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Sauteed Tuna With White Bean Salad (6 PTS)

Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

1   Cannellini beans - rinsed and drained
2   Plum tomatoes - sliced
1/4   Red onion - sliced (small)
1 tablespoon 15mlRed-wine vinegar
1 teaspoon 5mlMayonnaise
1 teaspoon 5mlCapers - drained
1   Garlic clove - minced
  ¼ teaspoon crumbled dried sage
4   Tuna steaks
  ½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
2 teaspoons 10mlOlive oil
1   Triple-washed spinach - rinsed and torn
4 cups 160g / 5.6ozTorn arugula leaves

Recipe Instructions

1. Combine the beans, tomatoes, onion, vinegar, mayonnaise, capers,

1/2 of the garlic, and the sage in a bowl.

2. Sprinkle the tuna with the pepper. Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet,

and then add the tuna. Saute the tuna until just pink in center, about 5

minutes on each side. Transfer to a plate.

3. Add the spinach, arugula, and the remaining garlic to the same skillet.

Saute until the spinach begins to wilt, about 1 minute.

4. Serve the greens topped with the bean mixture and the tuna steaks.

Per serving (with 1/2 cup bean salad): 341 Calories, 11 g T Fat, 2 g Sat Fat,

55 mg Chol, 322 mg Sod, 18 g Carb, 8 g Fib, 43 g Prot, 194 mg Calc.

To save time, you can prepare the bean salad ad day ahead and refrigerate

it overnight; this also helps bring out its many flavors. Just let it stand at

room temperature while you prepare the tuna steaks.

S(Formatted by):

"KES on 9/5/00"

Copyright:

"2000 Weight Watchers International"

Source:
Weight Watchers, July/August 2000

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