If you are looking for healthy options that taste good, this is the recipe for you, a simple tuna salad with avocado and no mayo. It sounds like a weird combination but it does have a great flavor with a little tomato, onion, jalapeno pepper, and a spritz of lime juice or lemon juice. Serve with whole grain crackers, pita chips, or even on a good roll for a sandwich. (I would slice tomato for sandwich.) Your light meal is on the table in minutes. It’s a perfect lunch on the weekend.
Avocado Tuna Salad
Use organic when available. Serves 6
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Avocado Tuna Salad
A fast light meal with good protein and good fat.
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 3 avocados, peeled, pitted, and diced
- 3 cans tuna packed in water, drained and flaked
- 1 medium tomato diced
- 1/2 jalapeno pepper diced
- 1/4 cup diced onion
- 1 lime juiced (or lemon)
- salt and pepper to taste
- Optional hot sauce
Instructions
- Mix avocados, tuna, tomato, jalapeno pepper, and onion together in a bowl
- Spritz lime juice over salad and toss gently
- Add salt and pepper to taste
- Optional add hot sauce to taste
Enjoy!
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Hi! I loved this recipe and I’m thinking of trying it out! It looks like a version of guacamole with tuna, very good idea! A hug, Raquel
If you like guacamole, you’ll like this. It has many of the same flavors; the avocado is cubed rather than mashed. I guess you could mash it for the salad too if you want.
I feel like I should eat Avocado more, I like it but never buy any. This looks so good, it really adds a little something to a normal tuna salad.
Always looking for a great tuna salad. This looks delicious! Thanks Carol 🙂
mmm, avocado and tuna, two of my favourite ingredients. This sounds real nice. #mmbc
That looks like a delicious addition to tuna salad, Carol!
This is one rich and totally tasty tuna creation. I loved your idea to use avocado instead of mayo. And the splash of citrus juice and jalapeno added to much fun flavor!
thanks Heidi – you are always so supportive
This Avocado Tuna Salad sure looks tasty Carol. I love tuna but hasn’t eaten much avocado. The avocados in the store aren’t always the best.
Cruisin Paul
Don’t buy soft avocados because they are probably already going bad. Buy hard ones still green. Take home and put in a paper bag that you close. Leave it for 2 days to ripen. Check to see if it is softer. If yes, put in refrigerator and eat within 2 days. I like mine simple with salt and lemon juice.
Gracias por la receta, te mando un beso.
My flavors!
Yum! I love tuna salad. Now if only I could figure out how to get three avocados that would all ripen to perfection at exactly the same time!
I understand – I have the same problem – it’s a puzzlement
Oh my, this sounds fantastic. I’m bookmarking so I can reference it to try.
Visiting today from Encouraging Hearts & Home #10&11
Oh this may be my favourite salad yet! Tuna and avocado, two of my favourite foods.
Thank you for sharing this Carol, I’m going to give it a try. Pinned!