Tuna Lima Salad Recipes

TUNA-LIMA SALAD

Steps:

• Combine cooked lima beans, drained tuna, celery, olives and green onions.
• Add dressing and garlic; mix well.
• Cover and chill 2 to 3 hours or overnight.
• To serve: Turn into a crisp lettuce-lined bowl. Sprinkle with parsley. Recipe halves or doubles easily.

TUNA SALAD

Steps:

• Brush the tuna steaks with olive oil, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place the tuna steaks in a very hot saute pan and cook for only 1 minute on each side. Set aside on a platter.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the olive oil, salt, pepper, lime zest, wasabi, lime juice, soy sauce and hot sauce. Add the avocados to the vinaigrette.
• Cut the tuna in chunks and place it in a large bowl. Add the scallions and red onion and mix well. Pour the vinaigrette mixture over the tuna and carefully mix.

EVACUATION TUNA & PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain and cool.
• In a large bowl, combine pasta, eggs, tuna Cheddar cheese, celery, onion, roasted red pepper, and lima beans. Whisk together mayonnaise, lemon juice, and paprika. Season with salt. Pour dressing over pasta mixture, and mix together.

LARGE WHITE BEAN, TUNA AND SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Rinse the beans and combine with the water in a soup pot. Add the halved onion, the crushed garlic cloves, the bay leaf and the sage leaves. Bring to a gentle boil, add salt to taste, cover and boil very gently for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until the beans are tender (sometimes they take longer, about 2 hours; it depends in part on the age of the beans). Remove from the heat. Set a colander over a bowl and drain the beans. Discard the bay leaf, onion, garlic cloves and sage. Some of the beans will have slipped out of their skins and fallen apart, but most should be intact. The broth can be used for a soup or pasta sauce.
• Meanwhile, prepare the spinach and the dressing. Whisk together the vinegar, lemon juice, minced or puréed garlic, mustard, salt to taste and the olive oil.
• In a large bowl, gently toss together the beans and the tuna. Don't worry if some of the lima beans fall apart. Add the mint, half the chives and half the dressing and toss again. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Toss the spinach with the remaining dressing. Line a platter or wide bowl with the spinach, top with the tuna, and sprinkle the remaining chives over the top. Garnish with red onions and black olives if desired, and serve.

TANGY LIME TUNA SALAD

Steps:

• drain the oil from the tuna.
• place the tuna into a bowl and with the help of a fork flake it.
• in another bowl mix together, mayonnaise, salt, pepper, sugar, sauce and lemon juice.
• add in the parsley and corriander and finally the onion and the fish.
• just before serving, in a bowl mix together the lettuce, lemon juice, salt and sugar.
• place these leaves on the serving plate.
• on these put the salad and give it the shape of a fish.
• other than being served as a salad, it can also be used as a sandwich spread.

TUNA CAULIFLOWER SALAD WITH LIME VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Cook frozen cauliflower as directed on bag. Cook frozen peas as directed on box; drain. Place cauliflower and peas in large bowl; refrigerate.
• In tightly covered container, shake vinaigrette ingredients until well blended. Stir tuna, cucumber and green onions into cauliflower mixture; add vinaigrette. Toss to coat. Cover; refrigerate about 1 hour or until chilled.
• Just before serving, top with olives and tomatoes.

PEPPERED TUNA ON SPICY LIMA BEANS

Steps:

• Prepare broiler, if using.
• Wash and dry tuna, and coat with black pepper.
• Cook lima beans with 1/4 cup water until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Prepare stove-top grill, if using. Broil or grill tuna, following the Canadian rule: measure fish at thickest part and cook 8 to 10 minutes to the inch.
• Mince garlic, and when lima beans are cooked, drain, mix with garlic, lemon juice and hot-pepper flakes.
• When tuna is cooked, season with salt and arrange on a bed of lima beans.

TOMATO, TUNA, AND BEAN SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk olive oil, vinegar, mustard, dill weed, garlic, sugar, and salt together in a large bowl. Add tomatoes, kidney beans, tuna, quinoa, basil, and onion; gently stir with a large spoon to coat evenly. Spoon salad into serving bowls; top each with about 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese.