0 Avoid Bad Fats But Still Enjoy Your Food (Recipe)

Tuna Salad Without Mayo That You Can Still Enjoy? Get Out of Here! No Really!



If you're like me, there's nothing worse than a tuna salad without mayo. And if you never have bad fats in your diet, you can probably get away with having a bit of mayo in your tuna salad once in a while.

But as I'm always trying to use tuna since it's so fast and easy, not having mayo all the time might seem tough. Of course you could always use plain yogurt, but still there's something missing.

So it dawned on my a few months ago to try a ripe avocado. Again, if you're like me, the idea of eating avocado by itself is not that appealing... but knowing how healthy they are for you, I decided to take the plunge and just do it.

Here's the recipe I came up with and it's soooo yummy!

1 can skipjack flaked light tuna (always use skipjack "light" tuna as it has the lowest mercury content of any commercially available tuna)

1/2 ripe avocado

1/2 - 1 medium diced tomato

1 spring onion finely chopped

5-6 stalks (with leaves) fresh coriander finely chopped

1/4 lime squeezed

pepper to taste

Spike to taste (Spike is a spice)

Note: Spike contains yeast and autolyzed vegetable protein. There have been claims that autolyzed vegetable protein breaks down into MSG, but personally after a dinner out at a local Chinese food favourite of mine, if I forget to ask for no MSG added, I feel like crap afterwards, but I can put a decent amount of Spike on my foods a few times a week and I always feel great. So I'm not sure these claims are founded.

If you have an MSG issue, you know by how you feel afterwards. As with all foods, I suggest you pay attention to how you feel afterwards and let it govern your choice to consume.

Of course this shouldn't be taken literally... as I feel great after an entire container of ice cream, but I won't do this anymore.

If you have any comments, suggestions, or any recipes that you'd like to share, please leave them in the comments section below.