Tuna Salad Recipes

Collection of high protein tuna salad recipes, including no-mayo and Mediterranean options

12 tuna salads, from a no-cook bowl to a composed Niçoise platter Every salad here skips mayonnaise entirely or uses only a little of it, leaning instead on Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, avocado, or a Mediterranean olive-oil dressing to do the work mayo usually does. All twelve clear at least 25 grams of protein per … Read more

Tuna Pasta Salad

Classic tuna pasta salad with peas and hard-boiled egg

Quick answer: This is the classic, potluck-style tuna pasta salad — about 31 grams of protein and 460 calories per serving, ready in about 25 minutes. A little mayo and Greek yogurt together, plus peas, hard-boiled egg and a dusting of paprika — the version most people picture when they think “tuna pasta salad.” Serves … Read more

Mediterranean Tuna Salad

Niçoise-style Mediterranean tuna salad platter with eggs and potatoes

Quick answer: This Mediterranean tuna salad has about 29 grams of protein and 500 calories per serving, and takes about 25 minutes. It’s a composed platter, Niçoise-style — hard-boiled eggs, boiled potatoes, blanched green beans, tomatoes and olives arranged around oil-packed tuna, rather than everything tossed together in a bowl. Serves 4. Sodium runs high, … Read more

Tuna Egg Salad

Tuna egg salad with mustard and paprika, deviled-egg style

Quick answer: This tuna egg salad has about 30 grams of protein and 240 calories per serving, and takes about 20 minutes, mostly boiling the eggs. Unlike the other tuna salads in this collection, eggs are the co-star rather than a garnish — mustard, paprika and a little Greek yogurt give it a deviled-egg flavor. … Read more

Tuna Pasta Salad Without Mayo

Mediterranean tuna pasta salad with feta, olives and white beans, no mayo

Quick answer: This Mediterranean tuna pasta salad has about 30 grams of protein and 570 calories per serving, and takes about 25 minutes. Instead of mayonnaise it uses an olive oil and lemon vinaigrette, with white beans, feta and Kalamata olives doing the flavor work. Serves 4. Sodium runs high, about 810 mg per serving … Read more