Description
Fresh, filling and ready in minutes, this tuna bowl is exactly the sort of lunch I make when I want something good without making a production of it. Creamy avocado, crisp cucumber, green onion and tangy balsamic give plain tuna a surprisingly tasty little upgrade.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 tin (170 g tin or 120 g drained) flaked light tuna, well drained
- 1 green onion (20 to 25 g), or regular onion if that’s what you have, thinly sliced
- 1 baby cucumber (about 100 g), or English cucumber, cut into small pieces
- 1 avocado (about 150 g), diced
- 1 TBS balsamic vinegar
- A good sprinkling of Everything But the Bagel seasoning
Instructions
- Thoroughly drain 1 tin (170 g tin or 120 g drained) of flaked light tuna, pressing out as much excess water as you can. You don’t want watery tuna making the bowl soggy.
- Thinly slice 1 green onion or regular onion if that’s what you have (20 to 25 g) and cut the baby or English cucumber (about 100 g) into small pieces.
- Dice 1 avocado (about 150 g) just before assembling so it stays fresh-looking and doesn’t have much time to brown.
- Add 1 tin of drained flaked light tuna, 1 green onion/regular onion (20 to 25 g), 1 baby cucumber/English cucumber (about 100 g) and 1 avocado (about 150 g) to a serving bowl.
- Drizzle 1 tbs. balsamic vinegar over everything; give it a good sprinkling of Everything But the Bagel seasoning. Give it a gentle mix, so the avocado doesn’t turn into complete mush.
- Taste before adding any salt. The tuna and Everything But the Bagel seasoning can already bring plenty of salt to the bowl.
- Chill for about 10 to 15 minutes if you like your lunch cold, then dig in. If you’re hungry now, though, I won’t make you wait.
- The easiest way to make this taste fresh is to keep the vegetables crisp, drain the tuna properly and add the avocado at the last minute. Don’t be tempted to overcomplicate it either. The creamy avocado, sharp balsamic and savoury seasoning are doing most of the work already.
Notes
Prepared, tried, and tested by Esme Slabs: SA Tasty Recipes – Saffas Daily Recipes and EsmeSalon Homemade Recipes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 445
- Sugar: 5.4 g
- Sodium: 438.6 mg
- Fat: 25.9 g
- Saturated Fat: 3.7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 21.7 g
- Fiber: 11.3 g
- Protein: 37.3 g
- Cholesterol: 61.2 mg
