Avocado Tuna Salad aka Heaven in Disguise
I love tuna salad. I really, really dislike mayo. So, I decided to add avocado to my usual tuna salad mixture. Typically, if I’m in a hurry, I’ll grab a packet of tuna, chop up some onion, add some celery salt and a tablespoon of hummus, stir it all up in the packet and hit the road. But, when I’m planning ahead, it turns out a bit better.
This one has avocado instead of mayo – healthy fats. Red onion, celery, hard boiled egg… it’s all good up in here.
You can go all low carb on it but either mixing it in the packet (hard to do with lots of ingredients, so beware) or mixing it in a bowl then serving it in the avocado shell. Or make it a sandwich on some delicious hearty wheat bread. Or open face that mofo on a slice of Jesus Bread from Trader Joes (thank you, Nicole for letting me know about this amazing loaf of greatness and wonder).
This, my friends, is Jesus Bread.
It really is like Heaven.
The Cinnamon Raisin variety is great for breakfast. I digress. Just try some. It’s totally good for you. You can eat as much of it as you want because it’s a complete protein. YOU’RE WELCOME, WORLD. I’m like Nicole’s disciple, spreading the good word about all things Jesus Bread.
Without further delay, Avocado Tuna Salad aka Heaven in Disguise. Like how I worked the heaven reference? Between avocado and a slice of Jesus Bread, it really is pretty much the best thing you can do to tuna.
For a low carb version, scoop tuna and avocado mixture back into the avocado shells. Otherwise, spoon the mixture onto a piece of bread, top with additional red onion and avocado slices.
Ingredients
- 2 packets tuna in water (I use the packets, canned tuna works fine as well.)
- 1 avocado
- 1 hard boiled egg, chopped
- 1 celery stalk, chopped
- 1/4 red onion, chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
- Open packets of tuna, put in a bowl. If using canned tuna, drain before putting in the bowl.
- Add chopped celery, onion and egg to bowl.
- Halve an avocado. Score the avocado lengthwise and widthwise, then scoop with fork. Add to bowl.
- Use half of the other half of avocado for the tuna mixture, use half for slices of avocado on top.
- Drizzle olive oil over mixture.
- Mix ingredients together.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste, or any other seasonings you'd like to add.
