Tuna Salad with Tomatoes

If you like to eat a lot of salads, as I do, you sometimes need to change things up a bit. Here’s a nice salad that doubles as a Lent alternative and can either be a starter or entree.

Ingredients

• 12 oz Albacore white tuna – drained and flaked
• 6 oz Mayonnaise
• 4 Tomatoes – cut into wedges
• 0.5 cup Sweet onion – diced
• 1 Iceberg Lettuce leaf or 4 Romano lettuce leaves
• 1 Celery rib – chopped
• 1 tsp parsley – chopped
• 0.75 tsp Black pepper

Process

1. Mise en Place: Measure and prepare your ingredients prior to starting.
2. Combine all the ingredients, except the tomatoes.
3. For 1 plate:
   1. Place iceberg lettuce leaf in center and arrange tomato wedges around that.
   2. Garnish with Parsley.
4. For 4 plate appetizer:
   1. Place Romano lettuce leaf on a plate with 1/4th the salad mix scooped on top.
   2. Arrange 1/4th the tomatoes around the scoop.
   3. Garnish with Parsley.