

We’re wishing happy 2nd birthday to Sunday Supper today. It has come a long way from the first virtual progressive dinner with eight attendees on Jan. 8, 2012.
These days, we have between 30-40 participants sharing our recipes each week, hundreds who officially belong to the group, and hundreds (thousands?) more who jump on for the Twitter party each Sunday evening.
I’ve enjoyed my time with Sunday Supper, but as close as you can feel to people when you interact with them frequently online, nothing beats an up-close-and-personal meeting! I was lucky enough to meet and dine with founder Isabel Laessig and right-hand-woman Renee Dobbs in real life in New Orleans this year. We shared an epic dinner at Restaurant August in New Orleans, and we had such fun!
Come to think of it, this year I also met Anne Papina Smith from Webicurean at a blogger’s retreat in May, and Kim Watkinson from The Ninja Baker when we discovered we live less than 10 miles from each other in L.A.
Just like eating today around the family table brings families closer, cooking each Sunday with my virtual Sunday Supper cooks binds us together as a family. I hope to meet more of my new family this coming year.
Meanwhile, I’m celebrating the birthday with a picnic on the beach and a healthy tuna salad, chock full of a couple of ingredients you don’t usually find with tuna — bok choy and raisins. Try it. You’ll be a convert.
Recipe: Day at the Beach Healthy Tuna Salad
Summary: Healthy tuna in oil is the star, with baby bok choy giving crunch and greens, and raisins adding a sweet pop in this lively tuna salad.
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup golden raisins
- 1 tablespoon Meyer lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 (5-ounce) can tuna in oil
- ½ a yellow bell pepper
- 2 baby bok choy, chopped
- 2 tablespoons fresh dill, finely minced
- Sea salt
- Pepper
Instructions
- Hydrate raisins by soaking them in boiling hot water for a couple of minutes.
- Whisk lemon juice, Dijon and olive oil in the bottom of a large mixing bowl. Add tuna and its oil, bell pepper, bok choy and dill and stir to mix well. Drain raisins and add them; stir to mix. Taste and add a pinch of sea salt if needed, and a few grinds of black pepper.
- Serves 2.
Source
Dorothy Reinhold | Shockingly Delicious
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Preparation time: 15 minutes
Diet type: Pescatarian
Number of servings (yield): 2
Culinary tradition: USA (General)
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Our Sunday Supper birthday recipes
This week our #SundaySupper blogger crew is celebrating the birthday of Sunday Supper, hosted by Liz of That Skinny Chick Can Bake. Check out the variety of things we have cooked up for you! Try this Healthy Tuna Salad or find something else from the menu below that rings your chimes:
Brilliant Breads and Breakfast Fare:
- Brioche aux Pépites de Chocolat from Food Lust People Love
- Broccoli, Potato & Cheese Egg Cups from Cupcakes & Kale Chips
- Celebration Strawberry Crepes from The Not So Cheesy Kitchen
- Homemade Brioche from Masala Herb
- Onion Cheddar Cheese Focaccia from Flour On My Face
- Poached Pear Bread from Hip Foodie Mom
Amazing Appetizers and Cocktails:
- Blood Orange Gin Fizz from The Girl In The Little Red Kitchen
- Blue Cheese Walnut Tarts from Magnolia Days
- Caramelized Onion and Mushroom Stuffed Butternut Squash from Small Wallet, Big Appetite
- Cheesy Twists from What Smells So Good?
- Key Lime Pie Martini from girlichef
- Pizza Dip from The Food Army Wife
- Slow Cooker Party Mix from Hot Momma’s Kitchen Chaos
Spectacular Soups and Salads:
- Creamy, Tangy Bacon Salad Dressing from Daily Dish Recipes
- Day at the Beach Healthy Tuna Salad from Shockingly Delicious
- Low Carb Spicy Chunky Vegetable Beef Chili from Yours and Mine Are Ours
- Luscious Fruit Salad from Pescetarian Journal
- Quinoa and Buffalo Chicken Salad from In the Kitchen with KP
Enticing Entrees:
- Carne de Porco Alentejana | Portuguese Pork and Clams from Family Foodie
- Chicken Shami Kebab from Soni’s Food
- Chicken and Rice Dinner in the Crock from Momma’s Meals
- Curried Chicken from The Foodie Patootie
- Healthy Chicken Tetrazzini from Citronlimette
- Imagination Stew from Cindy’s Recipes and Writings
- Orecchiette with Chicken, Brocccoli, Mushrooms and Onions from Kudos Kitchen by Renee
- Runny Egg Risotto from Jane’s Adventures in Dinner
- Sautéed Chicken with Tarragon Cream Sauce plus Arugula, Radicchio and Escarole Salad from Crazy Foodie Stunts
- Seafood Stew from Healthy. Delicious.
