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Quick tuna and rice salad

This quick tuna and rice salad is the perfect packed lunch, not only super healthy and nutritious but ready in 5 minutes, guaranteed to stop those afternoon cravings!

  • Time to make: 5 mins
  • Serving: 1 person
Ratings: 4.8
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 95g can lemon-pepper-flavoured tuna
    • ½ packet 90-second brown rice, cooked (we used Sun Rice)
    • 1 cup baby spinach
    • 1 tomato, chopped
    • ½ red capsicum, chopped
    • ½ lemon, juice
    • 1 teaspoon olive oil
    • chilli flakes (optional)
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 In a large bowl, combine tuna, rice, spinach, tomato and capsicum. Mix well.

    2 Add lemon juice and oil. Gently mix to combine. Add chilli flakes if preferred.

    Variations

    • This salad works well with other canned fish such as sardines and salmon, and other types of salad greens such as rocket, watercress and mesclun.
    • Make it gluten-free: Use gluten-free tuna.

    HFG tip

    This salad makes a fantastic take-to-work lunch.

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