Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, brown rice and tuna salad. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

More tuna salad recipes you may like are Chickpea Tuna Salad, Tuna Salad Wraps and Mayo-less Tuna Macaroni Salad. The inspiration for this recipe is a Tips for Brown Rice Tuna Salad: I drained the tuna really well and reserved some of the olive oil to add to my salad - winner! As a test, I left one.

Brown rice and tuna salad is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Brown rice and tuna salad is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must first 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. Get 1 pc. bell pepper or tomato, chopped
3. Get 1/2 pc. cucumber, deseeded, chopped
4. Prepare 1 clove garlic, minced
5. Prepare 1/2 onion, small, finely chopped
6. Get Handful dried fruit / pineapple tidbits, drained
7. Make ready Handful lettuce
8. Prepare Protein & Spices
9. Make ready 1/2 can chunky tuna in water/brine, drained
10. Prepare Handful chopped walnuts
11. Prepare 1/8 cup lemon / lime juice
12. Prepare Dash salt, to taste (garlic salt is ok too)
13. Take Dash paprika or cayenne, to taste
14. Prepare Dash olive oil, to taste
15. Prepare Dash honey, to taste
16. Take Optional
17. Take 1 tbsp mayo-less egg salad (check my cookpad page for recipe)OR
18. Take 1 tbsp hummus

We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. This quick, healthy and tasty tuna and brown rice salad is perfect for lunch boxes. Add tomatoes, cucumber, rocket and tuna to rice. Ideal for busy households, this hearty salad keeps well in the fridge for up to three days, ready to be spooned into a bowl whenever you're peckish The cooked rice will have probably clumped together, so break it up in a large mixing bowl.

Steps 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!

Flake in the tuna, then mix in the peas, peppers, tomatoes. Stir the rice, tuna, corn, sweet pickle relish, and salad dressing in a large bowl to combine. I have dietary restrictions so I substituted brown rice for the white rice; frozen peas low sodium tuna packed in water vegan mayonnaise and I spiced it up with a bit of organic Old Bay seasoning. This popular rice and tuna salad pairs well with almost any fish, chicken or meat dinner. Vary the salad by trying different vegetables for color and texture.

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