I eat a salad almost every day, such as avocado egg salad, mango salad, caprese salad or rainbow quinoa salad. Tuna salad is always a lunch time favorite; I’ve modernized this dish with a zesty lime dressing, plenty of creamy avocado, and an assortment of crisp veggies. It’s a quick and easy meal you can feel good about eating. I’m always looking for more ways to get more seafood into my diet, and this mayo free low carb avocado tuna salad has to be my new favorite! It only takes about 15 minutes to make and is full of flavors and textures to keep things exciting. I love avocado in my salad. Some of my favorite salads that feature avocados are my avocado corn salad, beet salad with avocados and tomato avocado salad. Make sure to try them all!
Tuna Salad Ingredients
The main components of this recipe include tuna, avocado, red onion, cucumber and cilantro. The dressing is made with lime juice, olive oil, cumin, chili powder, salt and black pepper.
How Do You Make Avocado Tuna Salad?
This recipe starts with canned tuna, which is drained and flaked in a bowl. Mix the tuna with avocado, thinly sliced red onion, cucumber and cilantro and red onion to form the base of the salad. A simple lime dressing goes over the top, then the final step is to toss, eat and enjoy!
Tips For Avocado Tuna Salad
Try using a mandoline to thinly slice your onion. You can also used minced onion or shallots if you prefer. Choose firm but ripe avocados. You want to make sure your avocados are on the firm side so that they won’t get mushy when you toss the salad together. This salad can be made up to 6 hours before you plan to serve it. Simply omit the avocado, then stir in the avocado right before serving. Store it in the fridge in an airtight container until you’re ready to eat. While I typically use cilantro in this recipe, you can also try parsley, chives or even fresh dill. No lime juice on hand? Lemon juice will also work well!
Tuna Salad Variations
This is a basic recipe, but there are so many different ways to customize it to your tastes!
Vegetables: You can add other veggies to the mix such as corn, celery, cherry tomatoes, bell peppers or olives. Beans: Add some canned beans for an extra dose of protein and fiber. Some of my favorite options include black beans, chickpeas or cannellini beans. Cheese: Sometimes I like to sprinkle a little cheese into the mix such as feta or crumbled cotija.
How to Serve Tuna Salad
There are so many different ways to serve this tuna salad, and they all happen to be super delicious.
Bread: Serve your salad as a sandwich on toasted wheat bread with lettuce and tomato. Pita: Stuff your salad into half of a pita bread. Chips: Scoop up the salad with tortilla chips. Lettuce Cups: Spoon the salad into romaine lettuce or butter lettuce leaves. Tomato: Stuff the salad into a hollowed out tomato. Wrap: Spread a spinach tortilla with a little mayonnaise. Add the tuna salad and roll up tightly. Cut in half and serve.
No matter how you choose to serve this salad, you’ll find yourself making it on the regular. It’s just that good!
