An easy and healthy recipe for a White Bean and Tuna Salad that's loaded with good for you ingredients that will help fill you up and keep you satisfied until your next meal.
4cupsmixed spring greensor salad greens of your choice.
115 ouncecannellini beansor white kidney beans, rinsed and drained.
16 ouncetuna packed in olive oildrain the oil and reserve it for the salad dressing.
1tomato chopped, or a handful of cherry or grape tomatoes
¼cupchopped red onion
3tablespoonsParmesan cheese shavingsuse a peeler to make thin Parmesan strips
chopped fresh parsley (optional)
Mediterranean Salad Dressing (Lemon and Olive Oil Dressing)
3tablespoonsextra-virgin olive oilplus the reserved oil from the canned tuna (should have 4 tablespoons of oil in total)
2tablespoonsfreshly squeezed lemon juice
½smallgarlic clovecrushed
salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Mediterranean Salad Dressing (Lemon and Olive Oil Dressing)
Combine the oil, lemon juice, crushed garlic, salt and pepper in a small bowl and whisk together. Or put all the ingredients in a small jar, cover it and give it a good shake. Reserve or refrigerate if not using right away.
White Bean and Tuna Salad
Add the salad greens to a bowl.
Top the greens with the white beans, tuna, tomatoes and red onion.
Sprinkle freshly chopped parsley and top with Parmesan shavings.
Add the dressing and toss the salad.
Serve immediately.
Notes
Leftover salad dressing can be stored in a sealed mason jar in the refrigerator for up to a week.