Mediterranean Tuna Salad Sandwich – The Lemon Bowl®

The lunchtime basic will get a serious improve with this Mediterranean Tuna Salad Sandwich made with kalamata olives, roasted crimson peppers, and recent basil.

Rising up, we all the time had just a few cans of tuna within the pantry for a fast, protein-packed lunch. I prefer to maintain the identical factor stocked in my pantry for fast consuming for my very own youngsters! My Mediterranean Tuna Salad Sandwich is an homage to my childhood favourite. Full of roasted crimson peppers, briny kalamata olives, and recent basil, this sandwich goes to rapidly grow to be your new household favourite.

Substances

• Tuna: Canned tuna is an inexpensive and accessible approach so as to add protein to your weight-reduction plan, in addition to many different vitamins.
• Pink onion: Pink onion provides scrumptious crunch and taste, delicate sufficient to be eaten uncooked.
• Mayonnaise: Mayo is the basic dressing for a tuna salad, however you possibly can additionally use plain Greek yogurt in the event you needed!
• Kalamata olives: Wealthy and fruity in taste, kalamata olives are widespread in Greek delicacies and a basic Mediterranean taste.
• Roasted crimson bell peppers: Roasting crimson bell peppers enhances the pure sweetness. You could possibly roast them your self within the oven, or purchase them already roasted in a jar from the grocery retailer.
• Lemon juice: Provides recent, vibrant, acidity to the salad.
• Basil: An ideal stability between candy and savory, I’d solely use recent for this salad as dried basil will style totally different.
• Bread: My go-to is a sliced, whole-grain bread, however you possibly can use no matter your favourite bread is.

The best way to Make a Mediterranean Tuna Salad Sandwich

Begin your tuna salad by mincing your onion and basil, slicing your olives and bell pepers, and getting ready any toppings of your selecting.

Then in a big bowl, add the drained tuna and break it up.

Then add your minced parsley, basil, and kalamata olives.

Then add your roasted crimson bell pepper.

Squeeze in some recent lemon juice.

And end with the mayo.

Stir properly till the whole lot is absolutely mixed and the mayo is coating the whole lot evenly.

Then assemble your sandwich by taking your tuna salad and layering it onto your selection of bread along with your selection of toppings.

Serve and luxuriate in your Mediterranean Tuna Salad Sandwich!

Change THings Up

• Use rooster as a substitute. Take a pair cans of rooster and make it a rooster salad as a substitute of tuna!
• Swap out your herbs. For those who don’t have basil, attempt some recent parsley or arugula.

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For added crunch and much more taste, I really like topping it with loads of sliced banana peppers. We love complete grain seed bread from our native bakery, however this Mediterranean Tuna Salad could be nice in a complete wheat wrap or stuffed in a pita.

No fork required.