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Tuna and chickpea salad with pita

A no-cook salad of tuna, chickpeas and crisp vegetables in a lemon-mustard dressing, served with a warm whole wheat pita.

Tuna and chickpea salad with pita

Quick Budget Mediterranean High protein

Prep
10 min
Cooking
2 min

Per serving

1,207 kcal

Protein
80 g
Carbs
147 g
Fat
39 g
Fibre
28 g

Amounts are scaled to your plan (×2).

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Ingredients

4 servings

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  • Canned light tuna in water, drained, drained 960 g
  • Canned chickpeas, drained, rinsed 960 g ≈ 5 ¾ cups
  • Cucumber, diced 640 g
  • Tomatoes, diced 640 g ≈ 3 ½ cups
  • Onion, red onion, finely chopped 160 g ≈ 1 cup
  • Fresh parsley, chopped 80 g ≈ 1 ¼ cups
  • Olive oil 8 tbsp 110 g
  • Lemon juice ¾ cup 160 g
  • Mustard, Dijon 2 ½ tbsp 40 g
  • Whole wheat pita 8 pitas 510 g
  • Salt 1 ½ tsp
  • Black pepper 1 ½ tsp

Steps

  1. In a bowl, whisk the oil, lemon juice, mustard, salt and pepper.
  2. Add the chickpeas and red onion, toss, and let sit 5 minutes so the onion mellows.
  3. Flake in the tuna with a fork, add the cucumber, tomato and parsley, and toss gently.
  4. Warm the pita in a toaster or dry skillet for 1–2 minutes, cut it into wedges and serve with the salad.

Tip: Pack the pita separately so it doesn't go soggy; the salad keeps 2 days in the fridge.

No pork or alcohol. Choose halal meat if you eat halal. Nutrition is worked out from USDA FoodData Central values and is an estimate.

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