Help-yourself Tuna Rice Salad

Name: Help-yourself Tuna Rice Salad
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Cooked rice about 900g/2lb; Can of tuna 400g; Frozen peas 200g; Red pepper 2; Tomatoes 3; Spring onions 5; Parsley bunch; Olives large handful; Mayonnaise 4 tbsp; Lemon Juice of 1; Olive oil 2 tbsp

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Ingredients

	about 900g/2lb Cooked rice cold, about 400g/14oz uncooked rice
	400g Can of tuna in springwater
	200g Frozen peas defrosted
	2 Red pepper peeled with a potato peeler, deseeded and diced
	3 Tomatoes chopped into small chunks
	5 Spring onions finely sliced
	bunch Parsley flat-leaf, chopped
	large handful Olives stoned, roughly chopped (optional)
	4 tbsp Mayonnaise
	Juice of 1 Lemon
	2 tbsp Olive oil extra-virgin

Nutritional information

328

kcal

10g

fat

saturates

49g

carbs

fiber

14g

protein

Cuisine:

American Recipes

Ingredients

about 900g/2lb Cooked rice
cold, about 400g/14oz uncooked rice
400g Can of tuna
in springwater
200g Frozen peas
defrosted
2 Red pepper
peeled with a potato peeler, deseeded and diced
3 Tomatoes
chopped into small chunks
5 Spring onions
finely sliced
bunch Parsley
flat-leaf, chopped
large handful Olives
stoned, roughly chopped (optional)
4 tbsp Mayonnaise
Juice of 1 Lemon
2 tbsp Olive oil
extra-virgin

Help-yourself Tuna Rice Salad

I’m quite a busy mom and this Help-Yourself Tuna Rice Salad recipe fits right into my schedule. Ready in under 30 minutes and delivering a huge portion size, this is my go-to trick when I have a hungry family and limited time. There is barely any cooking involved either.

Most of the preparation time is used to cook the rice, then quickly mix it in a bowl with tuna, petits pois peas, red peppers, tomatoes, spring onions, green olives and parsley and tossed in some mayonnaise and lemon juice. – With so many ingredients, one would think you’d thought long and hard about this recipe!

To make Tuna Rice Salad, you will need the following ingredients:

So, how to make Tuna Rice Salad?

Steps to make Help-yourself Tuna Rice Salad

1	Separate rice	3
If the cooked rice has clumped together, break it up in a large mixing bowl.
2	Add salad ingredients	3
Add the tuna in flakes and toss with the peas, peppers, tomatoes, spring onions, parsley and olive, if using, to mix.
3	Add dressing	2
Drizzle with mayonnaise, lemon juice, olive oil and salt and pepper to taste and toss to coat, lightly.
4	Store	1
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
5	Serve
And serve whenever you wish.

Get ready for the easiest Tuna Rice Salad recipe. Well-balanced with so much goodness and such little effort, you have just got to give this one a go! Let us know what you think of the salad for dinner and tag #cookmerecipes in your own posts online.

Ruth Harris

Ruth is an experienced businesswoman and happy mom who just hit 40. She’s a huge gym fan and has a PhD in Keto. Just kidding! But really, Ruth knows how to do Keto the healthy way and has a lot of experience in dealing with all the issues that newbies to this trendy new diet face during the adjustment period, like overcoming Keto flu. Ruth loves life and takes her health and food seriously, so she’s your go-to person if you decided to follow the Keto diet.