{"id":14334,"date":"2011-09-28T10:48:29","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T14:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=14334"},"modified":"2011-09-28T10:48:29","modified_gmt":"2011-09-28T14:48:29","slug":"fancy-tuna-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2011\/09\/fancy-tuna-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"Fancy Tuna Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/croissant_tuna_salad2.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14336\" title=\"Tuna salad on a croissant \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/croissant_tuna_salad2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/croissant_tuna_salad2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/croissant_tuna_salad2-449x300.jpg 449w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/croissant_tuna_salad2.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> We didn&#8217;t go out to eat a lot when I was growing up. Occasionally we would get hoagies or pizza out. Sometimes hitting up the golden arches but that was rare and my mom really really really didn&#8217;t feel like cooking on those instances.<\/p>\n<p>On the off chance that I was out at a restaurant some place, I noticed that the chicken salad and tuna salad sandwichs were always on croissants.<\/p>\n<p>Being at a restaurant and seeing a croissant instantly equaled fancy in my mind. \u00a0Dining out was a\u00a0privilege\u00a0and meant for special occasions. \u00a0Croissants were exotic and\u00a0Parisian,\u00a0automatically labeling them as decadent.<\/p>\n<p>I never ordered those sandwiches though, always admiring them but not connecting.<\/p>\n<p>On a recent grocery trip, Scott noticed that the croissants were on sale and suggested picking some up. \u00a0The thing to know about Scott is that he doesn&#8217;t often suggest getting food. \u00a0The only requests are that he will on occasion ask me to prepare a specific dish but otherwise not a peep out of him.<\/p>\n<p>The rare moment when he suggests purchasing something, it immediately goes in the cart.<\/p>\n<p>Croissants on sale and I knew exactly what I was going to do with them. \u00a0Fancy tuna salad sandwiches!<\/p>\n<p>Not a specific recipe because I just tossed this together but you&#8217;ll get the gist of it.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Andrea&#8217;s Fancy Tuna Salad\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 Croissants<\/li>\n<li>1 can of Tuna, (in oil or water, your choice)<\/li>\n<li>Chopped Red Onion<\/li>\n<li>Chopped Celery<\/li>\n<li>Greek Yogurt (2% Fage for us)<\/li>\n<li>Dijon Mustard<\/li>\n<li>Sea Salt<\/li>\n<li>Ground Black Pepper<\/li>\n<li>Garlic Powder<\/li>\n<li>Romain lettuce leaves, 2-4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Drain tuna and add to a medium sized mixing bowl. Add all ingredients except for the croissants and lettuce leaves. Gently combine and allow to sit for about 10 minutes in the fridge before serving.<\/p>\n<p>Cut croissants in half, add lettuce and tuna salad. \u00a0Serve and enjoy!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/croissant_tuna_salad.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14335\" title=\"Tuna salad on a croissant\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/croissant_tuna_salad-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/croissant_tuna_salad-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/croissant_tuna_salad.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>If I hadn&#8217;t been out of dill, there were have been some of that in the salad as well!<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t put amounts with the ingredients because that is entirely up to you! \u00a0I will say that just one small can of tuna, you don&#8217;t need much dijon and yogurt. \u00a0I probably used about a tablespoon of dijon and may two tablespoons of yogurt. \u00a0The onion and celery are just enough for flavor and crunch. \u00a0Not too much otherwise they will overpower the tuna.<\/p>\n<p>I like a lot of ground pepper in with salads like these, so I used a bunch and just a pinch of sea salt and garlic powder.<\/p>\n<p>This was a quick and simple lunch to put together. \u00a0Of course being on the croissant made the lunch more fancy and special.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have fun guys, and remember, always play with your food! \u00a0Enjoy!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We didn&#8217;t go out to eat a lot when I was growing up. Occasionally we would get hoagies or pizza out. Sometimes hitting up the golden arches but that was rare and my mom really really really didn&#8217;t feel like cooking on those instances. On the off chance that I was out at a restaurant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58,33],"tags":[42,16,35],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-3Jc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}