Tuna and Quinoa Salad (serves 4)
2015 is going to be the year that I will try hard to source my meat and fish from organic/wild sources. I also think I will be eating a lot more vegetarian dishes.
This salad uses tuna. Tuna is not farmed (good thing). Tuna contains mercury (not a good thing). The tuna I use comes in a glass container (a good thing) and is bottled in spring water and salt (a good thing – no preservatives). It is wild caught (good thing).
My salad consists of quinoa, tuna, scallions/spring onions, chickpeas, peas and anchovies with an optional vinaigrette (lemon in my case).
1 cup quinoa cooked in 2 cups of water and cooled
8 oz frozen peas – cooked and cooled
1 x 6.7oz jar of tuna (Tonnino tuna fillets in spring water, wild caught)
1 bunch scallions/spring onions – finely chopped
6 anchovies – finely chopped
1 avocado – diced
1 can chickpeas – rinsed and drained
Salt and freshly ground pepper
Lemon vinaigrette – optional
Place quinoa in a salad bowl.
Add cooked peas, tuna (broken up into small pieces), scallions, anchovies, avocado and chickpeas.
Season with salt and pepper.
Add lemon vinaigrette (optional) (juice of half a lemon and 2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil)
