Tuna salad with eggs | Easy recipe

March 24, 2022

This salad features the classic combination of tuna fish and hard-boiled eggs, along with lamb's lettuce, cherry tomatoes, red onion, and a balsamic-mustard vinaigrette sauce. It's one of my favourite quick salad recipes - delicious and uncomplicated! Plus, it's the perfect meal to prepare the night before and pack into your lunchbox for work.

You can prepare this salad in no time because there's not much cutting involved, just the tomatoes and onions. Add some green leaves, boiled eggs, toasted sunflower seeds, vinaigrette, and it's ready to go!

This quick tuna salad recipe is also gluten-free, so it's perfect for anyone who avoids gluten in their diet.

One important tip to remember if you're making this salad ahead of time: keep the vinaigrette sauce separate, for example in a small jar, and pour it over the salad just before serving. If you add it too early, the salad may become soggy.

Tuna salad - substitutions

You can customise this salad to your liking by using your favourite greens, it doesn't necessarily have to be lamb's lettuce. Personally, I like to use it often. How about spinach, iceberg lettuce, cos lettuce or a mix of young leaves?

Sunflower seeds work great here, but you might want to use pumpkin seeds or chopped nuts instead.

You can also choose any type of tomato you prefer, it doesn't have to be cherry tomatoes. In fact, I'm looking forward to using local, seasonal tomatoes in this salad. They are simply delicious!

To make the vinaigrette sauce, simply place all the ingredients in a jar, close the lid, and shake until well combined.

Tuna salad with eggs | Easy recipe

The classic combination of tuna fish and hard-boiled eggs with the addition of lamb's lettuce, cherry tomatoes, red onion and balsamic-mustard vinaigrette sauce.

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Course Main, Dinner, Salad

Servings 2

Ingredients

Salad

3 eggs
2 handful of lamb's lettuce
2 handful of cherry tomatoes
1 can tuna in brine
1 tbsp sunflower seeds
¼ small red onion

Vinaigrette

2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp water
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tsp honey
1 tsp wholegrain mustard

Instructions

To prepare the vinaigrette sauce, place all the ingredients in a jar, close and shake it up until mixed.
Toast the sunflower seeds using a dry frying pan (keep an eye on them, as they can easily be burnt).
Hard-boil or semi-hard boil the eggs, and peel the shells. Drain the tuna from the brine.
Arrange the lamb's lettuce, cherry tomato halves, red onion slices, tuna pieces, and egg quarters onto two serving plates. Sprinkle with the toasted sunflower seeds and pour over the vinaigrette dressing. Finally, enjoy your delicious salad!

Keywords eggs, lamb's lettuce, tuna, vinaigrette