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Spicy Avocado Tuna Salad Sushi Bowls {Low Mercury}

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Super simple spicy avocado tuna salad sushi bowls. Naturally gluten free and low mercury tuna salad recipe mixed with fun sushi ingredients, then tossed all in a bowl. This is a tuna salad for sushi lovers or anyone looking for a great healthy lunch! Full of omegas, protein, and more. Watch my EASY step by step video below then go make!

Super Simple Spicy avocado tuna salad sushi bowls. A naturally gluten free and low mercury tuna salad mixed with fun sushi ingredients, then tossed all in a bowl. This is a tuna salad for sushi lovers or anyone looking for a great healthy lunch! Full of omegas, protein, and more.

Oh goodness, I am so excited. Like BEYOND excited to share this Tuna Salad Sushi Bowl with you. Yes, it’s like my new favorite lunch. Okay along with these wraps, but also because of the AMAZING tuna that makes the tuna salad within. Amazing CANNED tuna that is all the things. And when I say all the things I’m talking like all the things canned tuna should be. SAFE! Safe for you, safe for me, safe for kids, safe for pregnant mama’s! Yep, you heard me. A “safe catch” canned tuna.

But before I go and brag about all the things SAFE CATCH in this safe spicy avocado tuna salad sushi bowl, I’m gonna just back it up.

Let’s talk about how this tuna salad bowl came to to fruition and why you need it in your life, like NOW. Mmmm k?

Super Simple Spicy avocado tuna salad sushi bowls. A naturally gluten free and low mercury tuna salad mixed with fun sushi ingredients, then tossed all in a bowl. This is a tuna salad for sushi lovers or anyone looking for a great healthy lunch! Full of omegas, protein, and more.

Super Simple Spicy avocado tuna salad sushi bowls. A naturally gluten free and low mercury tuna salad mixed with fun sushi ingredients, then tossed all in a bowl. This is a tuna salad for sushi lovers or anyone looking for a great healthy lunch! Full of omegas, protein, and more.

First of all. We love sushi. I take that back. We ADORE sushi. And I’ve made it time and and time in again but there’s just one problem. My sushi rolling skills are not so great. I end up making a sushi roll turned into a plate of sushi ingredients all fallen out of a nori sheet. I know, I know. There is a certain skill for this. And I’ve had “lessons,” but still… I just don’t make pretty sushi rolls. And you know what? That’s okay, because I found a way to combine my love for sushi rolls and my love for avocado tuna salad into one EASY PEASY Healthy Deconstructed Sushi BOWL –> NO MESS! NO SKILLS needed. HALLELUJAH!

Okay, now that you know my not so secret horrible sushi rolling skills. Let’s talk about the Safe catch tuna in the tuna salad. Remember, it’s ALL THE THINGS and here’s WHY!

safe catch canned tuna

Safe Catch is a new Paleo certified canned and pouched tuna, made especially for Elite athletes and pregnant women. 

And I bet you are wondering HOW is it SAFE? It’s all about the PROCESS and how they test/source/package each fish, and each can.

  • Safe Catch is the “only brand that tests every single tuna for mercury.”
  • Safe Catch designed a “proprietary testing technology that allows them to detect the purity (mercury level) in each and every fish in seconds.”
  • Safe Catch Elite is “tested to a limit 10x stricter than the FDA, and is the official tuna of the American Pregnancy Association.”
  • Safe Catch Tuna has has “no precook processing in their tuna; which means more nutrients and amazing flavor. There are never any additives, fillers, or preservatives; only wild, pure tuna.”

You see what I’m saying? As a nutrition specialist, this is BIG NEWS! This means I can recommend a safe LOW MERCURY Omega 3 rich canned tuna meal for pregnant women, athletes, and kids. A quick meal packed with pure complete protein and amino acids for those growing bodies and muscles.

I highly recommend you check out Safe Catch site for a more in depth look at how they test and their story! I just love it.

That being said, we’re celebrating safe catch canned tuna with deconstructed sushi combined with a classic Summer/Spring salad topper, the tuna salad.

Lots of healthy fats, lots of protein, lots of bone supporting minerals, and more!

Yep, gluten free avocado tuna salad sushi bowls!

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Healthy Avocado Tuna Salad Sushi Bowls {Gluten Free, Low Mercury}

  • Prep Time: 10 min
  • Cook Time: 1 min
  • Total Time: 11 minutes
  • Yield: 2 1x
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Healthy Avocado Tuna Salad Sushi Bowls {Gluten Free, Low Mercury}

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Ingredients

  • For the TUNA SALAD:
  • 5 oz canned wild caught canned tuna
  • 1/2 ripe avocado (half in salad half sliced)
  • 1/4 cup chopped red onion
  • 1/4 tsp minced garlic
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt and black pepper
  • 1–2 tsp gluten free chili sauce
  • 2 tbsp paleo mayo or greek yogurt (to make extra creamy, but it’s optional}
  • 1 tsp rice vinegar or balsamic vinegar
  • For the SUSHI BOWL SALAD:
  • 1 cup shredded cabbage (green)
  • 1/2 cucumber (spiralized or julienned)
  • 1/2 avocado sliced
  • a few slices of red onion optional
  • 3/4 cup cooked white rice (or cauliflower rice for paleo option)
  • Black Sesame seeds
  • Seaweed chips to act as the croutons optional
  • For the OPTIONAL Salad DRESSING:
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp tamari
  • Chili sauce

