This was one of those recipes I found on Woman and Home. Rest assured, I’m not their target demographic and I don’t read women and home on a regular basis! But their recipe finder is quite handy!
I think anything that’s quick and easy to do, especially for lunches, and involves things that I have in my cupboard or fridge is a recipe worth having. And this was one of those. I didn’t make it exactly like the recipe (do I ever?!), I added chickpeas to give more bulk to it so I wouldn’t get hungry too fast, and I didn’t bother deseeding the cucumber – I just diced it.
The original recipe is here http://www.womanandhome.com/articles/food/recipes/473246/5-minute-tuna-and-avocado-salad.html
Tuna and avocados are great sources of Omega 3 & 6 oils – the good fats that are essential to good health, so this is jam packed full of health busting things and actually, it’s under 300 calories, so it’s still quite a diet friendly lunch.
This is quite simple in it’s taste. You could easily add some chilli or some lemon juice to it. I didn’t and it tasted fine without it, but it would also be nice with it.
Tuna & avocado salad
Serves 2
- 1 tin tuna, drained
- 1 tin chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 10 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1/4 cucumber, diced
- 1 avocado, peeled and chopped
- handful of salad leaves (I used romaine lettuce heads)
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- salt & pepper
- Put the tuna, chickpeas, veges, and salad in a large bowl and mix together.
- Whisk together the olive oil, vinegar and salt and pepper.
- Pour over the salad, mix again to dress and either set aside until needed or serve with some lovely crusty bread.
- Enjoy!
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