Lemon Tuna over Veggies and Spinach Salad

This is just an awesome quick healthy meal when you have little time to prepare. I love seafood and since this meal only takes 30 minutes from start to dig in…. well you will absolutely LOVE this addition to your weekly meal plan.

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Lemon Tuna over Mixed Veggies and Spinach Salad

Ingredients

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp EVOO
• 2 freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 tsp onion powder
• salt and pepper to taste
• 3-4 Tuna steaks this is plenty for my family of 5. Substitution of chicken or pork for seafood
• 1 yellow onion chopped
• 2 zucchini diced or sliced
• 2 yellow squash diced or sliced
• 1 cup red bell pepper diced
• 1 cup brussel sprouts diced
• 1 1/2 cup broccoli not diced but not big chunks

Salad

• 1 cup mescliun mix
• 2 cups baby spinach

Salad Dressing

• 1/4 cup EVOO
• 1/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tsp olive oil
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt sprinkle over asparagus after. you toss with olive oil

Instructions

Instruction

• Preheat oven to 375 or start your grill
• Assemble all of your ingredients.
• Wash salad ingredients and let dry.
• Combine the first 5 ingredients, stir and drizzle over Tuna Steaks
• When the grill is ready, place tuna on grill for about 2-3 minutes each side. If cooking in the oven, cook until desired temperature. In the meantime, start your vegetables either on the grill or in a skillet on the stove. When Tuna Steaks are ready, remove from heat, cover and let rest.

Vegetables

• Place 1 tbsp of EVOO in skillet. When skillet it ready I add my vegetables 1 at a time and sear on med-hi about 1 min each side or until slightly tender. I do not like soggy vegetables. Depending on time, sometimes I put my brussel sprouts on a sheet pan lined with tinfoil, toss lightly in olive oil and broil to keep them slightly crispy. If you have kosher salt, add a pinch of kosher salt to the brussel sprouts when they are finished cooking.
• When vegetables are cooked set aside and toss together when all vegetables are cooked.
• Tuna should be ready, vegetables are ready.
• Let rest while you prepare the salad.
• Combine salad ingredients, toss.
• Combine salad dressing ingredients and stir. Drizzle dressing over salad.
• Serve vegetables with tuna on top, salad on side. ENJOY!

Notes

Options: Remember you can add anything to your salad.  I love to add red onions, chickpeas, etc.  I love to toss the vegetables, salad and tuna all together.  The seared vegetables deliver a hearty and sweet taste to the salad and tuna with a slight citrus ending from the salad dressing.   It is delicious and QUICK!  Get your stuff together so this will really be a 20 min meal for you and your family.