Instructions

  1. First drain your canned tuna and place in a bowl. Mix in the avocado, onion, garlic, seasoning, optional mayo, vinegar, and chili sauce. Mix until creamy. Set aside.
  2. Next cut or spiralize your slice your cucumber. Best to deseed if you are spiralizing.
  3. Make sure your rice is cooked, or just use leftovers.
  4. Arrange your cabbage, cucumber, rice, and tuna on a large salad plate or bowl.
  5. Place sliced avocado on top and garnish with sesame seed.
  6. Add your optional dressing and/or extra chili sauce.
  7. So great with nori/seaweed chips as the scooper or just flaked on top.
  8. Mix it all up or serve as is!
  9. This serves 2 small salad bowls or one VERY large hungry sushi lover bowl

Notes

This serves 2 smaller salad bowls, but with the rice makes heartier and around 350 calories each.

or you can enjoy ONE LARGE hungry sushi lover bowl.

Spicy avocado tuna salad sushi bowls.

The yummy spicy goodness of a tuna roll combined with creamy avocado tuna salad. Then all you need is a little extra chili sauce on top.

Spicy avocado tuna salad sushi bowls. A protein packed gluten free tuna salad mixed with healthy sushi ingredients, then tossed all in a bowl.

…. if you so dare.

Spicy avocado tuna salad sushi bowls. A protein packed gluten free tuna salad mixed with healthy sushi ingredients, then tossed all in a bowl.

And I promise it REALLY take no time at all. Watch my step by step process. And maybe dance to the music while you’re at it. 😉

Now let’s go get our safe catch on and chow down on this Tuna Salad Sushi Bowl! Mmm k?

**This tuna salad sushi bowl recipe is sponsored by my friends over at safe catch! Thank you for allowing me to share their quality canned tuna products and talk about this caring company.

Further notes –> all Safe Catch products are also Gluten free, paleo certified, Non-GMO certified, and BPA free. All of their products are wild and sustainably caught!

#glutenfree avocado tuna salad sushi bowls. low mercury tuna, #healthy, delish! @safecatch.

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  6. Julia Mueller says

    May 11, 2016 at 8:53 AM

    Let’s go to sushi!! Here in Reno, we have a TON of amazing all-you-can-eat sushi restaurants – it’s definitely a staple in our lives over here, ha! These bowls look absolutely fabulous…so clean and healthful and packed with flavor! I’m digging this for a weeknight meal, for sure!

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  9. Blair says

    May 11, 2016 at 10:01 AM

    We LOVE sushi too, but we can’t get it easily where we live in the middle-of-nowhere. And since a bowl is the only way that I dare even TRY to prepare it myself, this sounds absolutely perfect! So many great flavors here!

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  10. Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table says

    May 11, 2016 at 10:35 AM

    I could literally eat sushi every meal. My Whole Foods has a poke bowl bar… it’s trouble I should be making my own bowls like this and saving $11. We should definitely have this on the menu when we move to NZ and open a wine bar. 😉

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  11. Leslee @ Her Happy Balance says

    May 11, 2016 at 10:46 AM

    Super intrigued by this tuna brand! I’m stashing it away for my RD days when I get to start making meal recommendations to preggos, etc. I might have to try it myself in the meantime because I eat an absurd amount of tuna and never bought a special brand. Any idea which stores carry it?

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  17. Jen says

    May 11, 2016 at 7:48 PM

    the Hubs and I LOVE SUSHI! We are getting all you can eat on Friday! I also love making bowls with the leftovers when The Hubs makes homemade! I also just got a can of tuna from the store, so I gotta try this recipe!

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  19. Sam @ PancakeWarriors says

    May 12, 2016 at 9:16 AM

    I had no idea that safe catch existed but it’s perfect! All the reasons I don’t eat canned tuna everyday banished! I would seriosuly eat this salad like 2-3 times a week, it’s all the best flavors and I love love love sushi!!

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  20. Beverley @ Born to Sweat says

    May 12, 2016 at 10:37 AM

    omg, THANK YOU for making this recipe!! i’m always wanting to incorporate tuna more often because it’s such a simple source of protein for a pescetarian, but get pretty bored with it sometimes. this looks so great. pinning for lunch next week!!

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  25. Christina @ The Blissful Balance says

    May 13, 2016 at 8:40 AM

    I’ve been really wanting to make sushi bowls and I don’t know why I haven’t yet lol now I have the perfect recipe to follow!! Every time I’m back in my college town, there’s this restaurant called Bento that I alwaysss get sushi bowls at and they’re amazing. Such a genius idea.

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  29. Cassie says

    May 22, 2016 at 4:29 PM

    It’s been a while since I’ve had that kind of tuna, but I HAVE to try this Paleo-certified Safe Catch brand to make these sushi bowls! Get into my face RIGHT NOW.

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  30. Viswa says

    June 18, 2016 at 6:19 AM

    Simple and healthy recipe,perfect looks,yummy recipe,thanks for this tip about tuna,its feast for in this weekend,happy fathers day..

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  32. Brooke says

    July 13, 2016 at 12:52 AM

    This recipe looks amazing! I love anything avacado so I am definitely going to give this a try. 🙂 Thanks for the great recipes!

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