Light and Healthy Tuna Salad

Sometimes you just want to eat food that makes you feel like you’re doing something good for yourself. This tuna salad is on that list. With garbanzo beans, egg, tuna and no mayo, it’s a satisfying combination of flavors and textures that’s also chock full of nutrients. And it’s super easy and quick to pull together, perfect for lunch at home.

Start with two packets of tuna or one can. Add a can of drained and rinsed garbanzo beans, a chopped hard-boiled egg, green onions, fresh parsley, sweet pickle relish, olive oil and salt and pepper.

Gently stir everything together and then serve. It’s that easy!

Enjoy!

Lucy 

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Light and Healthy Tuna Salad

A light and flavorful tuna salad that uses olive oil instead of mayonnaise.

Course Entree

Cuisine American

Keyword healthy tuna salad

Prep Time 15 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Yield 6 servings

Calories 107 kcal

Author Lucy

Ingredients

• 2 packets water packed tuna or one can, drained
• 1 can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
• 3 green onions, chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, coarsely chopped
• 1 hard boiled egg, chopped
• 1.5 tablespoon sweet pickle relish
• 1-2 tablespoons good quality extra virgin olive oil
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Gently stir all ingredients together and serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts

Light and Healthy Tuna Salad

Amount Per Serving (1 g)

Calories 107 Calories from Fat 36

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 4g 6%

Saturated Fat 0g 0%

Cholesterol 31mg 10%

Sodium 252mg 11%

Potassium 135mg 4%

Total Carbohydrates 12g 4%

Dietary Fiber 3g 12%

Sugars 1g

Protein 4g 8%

Vitamin A 4.3%

Vitamin C 2.4%

Calcium 3.5%

Iron 6.6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.