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Tuna Rice Salad with Grapefruit segments on top in a black bowl with a brown rim.

Easy Tuna Rice Salad

When you have a couple of busy days ahead of you and would like to get your lunch sorted in advance, make this Tuna Rice Salad with Grapefruit. Cut everything up and portion into separate boxes, then mix in the dressing and seasoning on the day you want to eat it. Rice is filling, fresh salad vegetables and grapefruit add a whole range of flavours and textures and the mayo dressing makes the salad creamy and extremely enjoyable to eat!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Lunch, Picnic
Cuisine British
Servings 2 portions
Calories 478 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 100 g long-grain rice
  • ¼ cucumber diced
  • ½ red pepper diced
  • ¼ lettuce shredded
  • 2 small tomatoes chopped
  • 1 pink grapefruit
  • 2 gherkins
  • 1 tin of tuna (160g) in brine or spring water
  • 3 tablespoon mayo
  • salt & pepper

Instructions
 

  • Cook rice following the packet instructions. When cooked, drain in a large colander and run cold water through to cool the rice down. Then leave to drain completely.
  • Peel your grapefruit and remove all the juicy pink flesh out of the inner membranes. Cut each segment into approx. 3 pieces.
  • Mix all the salad vegetables, grapefruit and drained tuna chunks in a bowl. Add the cooled rice, mayo and mix well to combine. Season with salt and pepper.

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Notes

***If you're meal prepping, divide all the vegetables, grapefruit and tuna into boxes but don't mix them together. Add mayo and seasoning on the day that you're going to eat the salad.

Nutrition

Calories: 478kcalCarbohydrates: 59gProtein: 23gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 39mgSodium: 367mgPotassium: 636mgFiber: 5gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 2974IUVitamin C: 83mgCalcium: 79mgIron: 2mg
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