Avocado Chickpea Tuna Salad

Enjoy this delicious Avocado Chickpea Tuna Salad for a nutritious, easy lunch or light dinner. Quick to make and filled with protein and healthy fats, this tuna salad recipe will bring freshness and variety to your healthy meal rotation.

INGREDIENTS:

1 (9 oz) can tuna in olive oil partially drained

1 (14 oz) can chickpeas drained and rinsed

1 large Hass avocado diced

2 cups cherry tomatoes halved

4 garden cucumbers diced

1 small red onion thinly sliced

1/2 bunch parsley chopped

1 juicy lemon squeezed

Kosher salt and ground pepper to taste

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.In a large salad bowl, add all the tuna, chickpeas, avocado, tomatoes, cucumber, onion and parsley.

2.Drizzle with lemon juice and season to your taste.

3.Toss to combine and enjoy!

Notes:

Vegetables: You can add other veggies to the mix such as corn, bell peppers, artichokes, or olives.

Beans: Not a fan of chickpeas or simply don’t have any available? Sub with black beans, kidney beans, or cannellini beans.

Cheese: Sometimes we like to sprinkle a little cheese into the mix such as feta or crumbled cotija.