Southwestern Tuna Salad

Southwestern Tuna Salad

We all know we are supposed to be eating more fish in our diet, especially fatty fish like tuna and salmon. But it’s not cheap and it’s not always easy to come up with interesting recipes. My kids love tuna salad but I get tired of the same old, same old. So I spiced it up a little this time. It was delicious served over fresh jicama slices. A perfect light lunch recipe! 

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Southwestern Tuna Salad

Ingredients

  • 2 cans albacore tuna
  • 1/4 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 stalk celery, diced
  • 1/4 large red pepper, diced
  • 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1/4 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/4 tsp chipotle powder (or 1/2 tsp chili powder)
  • 4 (four) 1/4-inch thick slices jicama (optional, but a fun way to serve it)
  • 2 tbsp chopped cilantro

Instructions

  1. In a medium bowl, combine the tuna and mayonnaise.
  2. Break up the tuna with a fork and mix well to combine.
  3. Stir in the celery, red pepper, lime juice, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and chipotle powder.
  4. Divide the mixture between the jicama slices, mounding them on top. Sprinkle with cilantro.

Yield: 4

Cholesterol: 29mg

Food energy: 212 kcal

Total fat: 13.10g

Calories from fat: 117

Carbohydrate: 4.8g

Protein per serving: 17.26g

Total dietary fiber: 2.16g

Carolyn Ketchum
Carolyn Ketchum

Carolyn Ketchum writes All Day I Dream About Food, a food blog that focuses primarily on low carb, gluten free recipes. She has a Masters in Physical Anthropology and Human Evolution from Arizona State University and has an extensive background in higher education administration. She currently lives in the Boston area with her husband and three children. You can check out her experiments with low carb baking at All Day I Dream About Food.

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