500 calorie meal recipe for 2 people, takes only 12 mins; recipe has new potato, medium egg, asparagus, tuna, black olive, romaine lettuce, crusty bread, shallot, english mustard, white wine vinegar, extra-virgin olive oil and sugar.
Asparagus & tuna salad
Course: 500 calorie meal
Servings
2
servings
Prep time
20 mins
Ingredients
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil: 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, or use the oil from the tuna can (if bought in oil)
- Sugar: pinch of sugar
- Tuna: 185g can tuna, drained and flaked into very large chunks
- White Wine Vinegar: 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
- Shallot: 1 shallot, finely chopped
- New Potato: 8 baby new potatoes
- Black Olive: small handful small black olives, halved
- Romaine Lettuce: 1 romaine lettuce, leaves torn into chunks
- Crusty Bread: crusty bread, to serve
- Medium Egg: 2 medium eggs
- Asparagus: 125g pack asparagus, woody ends removed
- English Mustard: 1 tsp English mustard powder
Directions
- Boil the potatoes for 8-12 mins until tender. Drain, cool a little under cold running water, then drain again well and set aside to finish cooling.
- Put the eggs in a pan of cold water and bring to the boil. As soon as the water is boiling, add the asparagus for 2 mins. Drain well and rinse everything under cold water to cool. Again drain asparagus well.
- Once cool enough to handle, peel the eggs and halve or quarter. Whisk the dressing ingredients with 1 tbsp water and some seasoning.
- Tip the potatoes, asparagus, tuna, olives and lettuce into a bowl. Drizzle over the dressing and toss well to coat, then add the eggs and serve with crusty bread.
