Tuna avocado lettuce wraps with lime and cilantro
10 min · 29 g protein · 246 cals / serving
A mayo-free tuna salad, creamy from mashed avocado and Greek yogurt, bright with lime, cilantro and a little jalapeño, and folded into butter-lettuce leaves with grated carrot, cherry tomatoes on the side. Fresh, crunchy and done in ten minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 small avocado
- 1/3 cup nonfat Greek yogurt
- 1 tbsp lime juice, from 1/2 lime
- 2 tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1/2 jalapeño, seeded, finely chopped
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 cans (5 oz each), drained canned tuna
- 2 tbsp red onions, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup carrot, ready-grated
- 8 cherry tomatoes, whole, on the side
- 1 head butterhead lettuce, leaves separated
Steps
- Mash the avocado in a bowl with a fork, then stir in the yogurt, lime juice, cilantro, jalapeño and salt until creamy.
- Flake in the tuna and the red onion and fold together; taste for lime and salt.
- Spoon into the lettuce leaves, top with the carrot, wrap, and eat with the cherry tomatoes on the side.
Good to know
Will it go brown?
The lime slows it down, but avocado darkens after a few hours, so this is best eaten fresh. For a packed lunch, press cling film onto the surface of the tuna and keep the lettuce separate.
Tuna in oil instead?
Tuna in olive oil is softer and richer and needs no avocado for creaminess, at about 69 instead of 80. Drain it well.
Per
- Calories
- 67
- Protein
- (48%)
- 8 g
- Fat
- (34%)
- 2 g
- Carbohydrates
- (18%)
- 4 g
- of which sugar
- 2 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 134 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. General guidance, not medical advice. Talk to your prescriber. How
As written, 492 kcal goes into the pot and 731 g of ingredients comes out as about 731 g of food: 67 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.