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I have two tweaks on the traditional tuna salad to share today, one from a friend and one from my mother.

Years ago, my friend and coworker, Darcey, introduced me to my now-favorite tuna sandwich. In an effort to get herself and her honey eating more green things, she had the idea to mix chopped broccoli in with the traditional celery in tuna salad, stumbling upon a great pairing. Now, whenever I make tuna salad, I always include the broccoli, florets, stumps and all. There is something about the broccoli that jazzes up the tuna-and-mayo yawns and just brightens the whole sandwich.

My mother was another who got bored with the same-old, same-old so she came up with the idea of adding sweet pickle relish to tuna. Believe me, it tastes better than it reads! The fiercely sweet pickles bring out the savoriness (Is that a word? Savoriety?) of the tuna.

When I'm missing these two ladies, I make myself a tuna sandwich and commune with them mentally.