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Tuna Cheese Salad
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Tuna Cheese Salad

13 ingredients 1 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

698
Calories
50g
Protein
45g
Fat
21g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Salmon 100g cooked 208
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Cheddar Cheese 1 oz (28g) 113
Cheese 1 oz (28g) cheddar 113
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Bell Pepper 1 medium (119g) 31
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • =
  • 7 oz (1)cn tuna, water packed
  • 1/4 cup american, cheddar
  • ->or
  • 1/4 cup colby cheese
  • 1 1/2 tbsp sweet gherkins, finely
  • -chopped
  • 1/2 cup celery, chopped finely
  • 1/2 cup skim milk mayonnaise
  • ->or
  • 1/2 cup light mayonnaise
  • few strips green pepper
  • =

Directions

1

Drain tuna; flake with fork into small pieces. Cut cheese into ¼" cubes. Combine tuna, cheese, gherkins, celery, and skim milk mayonnaise; mix well. Cover bowl and chill 1 hour or longer. Serve on crisp lettuce, garnished with thin strips of green pepper. (when i can get red and yellow peppers at a decent price, i would use all three colors in the salad). Food exchanges pre serving: 1 medium-fat meat exchanges + 1 vegetable exchange; cal: 251; cho: 5g; pro: 23g; fat: 15g; sod: 552mg; cho: 113mg; low-sodium diets: substitute low-sodium cheese. Omit salt from skim milk mayonnaise.

Recipe sourced from fandom

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