American
Tuna Salad Sandwich
Tuna Salad Sandwich is American home cooking, eaten at lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 10 oz canned tuna
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 2 celery stalks
- 1/4 red onion
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 8 slices sandwich bread
- 4 lettuce leaves
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
How to cook it
- Flake the tuna in a bowl and mix with the mayonnaise, celery, red onion, and lemon juice.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Spread the tuna salad on four slices of bread and top with lettuce.
- Close the sandwiches, cut in half, and serve.
Serve it with
A American lunch is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Tuna Salad Sandwich, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Tuna Salad Sandwich carries gluten, eggs, and fish. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Almond Vanilla Chia Pudding |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Almond Vanilla Chia Pudding |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Almond Vanilla Chia Pudding |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Vegetables, and Meat or fish
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Tuna Salad Sandwich takes about 12 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on tuna, bread, and celery.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.