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[Recipes] Chipotle Avocado Tuna Salad (Plus A Low Carb Bonus Recipe!)

Posted by on Jan 14, 2013 in Cook It UP, Quick & Easy, Recipes | 0 comments

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I’ll be the first one to admit that while eating healthy is highly rewarding, it can also be extremely difficult at times. Although I usually prepare food in mass, every once in a while I get too busy with work or school and need to make a quick one-off meal. One of my favorite, go-to healthy meals is Chipotle Avocado Tuna Salad. It’s a flavor-loaded, nutritionally complete, spicy supermeal that’s oozing with HQ protein, heart-healthy mono/polyunsaturated fats, and fibrous, complex carbs. For such a quick and easy meal, it doesn’t get much better than this…except that it does — it comes in a low-carb, lower calorie variant as well.

 

Cook Time: 5 minutes (45 minutes if you don’t have the rice prepared)
Servings: 1

 

Chipotle Avocado Tuna Salad — Ingredients:

  • 1 7 oz. Can of Tuna (Drained)
  • ½ Hass Avocado (about 60-70 g)
  • ½ Cup Brown Rice (Cooked) — equal to ¼ cup uncooked
  • Walden Farms Chipotle Ranch Dressing — to taste
  • Pepper
  • Sriracha Sauce (optional)

 

*For a low-carb version of this recipe remove the brown rice and increase to ¾ avocado (up from ½).

 

Chipotle Avocado Tuna Salad — Directions:

  1. Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl until they’re thoroughly mixed. It’s really that simple….

 

 

Chipotle Avocado Tuna Salad — Nutrition Facts:

 

Regular Chipotle Avocado Tuna Salad
  • Calories - 393
  • Fat - 12 g
  • Fiber - 5 g
  • Sugar - 0 g
  • Protein - 35 g
  • Carbohydrates - 38 g

 

Low Carb Chipotle Avocado Tuna Salad
  • Calories - 296
  • Fat - 15 g
  • Fiber - 7 g
  • Sugar - 1 g
  • Protein - 33 g
  • Carbohydrates - 8 g



Joshua Nackenson

Contributing Author at Lean It UP
Joshua Nackenson, CSCS, is a medical student at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine with a passion for all things related to fitness and nutrition.

His primary athletic focus is powerlifting, where he competes in the 165lb and 181lb weight classes. In between powerlifting training and competitions, he stays fit by competing in local 5ks and Tough Mudder events.

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