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Tuna and spinach rice salad

8
Points®
Total Time
25 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
10 min
Serves
2
Difficulty
Easy
With just a few extra ingredients you can turn last night’s leftover rice into a great-tasting salad.

Ingredients

Oil spray

1 x 3 second spray(s)

Red onion

1 medium, finely chopped

Garlic

2 clove(s), crushed

Baby spinach

4 cup(s), (80g)

Cooked basmati rice

1 cup(s), (170g)

Tuna, canned in springwater, drained

1 185g can

Fat-free dressing

2 tbs, French

Pine nuts

2 tbs, toasted

Instructions

  1. Lightly spray a large non-stick frying pan with oil and heat over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring, for 3–5 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add spinach and cook for 3 minutes or until spinach is wilted. Remove from heat.
  2. Add the rice, tuna and dressing to the onion mixture and toss to combine. Serve salad sprinkled with pine nuts.

Notes

SERVING SUGGESTION: salad of tomato, cucumber and basil leaves, drizzled with 1 tablespoon olive oil and 2 teaspoons lemon juice.TIP: To toast pine nuts, preheat oven to 180°C or 160°C fan-forced. Spread pine nuts on a baking tray and bake for 4 minutes or until golden and toasted.You will need to cook ⅔ cup (140g) raw basmati rice for this recipe. You can also use pre-cooked packaged rice.