Avocado Chickpea Tuna Salad Recipe (2024)

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Avocado Chickpea Tuna Salad with a lemon dressing is perfect for lunch or dinner! Quick and easy for meal prep!

Healthy and filling, this Tuna Salad is not only packed with amazing flavours, it is ALSO a bowl full of protein, fibre and healthy fats! Have it for lunch or dinner, as a side or main dish, this tuna salad isespecially perfect in hunger emergencies.

No cooking or boiling or baking needed. Just grab tuna straight out of the can and throw it in with the rest of your ingredients.

Only 5 main ingredients go in this tuna salad

Tuna→ protein source withgood amount of heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids.
Chickpeas → packed with protein and fibre.
Avocados → while adding a good amount of healthy fats, the avocado adds a creaminess to the salad without needing any mayo.
Tomatoes→add a delicious texture to this tuna salad, along with a goodsource ofvitamin C, biotin, molybdenum and vitamin K.
Cucumbers→ a crispy, crunchy veg that helpskeep you hydrated while flushing out toxins.

Those ingredients make the bulk of this salad, but then you have a gorgeous lemon garlic dressing adding extra nutrition.

Tuna salad for meal prep!

We make a huge batch of this tuna salad weekly (without the dressing or avocado) and throw it into airtight meal prep containers. When ready to eat, I chop up our avocados, add them in and drizzle with ready made dressing!

So EASY!

Is this tuna salad good for you?

In short, YES! Usually a (great) tuna salad contains heaps ofmayo, adding an incredible amount of extra fat and calories. As mentioned above though, this tuna salad gets its creaminess from healthy avocado slices. There is NO NEED for mayo in this!

You can use tuna canned in oil, brine or spring water.

Looking for similar easy to throw together salads? Try thisBalsamic Chickpea Avocado Feta Salador thisNO COOK Chicken Cucumber Avocado Salad!

Avocado Chickpea Tuna Salad with a lemon dressing is perfect for lunch or dinner! Quick and easy for meal prep! Healthy and filling, this Tuna Salad is not only packed with amazing flavours, it is ALSO a bowl full of protein, fibre and healthy fats!

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Prep: 15 minutes mins

Total: 15 minutes mins

Serves: 4 people

Ingredients

FOR THE SALAD:

15 ounces (425 grams) Tuna, canned in brine or olive oil
14 ounces (400 grams) can chickpeas, drained
2 large Avocados, peeled and pitted
2 large vine ripened tomatoes, cut into wedges
1 large cucumber, halved lengthways and sliced
1/2 of a red onion, sliced thinly

FOR THE DRESSING:

1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 tablespoon fresh chopped parsley (plus extra to serve)
1 teaspoon minced garlic (or 1 large garlic cloves, minced)
1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

Whisk together dressing ingredients in jug or jar.
Mix together all of the salad ingredients in a large bowl. Toss with dressing. Season with pepper and extra salt if desired.

Notes

Make-Ahead Tip: Combine all of the ingredients together in a bowl (except the dressing), cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate. When ready to serve, drizzle with dressing.

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Amaya Arevalo says
November 17, 2022 at 9:29 am

This was fantastic. Healthy, fresh, refreshing, delicious. My husband — who hates everything healthy and good for you — said this was the BEST tuna salad he’s ever had…. and he requested to eat this once a week.
I’m amazed. This was quick, easy, and delicious! We ate it with crackers.
Will be making again.
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Miranda Jean Tracey says
August 27, 2020 at 1:41 pm

Made this today for lunch for my family. Delicious. Even the kids loved it, stating that ‘I should open a restaurant!’ Winner!
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Lizzie S says
May 22, 2020 at 12:12 am

Just had this for lunch today. Filling and energizing! Definitely a keeper.
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Abbey says
January 14, 2020 at 9:50 am

Soo yummy!
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Marjorie says
January 13, 2019 at 9:51 am
Karina, what is your secret for avocados/ They either don’t ripen when u need them to or if you cut them up when ready to use but don’t use it all they turn brown.
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Jasmine says
September 19, 2018 at 1:48 am
How long will this keep for?!
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- Karina says
  September 20, 2018 at 4:06 pm
  Usually this will keep for 2 to 3 days but it may be less depending on the avocado and the dressing on it will make it soggy for too long. Thanks for choosing one of my recipes and following along with me! XO
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Nancy Martin says
June 30, 2018 at 7:18 am
What are serving sizes. For tuna 1 cup?
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kim stahlschmidt says
January 16, 2018 at 2:16 am
Do you have nutritional information for this recipe?
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Steve Friend says
January 14, 2018 at 1:30 am

Avocado Tuna Chickpea Salad; We did for dinner using fresh caught Tuna. It was great, easy and unique. Thanks
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