Grilled Tuna Niçoise Salad from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Grilled Tuna Niçoise Salad Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

=== DRESSING ===
2 tbsp red wine vinegar
2 tbsp Dijon mustard
1 1/2 tsp fresh thyme leaves
= (or 1/2 tspn crushed dried thyme)
1 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp water
=== SALAD ===
1 1/4 lb fresh tuna steak
Olive oil cooking spray, as needed
Freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
1/2 lb yellow squash, cut on diagonal
into 1/2" slices
1/2 lb young green beans, trimmed
1/2 red bell pepper - (2 oz), seeded, sliced thin
6 oz cherry tomatoes, cut in half
6 cups mixed salad greens
3 Niçoise olives, seeded, and
roughly chopped

Recipe Instructions:

Make the dressing in a small bowl, whisking together the vinegar, mustard, thyme, flat leaf parsley, olive oil, and water. Whisk until well blended. Set aside.

Light a grill or preheat the broiler.

Lightly coat the tuna and squash slices with cooking spray. Sprinkle with pepper. Grill the tuna until medium-rare, about 2 to 3 minutes per side. Grill the squash slices until nicely browned on both sides, about 3 to 4 minutes. Slice the tuna into thin strips.

Cook the beans in a pot of boiling water until just crisp, about 2 minutes. Drain and refresh with running cold water. Drain again.

When ready to serve, divide the greens between 4 dinner plates. Divide the green beans, squash, red bell pepper, and tomatoes decoratively on the plates and top with tuna slices.

Sprinkle each with some of the chopped olive. Whisk the dressing and drizzle over the salads. Serve at once.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Exchanges Per Serving: 4 Lean Protein, 2 1/2 Vegetable.

Nutrition Facts: 279 calories (32% calories from fat), 35 g protein, 10 g total fat (1.6 g saturated fat), 13 g carbohydrate, 5 g dietary fiber, 67 mg cholesterol, 319 mg sodium.

Source:
"Diabetic Recipes at http://www.diabetic-recipes.com"
S(Formatted for MC6):
"09-08-2002 by Joe Comiskey - jcomiskey@krypto.net"
Copyright:
"© Diabetic-Lifestyle, 2001"

Servings: 4

“This root [the potato], no matter how much you prepare it, is tasteless and floury. It cannot pass for an agreeable food, but it supplies a food sufficiently abundant and sufficiently healthy for men who ask only to sustain themselves. The potato is criticised with reason for being windy, but what matters windiness for the vigorous organisims of peasants and labourers?”

~ Denis Diderot (1713-1784) L'Encyclopedie (1751-1772)

 

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