No stove required for salad with tuna, beans, tomatoes

Use this quick diabetes-friendly meal to make a quick simple dinner that doesn’t require turning on the stove.

Vinaigrette dressing makes this popular Italian salad a nice change from tuna salad with a mayonnaise base.

Fresh watermelon is a sweet finish adding just 46 calories, 11 g carbohydrate (9 g sugar) per cup.

Tuscan Tuna and Bean Salad With Tomatoes

1 cup canned white beans

such as cannellini, rinsed ¼ cup diced red onion 1 (6-ounce) can tuna packed

in water

½ cup chopped fresh parsley,

divided use

2 tablespoons PLUS 2 teaspoons olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing, divided use

Salt and ground black pepper ½ head red leaf lettuce 2 cups tomatoes cut into ½inch pieces

Place beans in a serving bowl and add the onion. Drain the tuna and break into large flakes. Add to the beans. Add half the parsley, 2 tablespoons dressing and salt and pepper to taste. Gently toss. Arrange lettuce leaves on a serving platter and spoon the salad over the leaves. Toss tomatoes with 2 teaspoons dressing. Add salt and pepper to taste and toss again. Arrange around edges of salad plate. Sprinkle tuna and tomatoes with the remaining parsley and serve.

Makes 2 servings. Nutrition information: Each serving contains approximately 352 calories, 30 g protein, 8 g fat, 36 g carbohydrate (8 g sugar), 21 mg cholesterol, 612 mg sodium and 10 g fiber.

Carbohydrate choices: 2.

Recipe from Mix ’n’ Match Meals in Minutes for People with Diabetes by Linda Gassenheimer, published by the American Diabetes Association