Avocado White Bean Tuna Salad
Avocado, White Bean, Tuna Salad – With Corn and Tomato. Drizzled with Herb dressing. Hearty and Satisfying Salad.
You know what’s challenging? Making a salad that is tasty, quick, filling and healthy. And for me it always starts with avocado I always have a bunch of them hanging around. Then you have beans – Love beans! How can you not love beans? Especially Fiber rich white beans.
In my household, we eat avocados with everything I mean EVERYTHING. So when am making a late dinner for the family and I want to serve something light, like a salad, without any other adornments. I have to make it substantial for hubby to even consider it dinner, and in these cool months this salad is just a nice refreshing contrast after the season of rich and heavy foods. This refreshing salad incorporates my favorite ingredients in the kitchen- corn, avocados and white beans, together with tomatoes, tuna and drizzled with herb vinaigrette or low fat ranch dressing. I love the herb dressing but hubby likes it with ranch dressing. You decide. When making salads if your ingredients are not fresh or don’t taste good the finished product would not taste good, either.
So keep that in mind when buying your ingredients. Serve on a bed of salad or use tender spinach leaves. Have 1-2 extra avocados, if you would like to serve the salad in avocados. Recipe for low fat ranch here. You may omit the tuna to make it a vegan mealEnjoy!
Avocado White Bean Tuna Salad
Ingredients
- 1 can 12 ounces solid white albacore tuna in water, drained
- 1/2 cup diced red onion adjust to preference add more or less
- 1 can white/navy beans drained and rinse
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
- 1 large avocado - peeled pitted, and cut into chunks
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 cup sweet canned corn drained and rinse
- ¼ cup chopped basil and parsley
Dressing
- 1 garlic clove minced
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley and basil
- Salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Combine garlic, lemon juice, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, honey, salt pepper, herbs in a blender or screw top jar and shake or process until well blended. Serve dressing with salad
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Just threw this together for dinner tonight and it was delicious!! That dressing is EVERYTHING….. I posted a pic on your facebook page 🙂 None of your recipes have disappointed me and I directed my brother to your blog for recipes. Thanks and keep up the great work!!
Aww thanks Nullacia. This is what makes me keep going when the going gets tough. Thanks again.
I think this would make a perfect lunch….. I would like to make a batch to last me 2 or 3 days but in my experience, the avocado turns dark over time and doesn’t look so appetizing…. any tips to keep the avocado looking fresh? Thank you
Hi Nullacia, Place avocado in an airtight container with a piece of cut up onion. Cover with lid and refrigerate. Hope this helps
Looks so healthy and delicious- can’t wait to give it a try. I especially love the flavor combos in the dressing- right up my alley! 🙂
Thanks Alexandra, let me know how it works for you.
Imma. I swear, you are the ONLY person in the world that can make me want to make a recipe with canned tuna and beans in it. I overdid canned tuna when I was dieting and I can’t look at it to this day. But this….I could definitely try this. Because I know YOU know great food!!
This looks so colorful and healthy.
Such a great idea Charlene ~ so smart to bring this work! I hope you enjoy it Girl!!!!
This looks amazing, I’m always looking for healthy meals to take with me to work. I have all the ingredients (excluding the corn as I’m not a big fan) at home. This will be Friday’s lunch courtesy of you.
looks delicious! how do you get your pictures so bright ? you take them at daytime ? I really like the quality
Thanks Cheryl. I do take them during the day, you should see me some days sitting, wishing, hoping and praying for the sun, to just do what it does best- Shine, for 10 minutes only. I don’t ask too much.. I think. And then it does! and I start shooting.. by the time you know , it is gone AGAIN! Counting the weeks till spring!
Immaculate I have to say you take some of the best pictures I have ever seen on a food blog! I think I have found my perfect healthy meal for the winter. I cant wait to try this Avocado white bean tuna salad which is so healthy and filled with proteins and would keep me full during the day!! Thanks for sharing!
Aww, thank you! That is so nice of you to say! You know what? This has been added to my dinner meal rotation , trying to shred a few pounds ( which is so darn hard with all the cooking I have been doing lately). I still need to fit in some of the dresses you have going on over on your blog. Love it!
P.S Go easy on the avocados! Although they are nutritious they still pack a lot of calories!