Yes I love celery, I just have to remember to get it out of the other crisper draw ‘cause it bugs me when it blocks the other stuff so it ends up with carrots etc. btw, I too frequently use Cento tuna in oil. It’s pretty good straight from the can.
I'm an expert on tuna salad and oil is the only way to go, trust me. Loads of celery, check. Butttered rye toast, oh yes. Pile of lettuce leaves and plenty of dill -- YES. Red onion -- always. Capers and sliced avocado if ya got em. Great minds, you know?
I've been making this since I was a kid. My mom never cooked lunch for us. I think, now, in retrospect she was suffering from depression. So during the summer, left to our own devices, my brother and I would collect enough money to purchase the ingredients. We also threw in couple boiled eggs. And we made a BIG SALAD. And then we would eat it al fresco on the deck...
If I can say one positive thing from covid was to watch youtube shows about new ways to eat foods we thought we knew. This lady is a crack up and dissolves the need to food shame.. with the rising costs of take out or dine in..she continues to shed light on the myriad ways to provide flavor and TEXTURE to your meals.
Iceberg lettuce is so unfairly maligned, it certainly has its place in my kitchen -- as well as celery and celery leaves. And man I love me some rye bread, just started baking my own. Rye toast with peanut butter and orange marmalade is a favorite afternoon snack.
Alison, if you are missing Eisenberg's, Junior's has a very decent tuna sandwich and matzoh ball soup lunch combo. Even the tourist trap Times Square location uses the same recipes. Plus, cheesecake for desert! For people who like the flavor of celery but not the crunchy bits and the strings, may I recommend Chinese celery. It is all leaves on thin, tender stalks. Absolutely life-changing.
I’m allergic to fish so you’d think I’d have no business watching this video, yet something within me knew I needed to. Finally someone has talked about salt and pepper toast! Everyone in my family thinks I’m crazy for doing it but I knew they were wrong. I AM VINDICATED.
Hilarious. I just watched Alison's cheesecake video and though I'll eat cheesecake, not a big fan. I watch for the entertainment more than the food but this recipe looks great and I'll definitely be making it.
Hello adopted daughter Alison, OMG, that was the best tuna salad ever. If there was an award for tuna salad, yours wins hands down. Made it for lunch, did not have dill but used dried dill weed, not a great sub, but used it anyways. Also used romaine, did not buy iceberg this week. Thank you and thank you for the eggplant parm as well. your adopted dad is leading the good life thanks to your wonderful recipes. Love from Ottawa, Canada.
I loved this recipe! I make tuna salad all the time, but so may great tips! Pickling the onion in some lemon juice, adding capers and dill?! upped my tuna salad game immensely! And Alison don't let anyone tell you otherwise (not that you would!) - celery= yes, can of tuna = serves one, cats = family. Thank you!!
This is weirdly close to my tuna salad recipe (including the capers and lemon zest!). The main difference is I'll usually do half lemon juice, half white wine vinegar, and if I have fresh fennel on hand I'll do half celery, half fennel stalk. I also like to serve it on wasa bread and top it with sliced Persian cucumber, quartered cherry tomatoes, and celery leaves
Alison has this thing where she covers her mouth after her first bite, almost every time she eats something and it is so adorbs!!! It makes me wanna eat something just so I can copy her doing it ❤️
Can we just take a moment and appreciate Allison”s personality? I can watch these videos non stop without ever getting bored. So, about celery, I tried few years ago celery juice when it was so hyped around ( I guess it still is ) and since then I cannot stand it. But I will try it again for the sake of this recipe! Im more a ”mayo” girl but ill try my best to be more ”lemony” this time 💖💖😂😂
Celery, like beets, is difficult to enjoy. On the other hand, I've found that when I use celery judiciously in a recipe, it adds a nice crunch. But, with celery, less is more.
"What is the bare minimum tuna salad? Celery, dill, and mayo." Yes! This has always been my standard tuna salad. With that said, I can't wait to try this one! Also, I LOVE YOUR CAT!
Many years ago I was eating a tuna salad, looked at it, and said, 'no more'.. haven't had it since. This salad, my dear Ms Roman, has pulled me back in. Can't wait to try it, and yes, with tons of celery!!!
I'm so glad that you used iceberg lettuce. I had someone tell me that this was a useless veggie. I like it. I think it taste good and it's more affordable than other lettuce.
Made this for lunch today using leftover salmon from last night's dinner. 10/10. Amazing. And please keep giving us more ways to use celery and dill. And if you put out another bean recipe, I wouldn't be mad ;)
You have given me a new appreciation for dill. It is going into my herb garden this year. All that celery in this recipe looks good. I love your recipes. I am so happy to have found you on RU-vid.
I always look forward to these videos! Love you so much Alison! Can’t wait to make this! I just made your potato, leek, and dill soup not too long ago. It was amazing. It’s very comforting to know that there is someone out there that is as obsessed with dill and celery as me. Thank you so much for these videos and this channel!
Love everything about this. Celery is mandatory, you are 100% correct about the glory of celery. Duke's is the best mayo, though. I also have a fondness for dill pickles chopped into a tuna salad, and also: cottage cheese.
