This is a colorful, healthy, and tasty Tuscan style canned tuna, white bean (cannellini beans or navy beans), and radicchio salad recipe.

Purple Radicchio, sliced orange bell peppers, chunks of albacore white tuna, and white beans in a white large shallow plate with a fork.

This tuna and white bean salad recipe is perfect for a night when you don't want to turn the oven on. Grab some ciabatta or a crusty baguette and dinner is done.

Trying to save time? Top this tuna, bean, and radicchio salad with fresh chopped dill and Parmesan cheese instead of making the pesto OR buy a pre-made pesto from the grocery store.

You can also omit the pesto and just add some fresh herbs and olive oil if you don't have the time or ingredients.

Vegetarians can omit the tuna and add quorn, extra Parmesan cheese or crumbled feta cheese.

Don't like radicchio? Use your favorite lettuce variety instead.

Use a mortar and pestle, blender, or chop the ingredients very finely if you don't have a food processor for the dill pesto.

Serving Suggestion

Serve this Tuna Salad with a complementary dish like:

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Food processor for making the pesto.

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Radicchio, Tuna, White Bean Salad

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Colorful, healthy, and tasty Tuscan style canned tuna, white bean (cannellini or navy), & radicchio salad recipe.

Author: beckie
Prep Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Yield: 3
Category: Main Dish
Method: No Cooking Involved
Cuisine: International
Diet: Gluten Free

Ingredients

Ingredient List Salad:

1 small radicchio, torn into bite size chunks
1 large orange pepper, sliced
15.5 ounces can cannellini beans (or other white bean), drained & rinsed
one (10 oz) can of albacore tuna, drained and torn apart
¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

Ingredient List Dill Pesto:

3 tablespoon walnuts
~ ⅓ cup fresh dill
one clove garlic
⅓ cup e.v. olive oil
2 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoon water
2 tablespoon Parmesan cheese
¼ teaspoon salt

Instructions

Make Dill Walnut Pesto: Add all pesto ingredients into food processor and blend. Add more lemon juice if you like it tangier and add salt to taste.
Make Salad Base: Place radicchio in a bowl and toss with 2-3 tablespoon pesto. Place on a large platter as the base of the salad. Into same bowl add orange pepper, beans, and 2-3 more tablespoon of pesto. Mix and place on top of radicchio. Add tuna as the top layer and add more pesto if needed and crushed red pepper flakes if you like it spicy.
Add sea salt to taste. Happy Eating! Beckie

Notes

You can use a mortar and pestle, blender, or chop the ingredients very finely if you don't have a food processor.
Trying to save time? Top Salad w/ Dill & Cheese instead of making the pesto OR buy a pre-made pesto from the grocery store.