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Garden Tuna Salad

  • Place 1 (6-ounce) can drained tuna fish in large bowl.
  • Break up the large chunks.
  • Add 1 medium finely chopped carrot, 1 chopped stalk celery, ½ cup reduced-fat Monterey Jack cheese cubes, ¼ cup thawed frozen green peas and 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
  • Pour 1/3 cup reduced-fat or homemade Italian dressing over the salad and gently toss.
  • Cut 2 whole wheat pita rounds in half and gently open.
  • Place Romaine lettuce leaf and fresh tomato slices in each pita half.
  • Divide the tuna salad evenly between the 4 halves.

Makes 4 servings.
Recipe from May/June 2010 Diabetic Cooking