Orange Tuna Salad Recipe

See the ingredient exchanges and menu planner for some quick and easy meals ideas to serve up this great quick seafood salad recipe.

2 servings (as a main dish)

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5 Ingredients Needed:

canned tuna – 1 (6 oz) can water packed – drained

navel orange – (1) peeled, sectioned
and cut into small chunks

capers – 1 tbsp

blue cheese – 1/4 cup crumbled

watercress – 3 to 4 cups washed, patted dry
and roughly torn or chopped

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In a mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients.

Note: As you cut the orange into pieces, be sure to catch the juice on the cutting board and pour over the salad. This will be the dressing.


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** Tuna Salad in Puffed Pastry: Serve this quick tuna salad recipe in cooked puffed pastry shells with sautéed mushrooms, celery and broccoli.

** Serve this recipe for tuna salad over pasta (elbow macaroni, farfalle, spiral pasta or broken up rice noodles) with a side of scallions, water chestnuts and sweet red peppers dressed in lime juice and olive oil.

Light Meal Ideas (suitable for lunch or a light dinner):

** For a simple meal, try serving tuna salad in quartered tomatoes with baked potato chips.

** A very quick meal is to serve this orange tuna salad recipe on red leaf lettuce with marinated zucchini and yellow squash in olive oil vinaigrette.


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Ingredient Exchanges:

* Instead of Navel Orange: try Pears or Fresh or Canned Mandarin Oranges (if using canned, drizzle the juice over the salad)

* Instead of Capers: try Black or Green Olives or Chopped Pecans

* Instead of Blue Cheese: try Asiago or Goat Cheese

* Instead of Watercress: try Arugula or Napa Cabbage (roughly chopped or shredded)


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