White Bean Tuna Salad
Inexpensive Dinner Salad Made from Mostly Pantry Ingredients.
Servings: 2
Equipment
- knife or food processor
Ingredients
Salad
- 1 15 oz. can Cannelini or Great Northern Beans drained and rinsed
- 2 5 0z. cans Tuna drained
- 2 cups Arugula lightly packed
- 1/2 cup Red Onion thinly sliced and then lightly cut into roughly one inch pieces
- 1/4 cup Italian Parsley chopped
Dressing
- 3 Tablespoons Red Wine Vinegar
- 3 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried Oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon Kosher Salt
- 1/4 teaspoon Black Pepper
- Juice of Half a Lemon
- 1 teaspoon Lemon Zest optional
For Serving
- Crusty Bread Sliced and Toasted
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine beans, tuna, arugula, red onion, and parsley.
- For dressing, combine vinegar, oil, oregano, salt, pepper, lemon juice and lemon zest. Whisk to combine.
- Pour dressing over tuna mixture; toss to combine. Serve on toasted crusty bread.
Modifications
I've streamlined this recipe to have less steps and be as easy as possible.
I have a problem slicing anything thinly, so I quarter the small red onion and put it in the feed tube of my food processor using the stem and slicing blade.The parsley can be done either in the food processor or chopped by hand.
I squeezed the lemon by hand but it was a soft one. Microwaving a lemon for 5 seconds makes them juice more easily as well. I am remembering one of those little plastic squeeze lemons I bought at the grocery store a long time ago that tasted pretty close to real lemon. Why don't I keep one of those around now?
Lemon zest can be optional if it is too much of a pain in the hands, but I used it this time.
You can make the dressing in a leak proof container or jar and shake it if it's easier than whisking.
The food processor is also an option for the dressing, and you could also pour the olive oil in at the end through the little hole in the feed tube spout insert. This would make the dressing more emulsified but it seems like it might be overkill for this salad. I would do this only if I wanted to say the word "emulsified" to my family and friends, which the more I think about it, I do. Just not this time.