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, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE
in Recipes, Lunch, Meal Keto tuna salad with poached eggs
This tuna salad with poached eggs is an elegant, filling, and classic keto salad. Prepare the tuna ahead of time and serve with fresh greens for a quick and easy keto lunch.
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Ingredients
Tuna salad
- 5 oz. 140 g tuna in water, drained
- 1⁄3 cup (1¼ oz.) 80 ml (35 g) celery stalk, finely choppedcelery stalks, finely chopped
- ½ (2 oz.) ½ (55 g) red onion, finely choppedred onions, finely chopped
- ¼ cup 60 ml mayonnaise
- 1 tsp 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- ½ ½ lemon, juice and zestlemons, juice and zest
- 2 tbsp 2 tbsp small capers
- salt and pepper
Poached eggs
- 4 4 eggeggs
- 1 tsp 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp 2 tsp white wine vinegar or white vinegar 5%
Salad
- 2 oz. 55 g cherry tomatoes, halved
- 2 oz. (1 cup) 55 g (230 ml) leafy greens
- 1 tbsp 1 tbsp olive oil
- salt, to taste
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Instructions
- Mix all of the ingredients for the tuna salad in a bowl. Set aside.
- Bring water to a light boil. Add salt and vinegar. Stir the water in circles to create a swirl using a spoon. Crack the egg into the moving water, one at a time.
- Let the eggs simmer for 3 minutes and remove them from the water using a slotted spoon.
- Serve the tuna salad and eggs with your choice of leafy greens and tomatoes. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt before serving.
Tip!
Does poaching eggs sound too complicated? Feel free to replace them with hard-boiled eggs. Boil eggs for 7 minutes and then cool them off in an ice water bath for 5 minutes before peeling. You can make the tuna salad ahead of time and keep it in the refrigerator for 2-3 days, this saves time and also allows for the flavors to develop.
If you prefer salmon over tuna, that would be fine.
What can I substitute with?
You can try chicken to make a chicken salad instead.
Yes, chicken makes a good sub for fish.
I will taste tomorrow, hope it's good!
Yes, that is a recommended serving but with as low carb as tuna is, you can adjust the serving size to your preferred portion.
They are both 6g carbs. I'm not seeing that there is a 3g carb difference.
You can make substitutions, you would just need to compare eggs to feta in terms of carbohydrates, protein and fat.
As long as the meal has adequate protein, that is fine.