Okay, you were right. I love tuna and I eat a ton of it. I love onion & lemon juice, S&P, mayo. But inspired by this I tried it with lots of lemon (juice & zest) and lots of celery and it was really really delicious. Still creamy & comforting and familiar but a little turned up. Thank you!
made it tonight! and it was everything i wanted in a tuna salad and more!!!!! i am ALL for lemony, herby and less mayo-y tuna salads. it was actually my first time making tuna salad and i will only make this one from now on! thank you for this recipe Alison!
Thanks Alison. I'll sometimes "stretch" this by adding a little bit of mashed chickpeas. .... and will sometimes extend that even further into a faux salmon salad by adding more dill and a few shakes of dulse flakes and have it with a crisp clean Pilsner
As usual, Alison, your recipes are so DELISH.. and I have tried many!! I have been making Tina salad alot like yours forevrr!! Plus my grand daughter suggested using capers a few years ago! Why didnt I think of that!!! Yummmm!!!
I absolutely love this and would make it right away if I had tuna in the house. Never again will I let myself run out of tuna. I remember Eisenbergs and remember how upset and sad I felt when they closed. They also had great egg salad. Thanks for the video.
Alison, now I want tuna salad-salad! Your cat is so cute and I was cracking up with your “world is your oyster” comment/joke because you made a perfect Catherine O’Hara / Moira Rose face that was 😂👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I just made your version of tuna salad and it will be my preferred from now on. The best thing is cutting down on Mayo and ramping up the lemon. Unfortunately I only had dried dill but it was still delicious. I did add a teaspoon of Poupon mustard and chopped up a few green olives in place of capers. Lemon is key! So good and thank you.
LOVE tuna salad and make it exactly as you do and I could no word of a lie eat it everyday!!! Yes, one can per person! Sometimes I add teeny tiny diced green pepper (just a bit). So freaking good.
I can't wait to try this, but do have to say... Duke's is the only mayonnaise as far as I'm concerned. I can't get it in stores where I live so whenever I'm back down South, I get two large-ish squeeze bottles and haul them back home like some kind of weird mayo mule. Then I'm set for like a year.
A- love this. B- do you guys do your own closed captioning? I was really impressed with the accuracy of spelling for, well, everything here! Anywho- sending love from across the East River!
I had a stalk of celery on the counter for a few days. The outer stalks were slightly wilted but the pale yellow and tender inner ribs were so delicious. Crunchy, sweet and salty. Buttered and toasted rye bread is so good but I don’t ever seem to think about buying it! I love lemony anything so I know this will be delicious!
The internet scares me sometimes. I just made tuna salad before sitting down at the computer and seeing this in my feed. Weird. Maybe my microwave IS spying on me. Edited because now I have watched the video, it is clear this came to me because my microwave understood that I was doing the tuna salad all wrong. I can't wait to try this with lemon and capers!
There was a little place called Tartine in LA they used Polaine bread. You can overnight it from France. It's quite wide bread, they're open faced so you only need one piece, cut into strips. I use to get the variety plate, where u could pick three different ones. I would usually never order tuna salad, but they had the best--very bright and lemony, but they had cumin seeds in it and it was just so good and juicy. The bread was slightly pretoasted, so I could take a few sandwiches home and they never got soggy. When I was a kid I hated tuna salad and peanut butter and jelly, which is what every kid would eat back then. So u probably wasn't very popular when it came to lunch. My grandmother would make me a tuna sandwich with just lemon on it.
Yes!!! I’m so happy you did this video. Since you said in another video that this was your go to lunch, I’ve been obsessed with creating it myself! So, I’m happy to see your actual process. Lovely
When I have a little leftover tuna steak (not canned), from making salade Nicoise, I make a rillette with it using anchovies, capers, shallots, garlic, Kalamata olives, olive oil and rosemary. It's great on crostini and goes a long way.
I love a tuna salad salad. When I was a much younger working woman I had a favorite deli were they had a tuna salad plate with potato salad and coleslaw. Lot of mayo!
I love celery and use the leaves in place of parsley in most recipes and I LOVE braised celery in any kind of braised meat dish so I leave em big so they can soak up that braising liquid! Heaven.
I got stuck on that celery smoked tofu chili crisp salad last year. I made it at least once a week. It's especially good when celery is in season at the greenmarket, but then greenmarket celery makes everything better.
I make my tuna salad very much the same way. I haven’t tried capers yet because I rarely have them. I do use a little pickle juice, sometimes a teaspoon of sweet relish. I like to use both of rye and in a salad. I’ll try the lemon and replace the pickle/relish.
My stomach was killing me this morning, felt awful. Watched this and got the fixins for tuna salad *sandwiches*. Thanks for the inspo! Love the channel.
Haha, hell yeah it's polarizing. We actually call it "apio malo" in our household 😂 but still have it all the time to build soups and toss in braises. Can't live with it, can't live without it . Great recipe, thank you !
our go-to tuna salad recipes are very similar Alison. I can't imagine tuna salad without celery. I also like making this vegetarian and using chickpeas instead of tuna.
Can we have more cameos from Margaux from now on! I can't get over her cuteness! Also, is there any options other than mayo? For some non mayo eater here...
