Avocado Chickpea Tuna Salad
Enjoy this delicious Avocado Chickpea Tuna Salad for a nutritious, easy lunch or light dinner. Quick to make and filled with protein and healthy fats, this tuna salad recipe will bring freshness and variety to your healthy meal rotation.
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 9 ounce can tuna in olive oil one can, partially drained
- 14 ounce chickpeas one can, drained and rinsed
- 1 large Hass avocado diced
- 2 cups cherry tomatoes halved
- 4 garden cucumbers diced
- 1 small red onion thinly sliced
- 1/2 bunch parsley chopped
- 1 juicy lemon squeezed
- Kosher salt and ground pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a large salad bowl, add all the tuna, chickpeas, avocado, tomatoes, cucumber, onion and parsley.
- Drizzle with lemon juice and season to your taste.
- Toss to combine and enjoy!
Notes
- Vegetables: You can add other veggies to the mix such as corn, bell peppers, artichokes, or olives.
- Beans: Not a fan of chickpeas or simply don't have any available? Sub with black beans, kidney beans, or cannellini beans.
- Cheese: Sometimes I like to sprinkle a little cheese into the mix such as feta or crumbled cotija.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 144kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 0.1mg | Sodium: 97mg | Potassium: 895mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 1255IU | Vitamin C: 43mg | Calcium: 73mg | Iron: 2mg