Healthy Recipe: Simple Tuna Fagioli

We’ve teamed up with Sam Rice at The Midlife Kitchen who has her recently launched blog stealthhealthblog.com to bring you a super delicious and nutritious recipe each month. This month she’s sharing a healthy version of the Italian favourite tuna and white bean salad!

If your body is craving something healthy and you are all out of inspiration might I humbly suggest this assembly of powerhouse ingredients. Tuna Fagioli is an Italian Classic but I’ve given it a StealthHealth makeover with the addition of olives and a zingy dressing of olive oil, apple cider vinegar and lemon juice. Buon Appetito!

SERVES: 2-3

KITCHEN TIME: 10 mins prep, 0 mins cooking

INGREDIENTS

• 1 x 400g can mixed beans, drained and rinsed

• 1 can tuna in olive oil, drained

• ½ small red onion, thinly sliced,

• A handful of pitted olives (green or black), halved

• A handful of flat-leaf parsley, chopped

• Zest of ½ a lemon, finely grated

Dressing:

• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

• Juice of ½ a lemon

• 1 tsp Dijon mustard

• 1 tsp honey

• 1 tsp dried mixed herbs

• Sea salt

• Black pepper

PREP TIP

The dressing is my standard ‘Midlife’ dressing which I always have made up in the fridge, so make more than you need and keep it on standby to make this recipe even quicker next time!

METHOD

Place all the ingredients in a large bowl. Dress liberally and let sit in the fridge for ½ an hour so the flavours develop.

SERVING TIP

I usually have this for lunch with a couple of oatcakes.

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