Tuna quinoa salad
Salads

Tuna quinoa salad

Serves: 4
Time to make: 25 mins

Total cost: $ 14.40 / $ 3.60 per serve

(at time of publication)


Ingredients

  • 250g quinoa
  • 4 cups salad vegetables such as cucumber, snow peas, sugar snaps, green pepper and onion, diced
  • 1 lemon, juice
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons Moroccan seasoning
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
  • 2 x 280g cans tuna in spring water, drained
  • 100g green olives, pitted

  • Instructions

    1 Place quinoa in a saucepan with 600ml water and bring to the boil. Lower heat, cover and simmer until water is absorbed (about 15 minutes). Cool slightly.

    2 Steam or microwave snow peas or sugar snaps if using.

    3 Mix lemon juice, oil, Moroccan seasoning and parsley. Add to quinoa.

    4 Add tuna, broken in chunks, and the remaining vegetables with olives. Adjust seasoning and serve with lemon slices and parsley.

    Nutrition Info (per serve)

      • Kilojoules 2150kJ

      • Calories 514cal

      • Protein 40g

      • Total fat 16g

      • Saturated fat 3g

      • Carbohydrates 50g

      • Sugars 7g

      • Dietary fibre 6g

      • Sodium 720mg

      • Calcium 120mg

      • Iron 9mg

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Check Moroccan seasoning is gluten free.

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    Author: Sarah Swain - Food writer, stylist and recipe creator
    First published: Dec 2010

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