The easiest fish salad

The easiest fish salad

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This is a go-to low carb meal for ultra busy days. It takes very few steps, ingredients, and prep time, but gives maximum nutrients, healthy fats, and protein. You can swap the tuna for salmon, mackerel, or sardines. Try adding sliced avocado for extra fats or a hard-boiled egg for extra protein.
May 21 2021 recipe & photo by , nutritional review by in Recipes, Lunch, Meal

The easiest fish salad

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20 Ratings
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This is a go-to low carb meal for ultra busy days. It takes very few steps, ingredients, and prep time, but gives maximum nutrients, healthy fats, and protein. You can swap the tuna for salmon, mackerel, or sardines. Try adding sliced avocado for extra fats or a hard-boiled egg for extra protein.
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2 servingservings

Ingredients

Dressing
  • 1โ„3 cup 80 ml mayonnaise or vegan mayonnaise
  • ยฝ tsp ยฝ tsp Dijon mustard
  • 2 tsp 2 tsp lemon juice
  • salt and ground black pepper
Salad
  • 2 oz. (1ยผ cups) 55 g (280 ml) Romaine lettuce
  • 1 oz. (1ยฝ cups) 28 g (325 ml) arugula lettuce or watercress
  • 1 oz. (2ยพ tbsp) 28 g (40 ml) red onion, slicedred onions, sliced
  • 5 oz. 140 g cucumber, sliced
  • 4 oz. 110 g cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 10 oz. 280 g tuna in water, drained and flaked
  • 1 oz. (31โ„3 tbsp) 28 g (50 ml) olives, pitted
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Instructions

Dressing

  1. In a small bowl, whisk together the mayo, Dijon mustard, and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.

    2. Salad

  2. Place the lettuce leaves into serving bowls. Top each with arugula, onion, cucumber, tomatoes, tuna, and olives.
  3. Drizzle with the prepared dressing and serve.

Tips

Swap the tuna for any canned fish such as sardines, mackerel, salmon, or herring.

To store, refrigerate for up to 1 day.

Optionally, you can add avocado or a hard-boiled egg.

Diet Doctorโ€™s recipe team has slightly adjusted this recipe to follow our guidelines. Youโ€™ll find the original recipe in Martinaโ€™s cookbook, "Keto Simple".

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    Mary
    May 31 2021
    This one looks really good. What is that sliced green item with speckles? It's showing beside the main fish dish.
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    Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
    May 31 2021

    This one looks really good. What is that sliced green item with speckles? It's showing beside the main fish dish.

    That's the cucumber. The speckles are the pepper.

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5
80%
4
15%
3
5%
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4.8
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5
20 Ratings