Avocado and tuna salad. Great tuna avocado salad as a side dish or meal. 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. Packed with heart-healthy tuna and fiber-rich avocado, this low-carb and diabetes friendly salad is ready to go in just minutes, and at a price that can fit any budget. Chop some avocados, add packaged tuna, and mix in some store-bought pico de gallo. You can cook Avocado and tuna salad using 2 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Avocado and tuna salad

It's of avocado.
You need of tuna can.

Whether you're trying to make avocado tuna salad paleo or just low carb, it's very forgiving and versatile. 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 and tuna salad step by step

Place the tuna on the plate.
Put avocado slices on top of it.
Dress with mustard, or pour mustard on the side.
Enjoy your salad.

This Avocado Tuna Salad is a healthy and delicious dish made with ripe avocados, tuna, cucumber, celery and red onion. Perfect for sandwiches, wraps or eaten straight up! If I don't have a bowl of my Black Bean Taco Salad or my Avocado Dip, I reach for tuna and make this salad. Gosh, avocado tuna salad is the bomb and probably one of our test kitchen's favorite quick and easy lunch recipes. If you love tuna salad AND avocados, you're going to love two of your favorite foods all in one bite.