Healthy Tuna Salad

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This quick and easy healthy tuna salad recipe only takes 15 minutes to make, and is protein packed! Enjoy.

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Our Favorite Tuna Salad

From this healthy tuna salad to our delicious tuna egg salad to this avocado tuna salad, we’re your gals when it comes to healthy tuna salad recipes here on Fit Foodie Finds. And this truly is our go-to when it comes to easy peasy tuna salad.

why you’ll love it

Protein-packed: Looking for a high protein snack or lunch? This tuna salad is it!

Oh so versatile: Serve this tuna salad on a sammie, with crackers or on a lettuce wrap. The options are endless!

Quick & easy to make: From start to finish, you’ll be eating this tuna salad in 15 minutes flat.

Ingredients for tuna salad in bowls.

Healthy Tuna Salad Ingredients

  • Canned tuna
  • Red onion
  • Celery
  • Greek yogurt 
  • Mayo 
  • Fresh lemon juice  
  • Dijon mustard 
  • Salt & pepper
  • Paprika
  • Fresh dill
Tuna salad in a bowl.

How to Make Healthy Tuna Salad

This tuna salad is as easy as 1-2-3! Here’s what you’ll need to do:

  1. Place the tuna, red onion, and celery into a large bowl and mix until well combined. 
  2. Add the Greek yogurt, mayo, lemon juice, mustard, salt, and pepper to the tuna and stir until everything is combined.
  3. Top the tuna salad with paprika and fresh dill. Place the tuna salad in the refrigerator to chill or serve immediately on a sandwich or salad. ENJOY!

Easy Swaps for Tuna Salad

There are a few easy swaps we’re making in this healthy tuna salad that mean BIG things for flavor. Here’s what we did:

Mayo –> Greek yogurt + mayo: Many tuna salad recipes call for mayo, but ours features 1/3 cup of Greek yogurt and just 2 tablespoons of mayo. You’ll love the creaminess!

Dried dill –> fresh dill: we love love love the flavor of fresh herbs and don’t recommend subbing fresh dill for dried dill.

A little crunch: We love having a little crunch in our tuna salad, which is why you’ll be chopping up red onion and celery. So this is more an addition to many tuna salad recipes, than a substitution. Don’t skip the onion and celery!

Healthy tuna salad in a bowl.

How to Serve Tuna Salad

This recipe could not be easier! All you need to do is place all your ingredients in a bowl and mix together until everything is combined evenly. Then, enjoy with a fork or your favorite scooping snack like:

On toast: toast a piece of whole grain bread and then add a little butter to one side. Top it with this tuna salad!

In a wrap: line a large tortilla with spinach or romaine lettuce and then top it with this salad. Wrap it up like a burrito and enjoy.

With crackers: eat this nummy tuna salad as a snack with your favorite crackers and veggies.

Healthy Tuna Salad for Meal Prep

This recipe is easy enough to whip up at the office during lunch, but we love love love meal-prepping a large batch of this at the beginning of the week to have on hand for snacks, lunches and post-workout refuels.

If you’re planning to meal prep this tuna salad, we recommend double or tripling the recipe and adding a little fresh dill right before you serve.

Storage Instructions

This recipe will keep in your fridge for up to 5 days in an airtight container, just enough time to enjoy it throughout your work week ๐Ÿ˜€

Tuna salad on a fork.
4.75 from 4 votes

Healthy Tuna Salad Recipe

This quick and easy healthy tuna salad recipe only takes 15 minutes to make, and is protein packed! You’ll absolutely love the flavor. Enjoy.
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 0 minutes
Total: 15 minutes
Servings: 2
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Ingredients 

  • 2 5-oz. cans tuna in water, strained
  • ½ small red onion, finely diced (~⅓ cup)
  • 1 large celery stalk, finely diced
  • cup 2% plain Greek yogurt
  • 2 tablespoons mayo
  • 1.5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground pepper
  • Pinch of paprika
  • 1 tablespoon fresh dill, chopped

Instructions 

  • Place the tuna, red onion, and celery into a large bowl and mix until well combined. 
  • Add the Greek yogurt, mayo, lemon juice, mustard, salt, and pepper to the tuna and stir until combined. Be sure the tuna is coated in sauce. 
  • Top the tuna salad with paprika and fresh dill. Place the tuna salad in the refrigerator to chill or serve immediately on a sandwich or salad.

Tips & Notes

  • This recipe and photos were updated on 4/25/2022. Find the original recipe HERE.

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Nutrition

Calories: 259 kcal, Carbohydrates: 5 g, Protein: 31 g, Fat: 12 g, Fiber: 1 g, Sugar: 3 g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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August 16, 2024 11:21 am

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