Martha Stewart’s Tuna Salad made the perfect recipe for this week’s Year of Martha Stewart Cooking Challenge.
This week I am actually bringing you two Martha Stewart recipes. This tuna salad and Martha Stewart’s Tuna Melt recipe.
Martha Stewart’s tuna salad recipe is quick and easy to make and it uses simple ingredients.
Tuna salad is a classic sandwich. Most of us grew up eating tuna salad sandwiches because they were easy and inexpensive to make.
Tuna often gets a bad rap and I am not sure why. Tuna sandwiches are a favorite at my house.
My son, who is the pickiest eater in the family, loves them.
Tuna sandwiches are so basic that I never follow a recipe. I just make them. However, when I realized that Martha Stewart had a recipe for tuna salad I knew I had to give it a try.
Once again I realized that proportions really do matter. The ratio of tuna to mayo to mustard matters. Martha gets it right in her tuna salad recipe.
What I Changed
I changed three things on this recipe. The original recipe for Martha Stewart’s Tuna Salad comes from Martha Stewart Living issue October 2000.
The original recipe had celery in it. I don’t like celery. Like I hate celery.
I pick it out of things. It tastes like dirt to me. I have never liked it. And the majority of my family feels the same way. When it comes to recipes I always leave it out. Feel free to add it if you love it.
When it comes to tuna sandwiches I also prefer the tuna pouches over canned tuna. Either one works, but the texture is slightly different. I keep both on hand, but for sandwiches, I usually use the pouch of tuna instead of the can. Use whatever one that you like or have on hand.
I also left out the lemon zest. I didn’t think my son would like the zest added so I left it out.
Be sure to check out how I made this into Martha Stewart’s Tuna Melt. According to my son, it makes it even better.
Are there eggs in tuna sandwiches?
My husband grew up eating eggs in his tuna sandwiches. It was like egg salad with tuna mixed it.
I grew up eating tuna sandwiches and egg salad sandwiches, but never combined. When I moved to Oklahoma I realized that a lot of people ate them like my husband did with boiled eggs added. I think it must be a southern food thing to eat it with eggs.
I prefer mine tuna sandwiches without eggs, so I was thrilled to see that Martha Stewart didn’t put eggs in hers either.
How do you eat tuna sandwiches? Do you eat them with or without eggs?
Ingredients
- tuna, canned or pouch
- mayonnaise
- Dijon mustard
- lemon juice
- salt
- pepper
- celery, optional
- lemon zest, optional
Martha Stewart's Tuna Salad
An easy recipe for a classic sandwich.
Ingredients
- 6 ounce can tuna (or pouch of tuna ) drained
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon lemom juice
- salt and pepper to taste
- optional - 2 tablespoons celery, chopped
- optional - 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 4 slices of bread for serving or gluten free bread
Instructions
- In a bowl combine tuna, mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. ( Also add celery and lemon zest if using. )
- Mix well using a fork.
- Spread on bread or store in the refrigerator until ready to make sandwiches.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
2Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 264Total Fat: 12gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 6mgSodium: 617mgCarbohydrates: 32gFiber: 2gSugar: 4gProtein: 6g
Nutritional values are approximate and aren't always accurate.
Two things: Martha’s idea for a tuna sandwich add or subtract & as many ways you can think of, as long as tuna is the main ingredient there are a million & one (?) ways to make that sandwich. Most people I suppose eschew tuna sandwiches because either they have a distain for tuna & maybe all fish. Lastly I think most people feel it’s dirty top to bottom. The processing mainly.
I like tuna with mayo, a bit of chopped onion, salt and pepper. It’s the way we made it at the grocery store where I worked. I will use celery salt sometimes, but I don’t like celery in mine, either.
My mom always put relish in it, because a neighbor told her it was the “right” way to make it. I prefer to eat pickles on the side. My husband wants relish in it because his mom made it that way. So I take my portion out and put relish in his. Problem solved.