Healthy Cilantro Lime Tuna Salad. Today's cilantro lime tuna salad is inspired by my favorite chunky fresh veggie salsa - it uses one of my favorite summer combinations: lime and cilantro. Last Saturday I planted my herb garden for the season and I couldn't believe how quickly it sprang up. Drain water from tuna and add to a medium sized bowl.
Stir green onions, Greek yogurt or mayonnaise, cilantro, limejuice, cayenne pepper and lime zest in medium bowl to blend. Subscribe to the OL YouTube Channel for more healthy living tips! Healthy Tuna Salad with less mayo that actually tastes good. You can have Healthy Cilantro Lime Tuna Salad using 7 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Healthy Cilantro Lime Tuna Salad
- It's 1 can of tuna fish in water (drained).
- It's 1/2 cup of cucumber (chopped).
- It's 1/4 cup of grape tomatoes (sliced in half).
- You need 1/4 cup of fresh cilantro (chopped).
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of garlic powder, black pepper and salt.
- Prepare 1/4 tsp of dill.
- You need 1 of small lime.
It is creamy, fluffy and flavorful. All the flavors of tacos in a healthy salad with a tasty cilantro-lime vinaigrette. The fats in it are all good fats (avocado and olive oil) and it tastes amazing. You don't really have to include meat in it if you don't want to as it is tasty and filling enough on its own.
Healthy Cilantro Lime Tuna Salad instructions
- Drain water from tuna and add to a medium sized bowl..
- Add chopped cucumber, tomatoes, cilantro, and seasonings. Mix to combine well..
- Squeeze lime juice from entire lime over the tuna salad. Mix well and refrigerate for 30 minutes. This allows the salad to soak up the lime juice for more flavor and its best served cold. Enjoy!.
Healthy Tuna SaladIlona's Passion. lemon, onion, lettuce, pepper, olive oil, solid white tuna. Tuna salad is a classic lunch option. But the traditional recipe calls for mayonnaise - which isn't always Paleo-friendly. Eat this on celery or cucumber slices for the perfect high protein snack. The spices, lime juice, and cilantro make this tuna salad stand above all the others.