Tuna + Avocado Salad. This Avocado Tuna Salad uses creamy avocado instead of mayo for a fresh and easy twist on the classic. Red onion and celery add some crunch, while lemon juice gives it some zing. Photography Credit: Elise Bauer Here's a step up from your everyday tuna salad—leave out the mayo and replace it with avocado.
This tuna salad can be served on the side with dinner or as a very satisfying lunch because it comes together quickly and is loaded with protein. This tuna salad gets added creaminess from avocado and packs a punch with jalapeno and onion. Whether you're trying to make avocado tuna salad paleo or just low carb, it's very forgiving and versatile. You can have Tuna + Avocado Salad using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Tuna + Avocado Salad
- It's 280 gr of - Tuna in sunoil.
- It's 150 gr of - Rucola Melange.
- It's 100 gr of - Fussili.
- Prepare 0,5 of cumcumber.
- It's 2 of tomatoes.
- Prepare 3 of avocados.
- You need 1 of shallot.
- You need 200 ml of - Olive Oil.
- It's 50 ml of - White Wine Vinegar.
- It's of Mix of Pine nuts, dried tomato flakes and fried unions.
- It's of Thyme.
- Prepare of Salt.
- You need of Pepper.
The avocado adds flavor and a creamy texture to the salad and replaces mayo making this meal super healthy and nutritious. For the tuna, you can use your favorite variety of canned tuna in oil or water. I like to use albacore or white tuna but any time of. Avocado n' Tuna Yet another perfect instance to use avocado as a substitute for mayo!
Tuna + Avocado Salad instructions
- Set everything up..
- Cook the fussili accordingly.
- Cut the sjalot very small. - Cut the 0.5 cumcumber in half along the long side and scrape it in pieces. Cut the tomatoes and avocado in pieces. And take the tuna already out of the cans..
- Put some salt on the cumcumber and some pepper on the avocado..
- Mix the 200ml olive oil, 50ml White Wine Vinegar and some Thyme together for the dressing.
- Put everything together and enjoy the salad..
Mash avocado together with a can of tuna, season with salt, pepper, and any other herbs or spices you'd like. Serve in the avocado peel and eat with a fork, or enjoy in lettuce wraps for an easy carb-free lunch. This quick meal is packed with protein and so delicious! I love this avocado tuna salad. It makes a great quick and easy healthy snack or lunch.