Tuna Stuffed Avocado is a terrific starter or lunch. I’m using pouches of tuna as pouch processing requires a shorter cooking time, which leaves the texture of tuna firmer, and results in a fresher-tasting product. You can use canned tuna too. The tuna salad is not the classic one I’ve enjoyed since childhood, but it is full of flavor. Quick and easy to make with a few great ingredients, you’ll find you will use it many times for a spur of the moment healthy meal.
As always, you can adapt the tuna salad to fit your family’s preferences. Options and variations include serving tuna salad on lettuce with the avocado cut in pieces and added around the tuna mound or mixing avocado chunks into the tuna salad. Save some of the green onion and red pepper for garnish if desired.
Tuna Stuffed Avocado
Ingredients
Salad
- 2 pouches albacore wild tuna 3 oz per pouch
- 2 Haas avocados halved and seeded
- ¼ cup diced red bell pepper chop by hand
- 2 sliced green onions
Dressing
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar or balsamic vinegar
- 1 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1/4 teaspoon dried dill
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 dash pepper
- 2 tbsp minced fresh cilantro
Instructions
- In medium bowl, combine dressing ingredients.
- Reserve some pepper and green onions for garnish.
- Add in tuna, green onion, and red bell pepper to dressing.
- Mix until well coated and combined
- Scoop tuna salad on top of each avocado half.
- Garnish with pepper and green onion.
- Optional serve tuna on lettuce with avocado chunks surrounding tuna mound
- Optional cut up avocado and mix in salad
- Serve immediately
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What a clever and healthy idea, Carol. I will put avocados on Rick’s shopping list for this week (if they still have them; we’re having a little trouble getting fresh produce.) But I have everything else! I love every ingredient!
Yes the fresh veggies are a big part of my life. I went to Winn Dixie Saturday looking for fresh carrots – I put them in everything. Anyway, there weren’t a lot of people there and I enjoyed walking up and down aisles while trying to stay away from folks.
…tasty things to try.
This looks so yummy – and fairly easy too. I love fresh veggies x #MMBC
Sounds delicious!
These are two of my favourite foods and I never would have thought of putting them together! I will be giving this a try next week.
Stay safe!
have a great week!
This recipe attracts me much!
Thanks for sharing. Have a nice new week ahead!
This sounds like the perfect summer dish! Thank you for sharing at Party In Your PJ’s.
Avocado is a staple at our house!! This looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party – have a safe and healthy week and hope to see you back on Sunday.
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Thanks for featuring my stuffed avocado – it is a favorite of mine. Keep well!
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