Tuna salad can be sublime, or not. Yikes.
This version includes a variety of crunchies to jazz up both the texture and the flavor.
The crunch of the apple and celery add both flavor and texture.
The pickle adds a bit of zing and sweetness, depending on what kind of pickle you choose.
The nuts add a savory flavor as well as crunch.
The herbs elevate the experience by adding the grace notes of green.
And you can eat this raw or cooked, in a sandwich or stuffed in a vegetable. Options!
Ingredients:
Method:
This version includes a variety of crunchies to jazz up both the texture and the flavor.
The crunch of the apple and celery add both flavor and texture.
The pickle adds a bit of zing and sweetness, depending on what kind of pickle you choose.
The nuts add a savory flavor as well as crunch.
The herbs elevate the experience by adding the grace notes of green.
And you can eat this raw or cooked, in a sandwich or stuffed in a vegetable. Options!
Ingredients:
- Tuna, in a can or in a pouch or in a jar*
- A binding agent, such as mayonnaise or yogurt
- Apple, diced
- Celery, minced
- Pickle, minced, such as watermelon pickles or Cornichon
- Nuts, such as slivered almonds or pecan bits
- Herbs, minced or dried, such as tarragon
Method:
- mix all the ingredients together
- decide how you want to eat it
- a great way is on a sandwich
- another way is to stuff it into an acorn squash and bake it for 45 minutes
- yet another way is to serve it on rounds of cucumber
- still yet another way is to serve it in lettuce wraps