- Spice-Crusted Fish Tacos with Confetti Salsa from The Weekend Gourmet
- Spicy Roasted Squash and Wild Rice Bake from Curious Cuisiniere
- Spicy Shrimp Tempura Rolls from kimchi MOM
- Spinach Proscuitto Macaroni and Cheese with Walnut Topping from Noshing with the Nolands
- Tuscan Chicken Spinach Soup with Roasted Red Pepper from Sue’s Nutrition Buzz
Decadent Desserts:
- Azuki Red Bean Ice Cream from The Ninja Baker
- Banana Pudding Parfaits from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
- Birthday Cake Macaron from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures
- Caramel Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars from Pies and Pots
- Chocolate Mousse Torte from That Skinny Chick Can Bake
- Cinnamon Sugar Churros and Chocolate Sauce from Neighborfood
- Crumb Cake Brownies from Table for Seven
- Frozen Chocolate Covered Banana Pops from Ruffles & Truffles
- Gluten-Free Epiphany Cake from Happy Baking Days
- Gluten-Free Vegan Coconut Cookies by Killer Bunnies, Inc
- Happy Birthday Cake Batter Truffles from Take A Bite Out of Boca
- Kahlua Toffee Ice Cream Cake from Webicurean
- Mini Chocolate Bundt Cake with Raspberry Sauce from Peanut Butter and Peppers
- Pineapple Coconut Cupcakes from Basic N Delicious
- S’mores Snack Cake from Alida’s Kitchen
Join us around the family table for #SundaySupper
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- Pinterest: Check out our #SundaySupper Pinterest board for more recipes and photos.
- Join: To join the Sunday Supper Movement, sign up by clicking here → Sunday Supper Movement.
So lovely! I used to think I didn’t like tuna, but then I learned I just don’t like tuna when it’s smothered in mayo and pickle juice! I would totally dig this salad.
Courtney,
Exactly right!
I love tuna so much – great recipe!
Shikha,
Thank you!
I was just explaining to my husband what meyer lemons are, wish we could get them here. This salad sounds like a wonderful new lunch idea to try.
This looks so great-and that is coming from someone who is a diehard, non-tuna eater. I think you might have won me over.
Jane,
Oh good! Try it, pretty please.
LOVE it! I love the combination of raisins and tunafish. Great salad!
Amy,
Thanks! It is one of my little tuna secrets. Not so secret anymore.
Kicked up tuna for sure, Dorothy!
Cindy,
BAM!
Dorothy
What a delicious looking tuna salad.
Arlene,
Thank you!
I’m not typically a fan of tuna salad because it can be very heavy. Can’t wait to try this lighter version!
Pies and Plots,
Exactly…this one is meant to feel and taste much lighter than the usual mayo-laden tuna. Eschew the mayo, says I!
Definitely a recipe my family would love!!
Sarah,
Pop back in and tell me how they like it if you make it!
Bok choy! One of my favorite greens that I don’t use nearly enough. I love that you included it in your tuna salad.
Shaina/Take a Bite,
We ALL need to use more bok choy!
I love your salad and since the hubs is off carbs lately,I’ll be making this salad and I’m sure he’ll enjoy :)Love the bok choy!Its been great cooking with you Dorothy and I love your recipes!
Soni,
Thank you, and I feel the same way about your recipes! So healthy and fresh.
I’ve eaten Tuna Salad twice since the beginning of the new year, for some reason, it just sounded refreshing. I’m loving your recipe. with the raisins. Will be giving this a try and thanks for sharing.
Lea Ann,
You are welcome! Oh yes, please make this one!
