Muscle Building Chickpeas And Tuna Salad

Healthy Chickpeas Salad, Mia Kay © 2015

Nourish yourself with this healthy and super easy to make (no cooking required) salad! I've used ingredients which can be easily found in any Hong Kong supermarket so that you have no excuses as to not being able to make it! What's even greater about this recipe is thatit doesn't require much utensils or washing up after! Hurrah! :)

This high-protein mixed veg salad is a great way to get those veggies in your diet and to fuel for the day when you are short of time (a factor us Hong Kongers seem to always be limited to!) You can always use this healthy salad recipe as a basis and use whatever veggies you have in the fridge or veggies you fancy.

Ingredients you will need (serves 2)

- a can of chickpeas (around 300g)

- a can of tuna (75g)

- veggies you would like to use. I used:

-3 stalks of celery

- 3 beetroots

- a handful of baby carrots

- 4 romaine lettuce leaves


For the dressing:

- sweet chilli sauce

- juice of one lemon

- fish sauce (not essential but adds flavour to it)

- white pepper (not essential)

How to make it:

1. Wash and cut up all your veggies into bite friendly sizes

Healthy Veg, Mia Kay 2015© 

 2. Drain all the liquid out of the chickpea can and tuna can and combine them into one big mixing bowl.

Chickpeas and tuna, Mia Kay 2015 ©

 3. Move your cut up veggies (except the romaine lettuce)  from the cutting board and toss them into the big mixing bowl.

Mix the veggies with the chickpeas and tuna, Mia Kay 2015 ©    

4. Now to make the dressing- squeeze the juice out of one lemon and add 2 tablespoon of Thai sweet chilli sauce. Give it a stir and a taste to see if it suits your liking. You can always add more sweet chill sauce. If you do have fish sauce add a few drops and it will help intensify the flavour of the dressing.

Light and refreshing salad dressing, Mia Kay 2015 ©  

5. Combine the dressing into the big mixing bowl and use your both hands to mix the sauce with the salad so that the dressing is evenly coated.

6. And there you go! A quick and easy AND healthy recipe with a good combination of fibre, protein and carbs.  Half the serving and save the other half for the next day or share it with someone  :)

Muscle Building Chickpeas And Tuna Salad, Mia Kay 2015 ©    

Thanks for reading this post! Let me know if you liked this recipe and if you would like me to post more easy healthy recipes on my blog by commenting below. I would love to hear your thoughts! :)

MK x