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, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE![Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE]()
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, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE
in Recipes, Lunch, Meal Keto tuna and avocado salad
Not a fan of mayo, but love tuna, avocado, red pepper, and onion? What if we tossed all of those with a tart lime and olive oil dressing? You'd have a quick, simple, and budget-friendly meal in under 15 minutes!
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Ingredients
- 1½ lbs 650 g can of tuna in water
- 3 oz. (9 tbsp) 85 g (140 ml) red bell pepper, slicedred bell peppers, sliced
- 2 oz. (52⁄3 tbsp) 55 g (80 ml) red onion, slicedred onions, sliced
- 5 oz. 140 g cucumber, quartered
- 2 oz. (9 tbsp) 55 g (130 ml) celery stalk, dicedcelery stalks, diced
- 3 (11⁄3 lbs) 3 (600 g) avocado, cut into eightsavocados, cut into eights
- 2 tbsp 2 tbsp lime juice
- 1⁄3 cup 80 ml olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
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Instructions
- Drain the tuna. Use a fork to flake the tuna onto a plate.
- Slice red bell pepper and red onion into thin slices. Quarter the cucumber lengthways, remove seeds, and slice. Halve the celery, lengthways, then chop into small pieces. Peel and de-stone the avocado and slice into eighths.
- Arrange all ingredients in layers on a large serving platter or onto individual serving plates.
- Place the lime juice and olive oil in a small jar and shake well to combine. Drizzle dressing over salad and finish off with salt and pepper to taste.
I am glad you enjoyed it!
You may need to subtract the fiber. We provide the full nutrition information in the Nutrition+ tab under the list of ingredients. 7g net carbs + 11g fiber = 18g total carbs.
So for 4 servings, is 650 grams the weight before draining (so including the water) - or is it drained weight?
Thanks
For this recipe, the measurement includes the water because step 1 is to drain the water from the can.
Thank you very much for answering about the tuna :-)
Yes! This recipe is very flexible. You could use salmon or even chicken or pork!
But Avos are really expensive where I live. With what could we replace it?
Hi, Monika! You could simply omit the avocado or replace it with another fat of your choice. Here are some ideas! https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/how-to-eat-more-fat
Hi, Jim! Yes, the nutritional information listed is for one serving, so if you have 2 servings, it would double everything.
All of our recipes and meal plans list the nutrition information for 1 serving. A quick way to double check this is to adjust the number of servings and you can see that the nutrition information doesn't scale along with the ingredient quantity.
Yes, it can take some time for hunger levels to normalize and some people do find that the portion sizes are small, while others may feel they are too big. It is OK to adjust the portions to your specific needs.
Hi, Afiya! We recommend eating to hunger, so if you need a bit more than 1 serving, that's OK! Just be mindful of carbs. When eating more, it's best to focus on protein rather than adding more carbs.
You can certainly omit the ingredients here that you don't like. No need to replace them, and it will actually lower the carbs.
Sure! That should be delicious!
There is not a great specific substitute for avocado but you can omit it if you don't want to choose a different recipe.