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Description: Enjoy this French-style tuna salad that’s not only great for your heart, but it’s also packed with plenty of veggies and topped with a fragrant vinaigrette for unbelievable flavor. And as a no-cook recipe (requires no stove time) – you conserve energy in your own kitchen!
Time: 15 min (15 min to prepare, 0 min to cook)
Meal type: Main Dish
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Number of Servings: 4
Ingredients:
1  cup canned asparagus cuts and tips, drained and chilled
1  can (6 ounces) albacore white tuna in water, drained and flaked
1  cup canned chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained and rinsed
6  romaine lettuce leaves, washed, dried and shredded
1/2  cucumber, peeled, seeded and diced
12  grape tomatoes, halved
1/4  cup peanut oil
1/2  Juice of 1/2 lemon
1  tablespoon rice vinegar
1  teaspoon soy sauce
1  teaspoon hot pepper sauce
1  tablespoon capers
1  tablespoon chopped cilantro
Directions:
Place asparagus, tuna, chickpeas, lettuce, cucumber and tomatoes in a salad bowl.

Whisk peanut oil, lemon juice, vinegar, soy sauce, hot-pepper sauce, capers and cilantro in a small bowl to make a vinaigrette.

Toss vinaigrette with the salad ingredients; serve immediately.

Servings: 4

Nutritional Information Per Serving: Calories 270; Total fat 16g; Saturated fat 3g; Cholesterol 20mg; Sodium 670mg; Carbohydrate 18g; Fiber 5g; Protein 15g; Vitamin A 35%DV*; Vitamin C 45%DV; Calcium 6%DV; Iron 15%DV

*Daily Value

Adapted from "The Get with the Program! Guide to Good Eating" by Bob Greene. Copyright 2003 by Bob Greene. Published by Simon & Schuster, Inc., N.Y. Reprinted by permission.
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