I eat roasted veggies like it’s my job. It kind of is my job.
Writing a food blog requires me to eat everything in sight. One minute I’m tweeting about flourless chia cookies and the next I’m photographing broccoli soup. You know what happens the next minute? I’m stuffing my pie hole with seven handfuls of chocolate chips and licking the soup pot.
Guilty. Guilty as charged.
But if the worst part about writing a food blog and developing Alchemy’s menu is constantly feeding my facetrap, then I really can’t complain.
Because eating is my favorite hobby.
I literally am always either eating, thinking about what I wish I were eating, or planning an eating extravaganza. I’m in a serious relationship with yummy food and WE’RE NEVER BREAKING UP.
I may excel at consuming massive amounts of charred veg, but I’d get a big fat “F” if my raw veggie intake were graded. I dip roasted broccoli and sweet potatoes in hummus, not raw carrot sticks. I nosh on crockpot casserole a million times more than hugh jass salads. You get the point here.
So when I discovered that stuffing every raw fruit and veggie into tuna tastes truly terrific, I was extatic. FInally, I don’t have to feel gulilty about choosing crackers over carrots.
Hallefrikkinlujah!
I love the combination of celery, cucumber, carrot, apple, red onion, and avocado, but feel free to swap anything if you’re not a fan. As long as you have the creaminess from the avocado, some crunch, some tang, and some sweetness, you’re golden!
Consider this the tuna takeover.
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Loaded Veggie Avocado Tuna Salad
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 10 mins
- Yield: 4-6 servings 1x
- Category: Entree
Description
A delicious tuna salad (sans the mayo) loaded with creamy avocado and chopped veggies!
Ingredients
- 3–6oz cans wild-caught albacore tuna, drained
- 1 large avocado, diced
- 2–3 tbsp spicy brown mustard (I love Trader Joe’s!)
- splash of lemon juice or red wine vinegar
- 1/2 medium apple, finely chopped (I used gala)
- 1/2 small red onion, finely diced
- 2 celery stalks, finely chopped
- 1 medium carrot, finely chopped
- 1/2 medium cucumber, de-seeded and chopped
- 1 cup baby spinach, chopped
- salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste
Instructions
- Place drained tuna in a medium bowl. Add avocado, spicy brown mustard, and lemon juice and mash together well with a fork.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and stir well to combine. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve over spinach, in romaine leaves, or on whole-grain bread.
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OMG !! I made this for lunch yesterday and I can’t wait to eat it for lunch again today. Is it lunch time yet 🙂 I am new to your blog and loving all your delicious treats !
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Weeeee perfect!! Even if it’s not lunchtime yet, you can totally sneak a few bites 🙂 I won’t tell.
OMG! This was totally the bomb! I could eat it EVERY DAY!
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Fabulous!! I’m down if you want to eat it every day 🙂
OMG! This was totally the bomb! I could eat it EVERY DAY!
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Fabulous!! I’m down if you want to eat it every day 🙂
I laughed out loud at your “multitasking munching habits” during the day to day. Sounds familiar! HAHA. OH and all-doctored-up tuna salad? BIG FAN. These look amazing. Pinning now 🙂
Bahaha thanks! And thanks for pinning 🙂
I laughed out loud at your “multitasking munching habits” during the day to day. Sounds familiar! HAHA. OH and all-doctored-up tuna salad? BIG FAN. These look amazing. Pinning now 🙂
Bahaha thanks! And thanks for pinning 🙂
Roasted. ALWAYS roasted. Well fried is good too but raw/steamed…no dice.
Doctoring up Tuna salads with raw veg is so good- Especially with extra mayo….
Wait, what.
Say whaaaa?! I’m assuming you meant extra avocado. And paleo mayo.
Roasted. ALWAYS roasted. Well fried is good too but raw/steamed…no dice.
Doctoring up Tuna salads with raw veg is so good- Especially with extra mayo….
Wait, what.
Say whaaaa?! I’m assuming you meant extra avocado. And paleo mayo.
uuh yeaaaa most of my veggie intake is roatsed, too! Or boiled and buttered….I try to do raw, but it only happens in salads like these lately 🙂
Better salads than nothing, right?!
uuh yeaaaa most of my veggie intake is roatsed, too! Or boiled and buttered….I try to do raw, but it only happens in salads like these lately 🙂
Better salads than nothing, right?!
Haha yup totally with you on your love for food! I make it, blog about it, read about it, and pretty soon I’m going to be working around it all day long! I wouldn’t have it any other way.
This salad looks amazing! I haven’t made tuna salad in far too long.
Now you have no excuse not to make it! Yippee!
Haha yup totally with you on your love for food! I make it, blog about it, read about it, and pretty soon I’m going to be working around it all day long! I wouldn’t have it any other way.
This salad looks amazing! I haven’t made tuna salad in far too long.
Now you have no excuse not to make it! Yippee!
How did you know I was hoping you’d be sharing this one? I’m excitd to try it!
I am totally with you on being in a serious relationship with food. Nobody comes between me and my food! 😉
You’re totally gonna eat this on a rice cake with lettuce and a pickle on the side, I just know it 😉
BAHA! Hmm… you have a pretty good grasp of my eating habits 😉
How did you know I was hoping you’d be sharing this one? I’m excitd to try it!
I am totally with you on being in a serious relationship with food. Nobody comes between me and my food! 😉
You’re totally gonna eat this on a rice cake with lettuce and a pickle on the side, I just know it 😉
BAHA! Hmm… you have a pretty good grasp of my eating habits 😉
This looks wonderful! My mom used to make tuna salad that was no bueno and made me dislike tuna salad. However, your version sounds mighty tasty!!
This ain’t yo mama’s tuna salad!! Hope you love it, Jen!
This looks wonderful! My mom used to make tuna salad that was no bueno and made me dislike tuna salad. However, your version sounds mighty tasty!!
This ain’t yo mama’s tuna salad!! Hope you love it, Jen!