Brown rice and tuna salad

Recipes / Salads

This quick and easy tuna and rice salad makes a tasty low-fat side dish or lunch-box filler.

Recipe «Brown rice and tuna salad» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more 10 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1 1/3 cups brown rice, 1/2 cup fat-free balsamic dressing or French dressing, 200g punnet cherry tomatoes, quartered, 2 Lebanese cucumbers, chopped, 50g baby rocket leaves , 425g can tuna in springwater, drained, flaked .

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/3 cups brown rice 
  • 1/2 cup fat-free balsamic dressing or French dressing 
  • 200g punnet cherry tomatoes, quartered 
  • 2 Lebanese cucumbers, chopped 
  • 50g baby rocket leaves 
  • 425g can tuna in springwater, drained, flaked 

Instructions

  1. Cook rice, following packet directions. Drain well. Set aside for 5 minutes to cool slightly. Stir through dressing. Set aside for 15 minutes.
  2. Add tomatoes, cucumber, rocket and tuna to rice. Season with salt and pepper. Gently toss to combine. Serve.