How to Make a Healthy Tuna Salad For Weight Loss

Tuna salad is quick and healthy when you use fresh, whole ingredients.

Tuna is a rich protein source that gives you energy and helps to build muscles. A nutritious, healthy tuna salad is easy to make and an economical way to boost your protein intake.

Things You'll Need

• Small can tuna
• Capers
• Lettuce, romaine or other type, shredded
• Raw spinach or other dark, leafy green, chopped
• Onion, minced
• Celery, dice
• Cooked egg white or whole egg, chopped
• Prepared mustard
• Olive oil
• Fresh tomatoes
• Mixing bowl
• Mixing spoon
• Salad bowl

Instructions

1. Mix together a small can of tuna, capers, minced onion, a chopped hard-cooked egg, celery, mustard, and olive oil in a mixing bowl. Use only the white if that is what your dietary regimen calls for. Adjust ingredient amounts to your taste.

2. Make a bed of shredded lettuce and finely chopped dark-green leafy vegetables in a salad bowl.

3. Place the tuna mixture on the top of the bed of greens. Alternatively, mix it together with the greens. Add wedges of fresh tomatoes.

Tips & Warnings

• Serve with whole wheat crackers for some extra crunch.

References

• Self Nutrition Data: Fish, Tuna, Light, Canned in Water, Drained Solid