Brown rice and tuna salad
Brown rice and tuna salad

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, brown rice and tuna salad. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

I adapted this recipe from one I found in a cookbook. It is not only healthy, it is delicious! This easy Brown Rice and Tuna Salad recipe is full of colorful vegetables that have been sautéed, seasoned and blended with fluffy rice.

Brown rice and tuna salad is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Brown rice and tuna salad is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook 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. Make ready 1 pc. bell pepper or tomato, chopped
  3. Make ready 1/2 pc. cucumber, deseeded, chopped
  4. Prepare 1 clove garlic, minced
  5. Get 1/2 onion, small, finely chopped
  6. Prepare Handful dried fruit / pineapple tidbits, drained
  7. Prepare Handful lettuce
  8. Prepare Protein & Spices
  9. Get 1/2 can chunky tuna in water/brine, drained
  10. Get Handful chopped walnuts
  11. Prepare 1/8 cup lemon / lime juice
  12. Take Dash salt, to taste (garlic salt is ok too)
  13. Make ready Dash paprika or cayenne, to taste
  14. Prepare Dash olive oil, to taste
  15. Prepare 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

This easy and delicious salad of white rice, light tuna, corn, and pickle relish is great for lunch or an afternoon snack. It makes also a great party dish. Brown Rice & Quinoa With Tuna. Packed with protein, vitamins, and fiber, quinoa is a superfood that's easy to love, especially when paired with tuna.

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!

This brown rice & quinoa salad is sure to satisfy for lunch or dinner (or any time of day, really!). Crunchy veggies, chewy rice, and a light, fresh dressing with a hint of dill. Need a fool-proof method for cooking brown rice? Check out -> this post for the details. Salads like this one bring a whole new meaning to tuna salad.

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