veggies! I haven't tried adding shredded carrots to it or subbing yogurt in yet though.. That will be next!

      Reply
    8. Arlene @ Adventures in Weight Loss

      September 16, 2010 at 1:22 pm

      Looks good ... I'd probably have to cut down on the peppers, though. (Midwestern taste buds, you know.) 😉

      Reply

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