Brown rice and tuna salad
Brown rice and tuna salad

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, brown rice and tuna salad. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Brown rice and tuna salad is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Brown rice and tuna salad is something that I have loved my whole life.

I adapted this recipe from one I found in a cookbook. It is not only healthy, it is delicious! Italian tuna and brown rice salad using two basic pantry items—tuna and brown rice - plus capers, good quality chopped olives, frozen mixed vegetables and fresh lemon juice, you can create this easy, make-ahead, healthy salad loaded with flavor and perfect to pack for lunch or a picnic!

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have brown rice and tuna salad using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Brown rice and tuna salad:
  1. Get 1 cup brown rice, cooked
  2. Prepare 1 pc. bell pepper or tomato, chopped
  3. Get 1/2 pc. cucumber, deseeded, chopped
  4. Make ready 1 clove garlic, minced
  5. Get 1/2 onion, small, finely chopped
  6. Prepare Handful dried fruit / pineapple tidbits, drained
  7. Get Handful lettuce
  8. Take Protein & Spices
  9. Take 1/2 can chunky tuna in water/brine, drained
  10. Take Handful chopped walnuts
  11. Take 1/8 cup lemon / lime juice
  12. Get Dash salt, to taste (garlic salt is ok too)
  13. Get Dash paprika or cayenne, to taste
  14. Prepare Dash olive oil, to taste
  15. Make ready Dash honey, to taste
  16. Prepare Optional
  17. Prepare 1 tbsp mayo-less egg salad (check my cookpad page for recipe)OR
  18. Make ready 1 tbsp hummus

Stir through the mayonnaise, lemon juice and olive oil and season to taste. Great recipe for Brown rice and tuna salad. Couscous and lentils are a no for type O like me. Meanwhile, here where I am from, Quinoa isn't easily available especially this community quarantine.

Instructions to make Brown rice and tuna salad:
  1. Wash and cook brown rice according to package instruction.
  2. Prepare your bell peppers, onion, and garlic: wash, slice, chop and place them all on a big bowl. [You also have to option to quick fry your onion and garlic if you like, before mixing them with other ingredients]
  3. On the same bowl, add in all the specified protein and spices [and the optional ingredients you fancy]. Set aside and cover while waiting for rice to cook.
  4. Wash your lettuce, then dry, and cut them into bite sizes by hands. Transfer 1 serving of lettuce on a serving bowl and set aside. Keep leftover lettuce on a ziplock bag and store in fridge. Note: Using a knife to cut lettuce makes lettuce taste bitter. Strange but true, based from experience.
  5. Soon as the brown rice is cooked. Take 1 cup rice. Add them to the bowl of quickly marinated veggies (w/o lettuce). Mix them well.
  6. For 1 serve, transfer 1/2 cup brown rice mixture on the serving bowl with lettuce and stir them a bit. Garnish with extra chopped walnuts or dried fruit if you want.
  7. Keep the brown rice mix leftovers on a container then store in fridge. And it would taste even better the next day! If the leftover mixture has cooled down, you can mix-in the lettuce before storing the meal in fridge. Or alternatively, just bring a ziplock of lettuce with your packed brown rice and mix them upon consumption. Enjoy!

Thus, I came up with this idea instead. I enjoy eating it warm, or cold. This Easy Tuna Rice Salad is so simple to make, but tastes great. Perfect for a light lunch, as part of a picnic or at a potluck/buffet. Alternatively, serve with a green side salad and some crusty bread for a more substantial meal.

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