Amazing Healthy Tuna Recipes
Here are the Amazing Healthy Tuna Recipes I make when I want a quick meal that’s low in carbs and high in protein. And I think tuna packed in olive oil is the best-flavored canned tuna to use for these recipes, and this post has a shout-out for the brand I’ve used for years!
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These Healthy Tuna Recipes are the recipes using canned tuna I make regularly when I want a nourishing meal that’s quick to put together. The favorite tuna recipes featured here are all lunches or light dinners I make over and over, and if you’re a tuna fan I bet you’re going to find some tasty healthy ideas here that you’re really going to love.
What canned tuna do I use for my Healthy Tuna Recipes?
There are some wonderful imported Italian tunas if money is no object, but quite a few years ago I discovered Genova Tuna Packed in Olive Oil (affiliate link). This brand compares favorably in taste with imported tunas and I love this this canned tuna so much and I’ve been buying it for so long that it’s definitely a Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks recommendation for me! (And this company has not sent me any free tuna or paid me in any way to write an endorsement of their tuna.)
Are all the healthy tuna recipes low in carbs?
Every healthy recipe here that uses tuna is made with the carb-conscious approach to eating that my site is known for. There are recipes here that are suitable for strict Keto, and others that have a few more carbs, but all are going to be lower in carbs than you might think, even the ones with beans or pasta. I’m dividing the recipes into two categories, with the lowest-carb ones shown first. After that are a few recipes that are slightly higher in carbs, and some of those are not gluten-free. Choose the type of recipe that works for your way of eating and make some delicious with canned tuna!
Healthy Tuna Recipes that are Low in Carbs:
This tasty Nicoise Tuna Salad Recipe is a fabulous new salad I made after I went to France and discovered this type of salad doesn’t need to have potatoes!
Tuna Salad with Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Parsley, and Mint has that mint-parsley combination I love so much with tomatoes!
Tuna Salad Lettuce Wraps are something I would absolutely devour for a quick tasty lunch any time of year and this recipe is great for Keto!
Tuna Zucchini Noodles with Green Olives are an amazing dish for tuna lovers who also like green olive lovers and want a think-outside-the-box idea for combining them.
Tuna Avocado Tomato Salad gets lots of flavor from lime and cilantro, or use thinly-sliced green onion if you’re not a cilantro fan.
Tuna Stuffed Avocado is a wow salad idea for low-carb eaters, and it’s really not that hard to make. Use thinly sliced green onion instead of cilantro if you prefer.
This Spicy Tuna Salad that has tomatoes, peperoncini, and parsley is another recipe documenting my love of those spicy peperoncini peppers!
Cucumber Avocado Salad with Tuna is perfect for a summer lunch, and the lime juice adds amazing flavor. Use thinly sliced green onion instead of cilantro if you like.
Healthy Tuna Recipes with a few More Carbs:
- Air Fryer Tuna Melt is pretty low in carbs if you use my favorite low-carb pita bread.
- Tuna White Bean Salad has lots of tuna, celery, and parsley and not too many beans.
- Tuna Macaroni Salad with Green Olives made with Fiber Gourmet Light Elbows (affiliate link).
- Pinto Bean Salad with Tuna and Peperoncini has lots of tuna and just a few beans.
- Chickpea Tuna Salad has lots of tuna, red pepper, celery, and parsley.
- Cannellini Bean Salad with Tuna and Peperoncini has lots of tuna, Peperoncini, and parsley.
16 Comments on “Amazing Healthy Tuna Recipes”
Hi Kalyn, just reading your post on “why I love genova tuna…” and can’t believe what I found when looking it up on Amazon? You say that you buy it in 8’s, wondering if these are the 5 oz. tins because your price of around $2.00 a tin is fantastic compared to what Amazon charges us in Canada….over $8.00 per tin in groups of 12 X 5 oz tins!
Pretty hard to believe a difference of that amount of money. Wonder if you wrote that blog years ago, therefore quoting an older price…. just hard to believe regardless.
I have followed your blog for many many years and enjoy it very much. thanks, Jocelyn
Thanks for your support of the blog! Wow, I am sorry to hear it’s so expensive in Canada.
That post about “Why I Love Genova Tuna in Olive Oil” is brand new, but this one is a couple of years old and I do keep a list of amazon links that I re-use, so I was worried at first that my link showed an old price.
But I just checked that link in both posts and the first thing that shows in the Amazon results is eight 5 oz. cans of yellowfin tuna for $17.99 USD, so just slightly over $2.00 a can. I will edit that post a bit so it’s even more accurate, thanks!
Woot! amazon has this on subscribe and save… in for a case at under $35!
Barb, the last few times I have had to order it from Amazon.com.
Kaylyn are you still buying this tuna? I cannot find it anywhere here in southern AZ.
I'm eating this and some egg whites (with some light seasoning and a little lemon twist) right now. I bought mine at Costco recently and will definitely get more if they have it on my next visit. This tuna is in an entirely different class of taste than the normal supermarket brands. I'd even order what I'm eating right now before most restaurant "tuna steaks" (which are rarely fresh) that I've had in recent history.
You are so right about Genova tuna – my absolute favorite! You can also get it by the case at BuyTheCase.net. It comes out to $2.30 a can with shipping.
Carolyn, thanks. We have Target in Utah, but there’s not one anywhere close to my house so I rarely shop there.
you can also buy this at target
I use this brand all the time. It’s delicious and quite reasonable in price. I can’t eat the water packed tuna that most people buy. It’s either pulverized into bits or very dry.
thanks for the recommendation. a friend of mine who has recently gone gluten free and is soyfree bought some tuna packed in water that has soy so she asked me to keep a lookout for suitable replacement tuna and we’ll trade. I’ll definintely look for this brand. sure hope it’s gf/sf!
Annie, wow, $.99 is a great buy for this! Glad you liked it. I think I’ll go eat some right now!
Kalyn, I added this to my mental shopping list and found it on sale for 99 cents today! Picked up five cans. It’s delicious, thanks for the recommendation.
Toni, I would love to live by Little Italy. How wonderful.
Christine, isn’t it just amazing how something from a can could taste so good?
YES! I thought canned tuna was just a boring and flavorless food until I found it packed in olive oil and fell in love. I like it with just a squeeze of lemon. Rich and delicious — yum!!
Tuna seems to be popping up everywhere these days. I’m guessing it’s time to make something with it! We’ve got a great grocery store in Little Italy which I like to walk to. Now I know where my walk will take me tomorrow — thanks!