Seared Tuna Salad with Lemon-Caper Vinaigrette and Feta Quesadillas

Very Healthy
Health score
66%
Seared Tuna Salad with Lemon-Caper Vinaigrette and Feta Quesadillas
45 min.
4
461kcal

Suggestions

Ingredients

  • ounce tuna steak ( 3/)
  • 0.1 teaspoon pepper black freshly ground
  • 0.5 teaspoon pepper black freshly ground
  • 15 ounce cannellini beans beans white undrained canned
  • 1.5 teaspoons capers drained
  • ounces feta cheese crumbled
  • 8-inch flour tortillas fat-free ()
  • 0.3 cup kalamata olives pitted chopped
  • tablespoons dijon-lemon vinaigrette 
  • 1.5 tablespoons juice of lemon fresh
  • teaspoons lemon rind grated
  • tablespoons mayonnaise low-fat
  • 0.5 teaspoon olive oil 
  • 0.5 teaspoon oregano dried
  • cups gourmet salad greens 
  • cups tomatoes chopped

Equipment

  • bowl
  • frying pan
  • whisk
  • sieve

Directions

  1. To prepare vinaigrette, combine first 6 ingredients; stir with a whisk. Set aside.
  2. To prepare the quesadillas, drain the beans through a sieve over a bowl, reserving 1 tablespoon bean liquid, and discard the remaining liquid.
  3. Combine 1/2 cup beans, 1 tablespoon reserved liquid, and oregano in a small bowl, and mash with a fork.
  4. Spread bean mixture evenly over 2 tortillas.
  5. Sprinkle each tortilla with 1/4 cup cheese; top with remaining tortillas, and set aside.
  6. Sprinkle fish with 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
  7. Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
  8. Add fish; cook 2 minutes on each side until fish is medium-rare or desired degree of doneness.
  9. Remove fish from pan; coarsely chop fish.
  10. Heat pan coated with cooking spray over medium heat. Cook quesadillas for 4 minutes on each side or until golden brown.
  11. Remove quesadillas from pan; cut each into 8 wedges.
  12. Combine the vinaigrette, remaining beans, greens, tomato, and olives; toss well. Arrange 2 cups salad on each of 4 plates; divide the fish evenly among salads. Top each serving with 4 quesadilla wedges.

Nutrition Facts

Calories461kcal
Protein24.96%
Fat26.68%
Carbs48.36%

Properties

Glycemic Index
56.13
Glycemic Load
14.44
Inflammation Score
-10
Nutrition Score
34.353913099869%

Flavonoids

Eriodictyol
1.85mg
Hesperetin
2.88mg
Naringenin
0.62mg
Luteolin
0.19mg
Kaempferol
1.05mg
Myricetin
0.13mg
Quercetin
1.83mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:461.46kcal
23.07%
Fat:13.82g
21.27%
Saturated Fat:4.69g
29.34%
Carbohydrates:56.37g
18.79%
Net Carbohydrates:47.77g
17.37%
Sugar:4.84g
5.38%
Cholesterol:35.28mg
11.76%
Sodium:799.59mg
34.76%
Alcohol:0g
100%
Alcohol %:0%
100%
Protein:29.1g
58.2%
Vitamin B12:5.59µg
93.1%
Vitamin A:2874.46IU
57.49%
Manganese:1.07mg
53.54%
Selenium:36.55µg
52.22%
Phosphorus:446.75mg
44.67%
Vitamin C:36.19mg
43.87%
Vitamin B3:8.36mg
41.81%
Folate:166.91µg
41.73%
Vitamin B1:0.58mg
38.45%
Iron:6.65mg
36.95%
Fiber:8.6g
34.4%
Potassium:1043.15mg
29.8%
Vitamin B2:0.51mg
29.76%
Magnesium:117.08mg
29.27%
Vitamin B6:0.57mg
28.41%
Calcium:258.42mg
25.84%
Copper:0.46mg
23.07%
Vitamin D:3.29µg
21.92%
Vitamin K:19.32µg
18.4%
Zinc:2.53mg
16.9%
Vitamin E:2.46mg
16.39%
Vitamin B5:1.21mg
12.15%
Source:My Recipes