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Tuna Stuffed Avocado

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tuna stuffed avocado recipe - healthy and tasty recipe for the new year! This tuna stuffed avocado recipe is a great way to start the New Year! That’s because it’s delicious, makes a healthy meal, is light in calories, and it’s the time of year that avocados go on sale in the stores.

What better way to start the New Year than with delicious, healthy, fewer calories, and saving money too?

Plus, avocados are a bit of a treat for us – they’d never grow in Northeast Ohio so we buy them when they’re on sale. That means that I’m usually freezing them (see how HERE) but that only works for recipes like guacamole where the avocado doesn’t need to hold its shape. After freezing, avocados don’t really work well for this recipe.

Fresh Avocado Half

Fresh Avocado Half

This is a tasty way to use avocados fresh, and it’s quite healthy. The tuna contributes beneficial proteins and fats while the avocado also contributes beneficial fats (see HERE to learn all about avocados).

How To Make Tuna Stuffed Avocados

All it takes to make this recipe are avocados, tuna, jalapeno pepper, cilantro, lime juice, cherry tomatoes, red onion, salt, and pepper.

It’s important to use good tuna in this recipe and we prefer tuna that’s been packed in good olive oil rather than the more common tuna packed in water. We like a line-caught variety of tuna from Italy that also goes on sale yearly, so I stock up on tuna then too.

In the directions below, the serving size is one-half an avocado per person, and that’s typically what we do when using it as a side salad. For a nice lunch, I love eating a whole stuffed avocado all by myself!

Tuna Stuffed Avocado

This tuna stuffed avocado recipe is a great way to start the New Year because it's delicious, makes a healthy meal, is light in calories, and it's the time of year that avocados go on sale in the stores.
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Prep Time 10 mins
Total Time 10 mins
Course Salad
Cuisine American
Servings 6
Calories 280 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 3 avocados, halved and pitted
  • 2 cans chunk light tuna in olive oil, drained
  • 1 tbsp jalapeno pepper, minced
  • 1 tbsp fresh cilantro, minced
  • 1 tbsp lime juice
  • 6 cherry tomatoes, quartered
  • 1/4 cup red onion, chopped
  • freshly ground salt and black pepper, to taste

Instructions
 

  • Place the tuna, jalapeno pepper, cilantro, lime juice, and salt & pepper into a mixing bowl. Stir together until well mixed. 
  • Scoop the tuna mixture into the avocado halves, top with tomato and onion. Refrigerate immediately and serve chilled. 
Nutrition Facts
Tuna Stuffed Avocado
Serving Size
 
6
Amount per Serving
Calories
280
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
19
g
29
%
Saturated Fat
 
3
g
19
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
3
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
12
g
Cholesterol
 
10
mg
3
%
Sodium
 
210
mg
9
%
Potassium
 
663
mg
19
%
Carbohydrates
 
10
g
3
%
Fiber
 
7
g
29
%
Sugar
 
2
g
2
%
Protein
 
19
g
38
%
Vitamin A
 
303
IU
6
%
Vitamin C
 
19
mg
23
%
Calcium
 
24
mg
2
%
Iron
 
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Keyword avocado, tuna
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  1. Linda says

    February 15, 2022 at 5:25 pm

    5 stars
    Excellent!

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