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Sardine Salad Recipe

Published March 9, 2017 Last Updated December 13, 2018 By Courtney 3 Comments

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Sardine Salad recipe for crackers or sardine salad sandwich! Easy healthy fish recipe packed with fresh lemon, peppers and onions.

Healthy Sardine Salad recipe for crackers or toasted bagel sardine sandwich! Easy healthy fish recipe packed with fresh lemon, peppers and onions.

sardine salad

Growing up I loved eating canned sardines with sliced onions. My daughter now loves eating sardines too! My husband, however, won’t touch them! That was until I started making this sardine salad recipe! I’m going to show you how to eat sardines and love it! Sardines are lower in heavy metals like mercury, so this is a great alternative if you love tuna, but limit it due to heavy metal concerns. (psst, there are brands that have tuna with less mercury!)

 

Crown Prince Natural Skinless & Boneless Sardines in Pure Olive Oil, 3.75-Ounce Cans (Pack of 12)Crown Prince Natural Skinless & Boneless Sardines in Pure Olive Oil, 3.75-Ounce Cans (Pack of 12)

I grew up eating and loving sardines, so it’s only natural that I gave it to my daughter. I wasn’t sure she would like them, but in our house, we always try it, because “we might like it”! My husband who wouldn’t touch a plain sardine was in disbelief. She can eat them plain, without anything. LOVES IT! Gobbles it up with a spoon, ha.

With this sardine salad recipe you won’t see any heavy dressing like mayo, instead I prefer to keep this a light and healthy recipe. I simply use the oil from the canned sardines and a little bit of lemon juice. You could absolutely drain out the oil and use mayo instead if you’d like. I even like to serve this recipe in romaine lettuce leaves, almost like a fish salad taco, so good!

Sardines is one of her favorites and she’ll literally beg me to buy more once we are down to the last can of sardines. It’s always on the shopping list. We ran out once and she wanted it so we ran to the store. Now we have it on auto delivery, no joke!

Since our family eats sardines so often I make sure we buy canned sardines that are in BPA free cans as well!

sardine salad recipe

It’s great to teach kids to learn all about their food, not just eat it. While my husband doesn’t enjoy them plain, doesn’t show her that he doesn’t like sardines that way. Instead, he joins in and cheers her on trying new food. It’s a big deal for our daughter to try new foods. Thankfully she’s great about trying stuff now that we’ve gotten her into a groove and she understands that if she doesn’t like it, we won’t force her to eat it, but she has to at least try it.

sardine sandwich

I love to serve this healthy sardine salad recipe with crackers or even on a bagel, oh my yum! It’s a great breakfast brunch recipe, and I love serving it when entertaining. People never would guess it’s sardines. They LOVE it. I don’t tell them what it is until they try it. I feel like it’s harder to get an adult to try a new food rather than a child these days. 😉

Try our Healthy Sardine Salad Recipe today!

 

Sardine Salad recipe for crackers or sardine salad sandwich! Easy healthy fish recipe packed with fresh lemon, peppers and onions.

Sardine Salad Recipe

Healthy Sardine Salad recipe for crackers or toasted bagel sardine sandwich! Easy healthy fish recipe packed with fresh lemon, peppers and onions.
5 from 1 vote
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Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 2
Calories: 28kcal
Author: Courtney

Ingredients

  • 1 can sardines , boneless, skinless, in oil
  • 1/4 red pepper , chopped
  • 1 tablespoon red onion , chopped
  • 1/8 cup scallions , chopped
  • 1/2 lemon , juiced

Instructions

  • Dump the sardines with oil into a bowl,
  • Add in the remaining ingredients and mix well.
  • Once combined serve with crackers, on a bagel or even with toast.

Nutrition

Calories: 28kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 2g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 32mg | Potassium: 92mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 530IU | Vitamin C: 34.5mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 0.4mg
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About Courtney

Family, Food, and Photography are Courtney's passions and you'll see all of that on this blog. She married Chris in summer of 2008 and they had Sweet Baby summer of 2012. Now sweet baby has grown into quite the Mini Chef and has her own series called Mini Chef Mondays! Find recipes, product finds, and more on our blog!

Comments

  1. KR says

    March 9, 2017 at 8:56 am

    Thank you for sharing! So easy to do and looks amazing!

    Reply
    • Courtney Lopez says

      March 10, 2017 at 1:54 pm

      Thank you so much! I know not everyone loves sardines, but they’re so good and so good for you! 🙂

  2. JD SPANN says

    June 2, 2019 at 4:24 pm

    You are 100 percent correct It’s great to teach kids to learn all about their food, not just eat it. And force her to eat it, but she has to at least try it. Is a great way for kids to learn what they like. Your Recipe sounds great I am going to try it with lime juice and a dash of sweet chili paste! You are a great mom my wife did the same with our kids who are now grown and have a very wide variety of foods they like good job.

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