
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!
📖 Recipe
Spicy Garden Tuna Salad
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.
Judy
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...
Ryan
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.
roni
Yogurt is about 6, carrot is 6, 1 tomato is 5... it adds up! That's why I don't count carbs anymore. 😉
Michelle
21 grams carbs? How? Ate the stats including the bread? Sounds really yummy!
TheKitchenWitch
Sounds and looks healthy and delicious. Anything spicy is a good thing, in my book!
Dana
Great way to get veggies in! I wondered what you were going to do for the mayo/salad dressing!!
Kemi
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!
Arlene @ Adventures in Weight Loss
Looks good ... I'd probably have to cut down on the peppers, though. (Midwestern taste buds, you know.) 😉