Italian Style Inspired Tuna Salad

As a child the only way my mother would make tuna salad was simply just canned tuna mixed with mayonnaise or a mayonnaise substitute. It was OK to me at the time served with that blue box macaroni and cheese that most young kids eat still to this day.

I am much older now and discovered a different way to eat tuna salad that taste much more delicious and is healthier too. Basically Italian Tuna Salad is really made with Italian Tuna in Italian oil with vinegar and Lemon.

I don’t usually use Italian Tuna or even tuna in oil.The addition of fruit with Briny Olives, Onions, Artichokes and capers is a nice play against each other. I don’t measure exactly but I think you will get the idea of how to put it together from these ingredients.

For about 4 servings.

About 10 oz. Tuna

Juice of one lemon and it’s grated zest.

About 1/4 chopped fine onion.

Either one small Asian Pear, Small or 1/2 Apple or a small bunch seedless grapes chopped into small cubes. I note Italians wouldn’t use Asian Pears but at the moment I’m liking them in this dish.

About 15 Olives chopped fine

About a Teaspoon of Capers

About a Cup of Chopped Artichoke. Fresh already cooked and cleaned is best but that’s a pain so the next best is frozen artichoke but in a pinch canned is fine.

Almost 1/4 Cup Balsamic Vinegar

About 1/4 Cup Good Extra Virgin Olive Oil

A very small amount of crushed Sea Salt

Some Fresh Ground Black Pepper

Now serve on top of mixed greens or in a sandwich or use as an appetizer filling.

Forking Good!