Simple salad with canned tuna

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare the specified ingredients. Canned tuna is better to take fillet, without oil, most often it is called that - for salad. But it is also possible in the usual form, milling it before cooking. If tuna is with butter, then you can fill such a salad with this oil. Medium-sized vegetables, you can reduce the amount to taste. I take two small tomatoes and one large cucumber. It is better to take delicious sweet tomatoes for a salad, for example, cherry.

2. Step 2:

   

   Sort fresh lettuce leaves, separate from each other and rinse each leaf under running cold water. Put the clean lettuce leaves on a towel to dry. When the excess moisture is gone, tear the salad leaves into pieces with your hands and put them on a plate (if serving portions) or in a salad bowl.

3. Step 3:

   

   Fresh tomatoes (try to choose fruits with a strong whole skin), rinse with cold water and dry. If tomatoes are winter, then they should be washed more thoroughly. Cut tomatoes into slices if they are large, and into quarters if tomatoes are small. Add the chopped tomatoes to the salad.

4. Step 4:

   

   Wash fresh cucumbers as well as tomatoes. Dry and cut into circles or semicircles. Add the sliced cucumbers to the salad.

6. Step 5:

   

   I add salad onions to this salad, it is sweeter than onions and not so spicy. But onions in this salad, if desired, you can not add. You can add the usual onion, after marinating it. Peel the onion, wash and cut into half rings. Add the chopped onion to the salad.

7. Step 6:

   

   Remove canned tuna from the jar and cut into small cubes and add to the salad.

8. Step 7:

   

   Salt the salad to your liking, you can add other favorite salad spices. If the salad is planned to be served immediately, then it can be seasoned with olive oil, stir lightly and serve.

9. Step 8:

   

   Tuna salad with fresh vegetables can be served as a healthy snack or as a full-fledged dinner for people who care about their health. Such a salad is a storehouse of useful substances and vitamins. But, of course, it's better when the vegetables for this salad are grown in your garden or at least bought in season.