This tuna salad in tomato cups is an easy way to give variation to your regular tuna salad. It's tasty and healthy, so it's a win-win if you're health-conscious.
16-ounce canwhite albacore tunadrained and coarsely flaked
½cupbaby peas
⅓cupcelerychopped
1pinchground pepper
8leavesbutter lettucerinsed and crisped
2sprigsdillfresh, optional
Instructions
Rinse tomatoes. Slice ½ inch off the tomato top and reserve as lids. Carefully scoop out seeds and inner flesh. Leave the shell about ½ inch thick. Set tomatoes and caps, cut side down, on a paper towel to drain.
Mix the mayonnaise, sour cream, dill, vinegar, and red onion in a large bowl. Stir in tuna, peas, and celery. Mix lightly to coat evenly. Add pepper to taste.
Line 2 plates with the lettuce leaves.
Put the tuna mixture into the tomato cups, mounding slightly.
Set cups on lettuce leaves (if tomatoes don’t sit flat, trim bottoms slightly).
Garnish with tomato lid and a sprig of dill (if using).