Carrot & Tuna Salad

Total Time: 21 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 200 g carrots, peeled and cut in 5 to 6 centimeter thin julienne strips (about 3.5 cups)
• 90 g canned tuna (half a 6.5 oz can)
• 50 g onions, finely chopped (about 1/3 cup)
• 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
• 1 tablespoon sunflower oil or 1 tablespoon other vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon mustard, preferably french grain mustard
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce, to taste
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 put the carrots in a microwave-safe bowl or dish.
• 2 mix in the onions, garlic, and oil.
• 3 cover and microwave for 1- 1 1/2 minutes at 600 watts (power lever setting will vary by the wattage of your microwave).
• 4 drain the tuna.
• 5 mix the vinegar, mustard, soy sauce, and salt and pepper to taste to make a dressing.
• 6 once the carrots are lightly cooked but still crisp, add the tuna and then the dressing and mix well.
• 7 serve warm or cold.
• 8 she notes that you can increase the amounts of the recipe, but that she has found it best to only microwave this amount of carrots at one time.