Help-yourself tuna rice salad

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Ingredients

approx 900g/2lb cold cooked rice (about 400g/14oz uncooked rice)

400g tuna in springwater

200g frozen petits pois , defrosted

2 red peppers , peeled with a potato peeler, deseeded and diced

3 tomatoes , chopped into small chunks

5 spring onions , finely sliced

bunch flat-leaf parsley , chopped

large handful stoned green olives , roughly chopped (optional)

4 tbsp mayonnaise

juice 1 lemon

2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

Method

The cooked rice will have probably clumped together, so break it up in a large mixing bowl. Flake in the tuna, then mix in the peas, peppers, tomatoes, spring onions, parsley and olives, if you’re using them.

Stir through the mayonnaise, lemon juice and olive oil and season to taste. Cover the bowl with cling film or place in a large plastic container and let your household serve themselves whenever they are hungry.