Tuna & butterbean salad

Name: Tuna & butterbean salad
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: European, British
Ingredients: 1 small red onion; 200g can tuna in spring water, drained; 400g can butter beans drained and rinsed; 250g pack cherry tomato halved; 3 tbsp olive oil; juice of ½ lemon; 1 tsp Dijon mustard; 20g pack flat-leaf parsley roughly chopped

2 steps

Prep:15min

A cheap and healthy way to get more fibre and vitamin C into your diet

Updated at: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 17:31:55 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories426.9 kcal (21%)

Total Fat24.5 g (35%)

Carbs24.6 g (9%)

Sugars6.6 g (7%)

Protein25.4 g (51%)

Sodium353.9 mg (18%)

Fiber8 g (29%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

2 servings

1red onion

small

200gcan tuna in spring water

drained

400gcan butter beans

drained and rinsed

250gcherry tomato

halved

3 Tbspolive oil

0.5juice of lemon

1 tspdijon mustard

20gflat-leaf parsley

roughly chopped

Instructions

Step 1

Halve the onion and slice it as thinly as possible. Tip into a salad bowl and flake in the tuna. Gently stir in the butterbeans and cherry tomatoes.

Step 2

Whisk the olive oil, lemon juice and mustard together, then season. Drizzle the dressing over the salad and scatter the parsley over. Mix gently to combine and serve straight away.

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