This Avocado Tuna Salad recipe is so easy to make!. It’s a  nutritious spin on tuna salad. This is one of the many simple, healthy recipes featured in our virtual meal planning program. This recipe is also diabetes-friendly and heart healthy.

Avocado Tuna Salad

If you are looking for more diabetes friendly recipes, make sure to check out our entire recipe database where you can search for diabetes friendly recipes, you can also check out our cookbook.  Two of our culinary registered dietitians compiled this cookbook with their favorite diabetes-friendly recipes.

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Avocado Tuna Salad

A nutritious spin on tuna salad. This is one of the many simple, healthy recipes featured in our virtual meal planning program, Mayhem to Mealtime.
Prep Time5 minutes
Total Time5 minutes
Course: Appetizers and Snacks, Main Dish, Salad
Cuisine: American, Gluten Free, Seafood
Keyword: Easy, Fall, Fiber, High protein, Kid-friendly, Meal prep, No cooking, Salad, Summer
Condition: Cancer, Chronic Kidney Disease, Dairy Free, Diabetes, Gluten Free, Heart Health, Low FODMAP, Nut Free, PCOS
Servings: 1 serving

Ingredients

  • 1 3-oz can tuna
  • 1/2 avocado
  • 1/2 cup onion diced
  • 1/2 cup celery diced
  • 1 lemon juiced
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 slices bread optional, whole wheat

Instructions

  • Drain the tuna and place in a bowl.
  • Score the avocado lengthwise and width-wise and then scoop with spoon into the bowl.
  • Mash the avocado into the tuna with a fork until well integrated.
  • Stir in onion, celery, and lemon juice.
  • Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve on a salad or on two slices of whole wheat bread.

Video

Notes

Optional Additions:
  • Chopped Red Onion
  • Chopped Celery
  • Chopped Hardboiled Egg
  • Chopped Pickles
  • Chopped Carrot
  • Capers
  • Mustard
  • Olive Oil
**REBEL Tip: The possibilities are endless with this tuna salad! Add on top of a mixed green salad, to two slices of whole grain bread, scoop with tortilla chips or simply eat with a fork.

Nutrition

Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 18g | Sodium: 487mg | Potassium: 1176mg | Fiber: 16g

We love this recipe because it substitutes an avocado in place of mayonnaise in this recipe. You can also try this recipe using your traditional recipe and replace the mayo with avocado.  Just like your own recipe, you can adjust the avocado just like you would adjust the mayo depending on how much you like mayo or avocado in your tuna salad.

Remember, you can customize and personalize your recipe to include any of these options: chopped red onion, chopped celery, chopped hardboiled egg (my favorite), pickles (my other favorite, chopped carrots, capers, mustard, or whatever you can think of.

You an also add this tuna salad on a mixed green salad, scoop with tortilla chips or simply eat with a fork.

Making this recipe is so easy! Looking to see how we made avocado tuna salad in our Mayhem to Mealtime video series? Take a look at this YOUTUBE video link

If you are following a low FODMAPs diet, here is one of our favorite Low FODMAPs  recipe.

And if you are interested in more information on nutrition, we have another book that includes this recipe and it is called NOURISHED: 10 Ingredients to Happy Healthy Eating cookbook,

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Please note:

Nutrition info is an estimate and may contain errors.

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