Oma's Best Tuna Salad Recipe

➤ by Oma Gerhild Fulson

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My best Tuna Salad recipe, aka Thunfischsalat, is so easy to make and great on German rye bread, fresh buns, or toast. Now, this isn't your ordinary tuna salad recipe -- you know, canned tuna with mayo . . . No, it's much, much different. Sure, you can take your canned tuna, which is a great staple to have in your cupboard. It's always ready to make up easily with mayonnaise for a basic tuna salad recipe

However, want something a bit more special? Try this, my BEST tuna salad. Along with the mayonnaise, there's onions, pickles, and hard boiled eggs. Seasoned with fresh lemon juice, it's a tuna salad sandwich like you've never had.

Oma's Best Tuna Salad Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 cans tuna, drained
• 1 small onion, diced
• 2 dill pickles, diced
• 2 hard boiled eggs, diced
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 6 Tbsp mayonnaise

Instructions:

• Mix everything together in a bowl.
• Spread thickly on buttered bread or buns.

Hints:

• Don't have a fresh lemon? Use bottled lemon juice. About 2 - 3 tablespoons equals 1 lemon.
• I always have hard boiled eggs in the fridge. That way I'm ready to quickly use them whenever I need.

Need something special for a party buffet? This tuna salad looks great when it's put on a bed of lettuce. OR, serve it on crackers as an appetizer. Either way, it's an easy and delicious. It'll be a tuna salad you'll make again and again. It's that good!

Tuna ... what to buy ... and why

• Now, not only is it delicious, but tuna is so healthy. Canned tuna is high in omega-3 fatty acids. It's also recommended that one should eat 2 meals a week of a variety of fish and/or shellfish that's low in mercury - including tuna.
• When you're buying canned tuna for salad, use the chunk or flaky kind. It creates a smoother textured salad. (If you were going to use it to add to pasta or dinners, then buy the solid kind.)
• Water-packed tuna has fewer calories and is milder tasting than the oil-packed kind. However, it you want really good flavored tuna, then choose tuna that's packed in olive oil.

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