This looks espeially good for my little pescatarian daughter, she would love this dish! Thanks so much for sharing it, and it’s so nice to have the opportunity to get to know you and so many others! You are one lucky girl that you got to meet Isabel, Renee, Anna and Kim in person, I’m jealous! HUGS
This salad looks delicious!
Foodie Stuntman,
Thanks! I think you would like it!
This sounds like such a refreshing salad. It might even become my new go-to method for tuna!
Sarah,
I heartily recommend the no-mayo version of tuna salad.
What a beautiful looking salad! So fresh and healthy looking. Exactly what my sort of party needs after a huge sugar overload
Shannon,
Oh yeah….eat this first, and then have cake!
That looks like and amazing, amazing salad, love the bok choy. So happy to be cooking right along with you for #SundaySupper!!
Tara,
Thanks, and it is so fun to be a part of Sunday Supper!
I love a tuna salad that isn’t laden with mayo, Dorothy! This looks delightfully fresh and delicious.
Stacy,
Not a whiff of mayo here! (And none needed.)
A lovely salad. Thank you, Dorothy. Have a Happy Sunday.
As soon as the weather warms up here, I will be trying this pretty and inventive salad – it sounds delicious! I really hope to make it over to the States and meet some of you soon!
Katy,
That would be lovely!
I’m so jealous of all of you who have been able to meet! (In a good way of course) I hope I can make it to the conference this year. And that is a beautiful salad. Definitely saving this one for future use! “Happy Birthday”!
Foodie Army/Connie,
I want to go to the conference this year, too!
This is the gorgeous salad I need to eat for dinner so I can have some mousse cake for dessert! It sounds amazing, Dorothy!!! Hope we’ll meet one day soon
Liz,
Agreed on both!
It was so fun meeting you in New Orleans… I think we will all agree that the dinner at August was one we will NEVER forget!
Thank you so much for being such a sounding board and for all your suggestions. You have no idea how much I appreciate it. Thank you for being such a large part of the #SundaySupper Family!
Family Foodie/Isabel,
Joining you in Sunday Supper has been one of the highlights of my blogging career! Cheers to more of it all in 2014!
Oh you added raisins to this warming salad, that’s interesting! Love the salad hues and flavors here. Especially the dill addition is tempting me to try this soon!
Helene,
Raisins are so great with tuna! Try it!
Dorothy! I love this tuna salad so much!!! I totally think canned tuna is making a comeback! love this! and looks delicious!
Alice,
It is! Canned tuna is a great rescuer when you think you have nothing to eat.
Bok Choy! Who would’ve thought? I’m sure that’s a great addition to your tuna salad. I love that!
Jennifer,
Boy choy is wonderful raw in salads! So crunchy and delish!
That meal at August was epic for more than just the food, it was the kinship, laughs, and more shared by us around the table. And I’ll even call it a family table because I feel you and Isabel are part of an extended family that I treasure so much.
Renee,
Agreed on ALL OF IT!
Don’t you just love how Sunday Supper has brought so many people together?!?! I remember finding out that Isabel and I live all of a mile or two away from one another (and Lane too) – what are the odds?!?!
Katie,
How soon we find out that blogging can reduce the size of the planet!
Such great pictures you shared and so fun to see! You look so familiar to me Dorothy. Any chance you grew up in the Midwest?
Getting back to your recipe, I love all the ingredients involved. Bok choy and raisins sound like a fun twist to tuna salad that I would have never thought of. It sounds delicious!
Renee,
I was born in Pennsylvania, and grew up in Southern Calif. No Midwest for me.
Love the updates to tuna salad–this one is definitely not boring! Happy Anniversary!
Marjory,
There is no excuse for a boring tuna salad, IMHO!
There are so great memories associated with SS, but meeting in person has to be the best, no doubt. The salad is so healthy and colorful Dorothy! Gorgeous!
Paula,
Maybe the planets will align one day and we will meet YOU in person!
What a fantabulous recipe, Dorothy! I love bok chou…why didn’t I think of mixing it in with tuna? Ah, well, that’s what fellow Sunday Supper and FBLA blogger groups are all about—learning and growing together,right? You are lovely to include the photo of yours truly on this post…Meeting you was one of the highlights of 2013 =)
Ninja/Kim,
Agreed!