Use up some of those storecupboard leftovers in this delicious salad

Storecupboard tuna bean salad recipe

Ingredients

  • 500g pack salad potato, such as Charlotte
  • 4 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • ½ tsp chilli powder
  • 1 plump garlic clove, finely chopped
  • 410g can cannellini bean, drained and rinsed
  • 1 small red onion or half a medium one, finely chopped
  • a good handful of parsley, chopped
  • 200g can tuna, drained
  • 110g bag mixed salad leaf and herbs

Method

  • Boil the potatoes for about 15 minutes, until tender. Meanwhile, make the dressing.Whisk the oil, lemon juice, chilli powder and garlic in a bowl big enough to take all the salad. Tip in the cannellini beans, onion and parsley.

  • Drain the potatoes and when cool enough to handle cut them in half lengthways. Now gently stir the potatoes into the salad and flake in the tuna. Pile on to a bed of salad leaves, drizzled with a little extra olive oil.

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