Tarragon Tuna Salad Recipe
It's surprising how a few herbs can brighten up tuna salad. Made with reduced-fat mayonnaise, this version from Billie Moss gets zip from mustard. "It makes a great light lunch or Sunday brunch item," she notes from El Sobrante, California.
This recipe is:
Healthy
Quick
Diabetic Friendly
Prep/Total Time: 10 min.
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients
2 cans (6 ounces each) light water-packed tuna, drained and flaked
1 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup chopped sweet onion
1/3 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon minced fresh tarragon or 1/4 teaspoon dried tarragon
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
Lettuce leaves, optional
Directions
In a small bowl, combine the tuna, celery and onion. Combine the mayonnaise, parsley, lemon juice, tarragon, mustard and pepper. Stir into tuna mixture. Serve on lettuce leaves if desired. Yield: 4 servings.
Nutritional Facts 2/3 cup equals 169 calories, 7 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 31 mg cholesterol, 467 mg sodium, 4 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 21 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 1 fat.
Originally published as Tarragon Tuna Salad in Light & Tasty February/March 2005, p56
It's surprising how a few herbs can brighten up tuna salad. Made with reduced-fat mayonnaise, this version from Billie Moss gets zip from mustard. "It makes a great light lunch or Sunday brunch item," she notes from El Sobrante, California.
This recipe is:
Healthy
Quick
Diabetic Friendly
Prep/Total Time: 10 min.
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients
2 cans (6 ounces each) light water-packed tuna, drained and flaked
1 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup chopped sweet onion
1/3 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon minced fresh tarragon or 1/4 teaspoon dried tarragon
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
Lettuce leaves, optional
Directions
In a small bowl, combine the tuna, celery and onion. Combine the mayonnaise, parsley, lemon juice, tarragon, mustard and pepper. Stir into tuna mixture. Serve on lettuce leaves if desired. Yield: 4 servings.
Nutritional Facts 2/3 cup equals 169 calories, 7 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 31 mg cholesterol, 467 mg sodium, 4 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 21 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 1 fat.
Originally published as Tarragon Tuna Salad in Light & Tasty February/March 2005, p56
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