Not your mother's tuna salad

Name: Not your mother's tuna salad
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 170-g cans flaked white tuna, packed in water, drained well; 4 large roasted red peppers, patted dry; 1/4 cup chopped pecans; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 small garlic clove, minced; 1/4 tsp cumin; 1/4 tsp hot-red-chili-flakes; 1/8 tsp salt; 1/4 cup crumbled feta; 1/4 cup chopped cilantro; 8 slices whole-wheat bread; 1 small head bibb lettuce, washed and dried

Prep Time20 min
Total Time20 min
Makes4 Servings

Not your mother's tuna salad.
Photo, Roberto Caruso.

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Ingredients

2 170-g cans flaked white tuna, packed in water, drained well
4 large roasted red peppers, patted dry
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1 tbsp olive oil
1 small garlic clove, minced
1/4 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp hot-red-chili-flakes
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 cup crumbled feta
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
8 slices whole-wheat bread
1 small head bibb lettuce, washed and dried

Instructions

Break up tuna in a bowl with a fork.
Whirl 2 roasted peppers with pecans, oil, garlic, cumin, chili flakes and salt in a food processor until smooth. Stir into tuna along with feta and cilantro. Coarsely chop remaining peppers.
Spread tuna mixture on 4 slices of bread. Top with lettuce and some peppers, then sandwich with remaining bread.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories 379, Protein 27g, Carbohydrates 40g, Fat 14g, Fibre 7g, Sodium 1133mg.

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