Recipe: Tasty Brown rice and tuna salad

Brown rice and tuna salad. I adapted this recipe from one I found in a cookbook. It is not only healthy, it is delicious! Italian tuna and brown rice salad using two basic pantry items—tuna and brown rice - plus capers, good quality chopped olives, frozen mixed vegetables and fresh lemon juice, you can create this easy, make-ahead, healthy salad loaded with flavor and perfect to pack for lunch or a picnic!

Meanwhile, here where I am from, Quinoa isn't easily available especially this community quarantine. Thus, I came up with this idea instead. I enjoy eating it warm, or cold. You can have Brown rice and tuna salad using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Brown rice and tuna salad

1. 🢂 1 cup of brown rice, cooked.
2. 🢂 1 pc. of bell pepper or tomato, chopped.
3. 🢂 1/2 pc. of cucumber, deseeded, chopped.
4. 🢂 1 clove of garlic, minced.
5. 🢂 1/2 of onion, small, finely chopped.
6. 🢂 Handful of dried fruit / pineapple tidbits, drained.
7. 🢂 Handful of lettuce.
8. 🢂 of Protein & Spices.
9. 🢂 1/2 can of chunky tuna in water/brine, drained.
10. 🢂 Handful of chopped walnuts.
11. 🢂 1/8 cup of lemon / lime juice.
12. 🢂 Dash of salt, to taste (garlic salt is ok too).
13. 🢂 Dash of paprika or cayenne, to taste.
14. 🢂 Dash of olive oil, to taste.
15. 🢂 Dash of honey, to taste.
16. 🢂 of Optional.
17. 🢂 1 tbsp of mayo-less egg salad (check my cookpad page for recipe)OR.
18. 🢂 1 tbsp of hummus.

This easy Brown Rice and Tuna Salad recipe is full of colorful vegetables that have been sautéed, seasoned and blended with fluffy rice. Top tip for making Tuna and brown rice salad. Follow the package instructions for brown rice from there (you can also use another rice option like this rice and vermicelli) To make this brown rice salad, combine the cooked rice with the tuna, fresh chopped veggies, marinated artichoke hearts, finely chopped pickles, cooked sweet peas, fresh parsley… Pour the dressing (red wine vinegar. rice vinegar, onion lemon, brown rice yogurt, seaweed avocado, shallot caper, canned tuna bell pepper, salad greens mushroom, yogurt mango, ginger lime, sriracha ginger, tuna steak avocado, seaweed lemon, onion red onion, mango red onion, cilantro The cooked rice will have probably clumped together, so break it up in a large mixing bowl. Flake in the tuna, then mix in the peas, peppers, tomatoes, spring onions, parsley and olives, if you're using them.

instructions Brown rice and tuna salad

1. Wash and cook brown rice according to package instruction..
2. Prepare your bell peppers, onion, and garlic: wash, slice, chop and place them all on a big bowl. [You also have to option to quick fry your onion and garlic if you like, before mixing them with other ingredients].
3. On the same bowl, add in all the specified protein and spices [and the optional ingredients you fancy]. Set aside and cover while waiting for rice to cook..
4. Wash your lettuce, then dry, and cut them into bite sizes by hands. Transfer 1 serving of lettuce on a serving bowl and set aside. Keep leftover lettuce on a ziplock bag and store in fridge. Note: Using a knife to cut lettuce makes lettuce taste bitter. Strange but true, based from experience..
5. Soon as the brown rice is cooked. Take 1 cup rice. Add them to the bowl of quickly marinated veggies (w/o lettuce). Mix them well..
6. For 1 serve, transfer 1/2 cup brown rice mixture on the serving bowl with lettuce and stir them a bit. Garnish with extra chopped walnuts or dried fruit if you want..
7. Keep the brown rice mix leftovers on a container then store in fridge. And it would taste even better the next day! If the leftover mixture has cooled down, you can mix-in the lettuce before storing the meal in fridge. Or alternatively, just bring a ziplock of lettuce with your packed brown rice and mix them upon consumption. Enjoy!.

Stir through the mayonnaise, lemon juice and olive oil and season to taste. If using, packet of parboiled brown rice, cook according to packet instructions. Add rice, tomatoes, capsicum, shallots and tuna in a large bowl. Tuna and avocado are a magic match, especially when we're talking raw tuna and perfectly ripe, just firm avocado. Bring the rice and water to a boil in a saucepan over high heat.