Bookmark these Salmon Salad Avocado Boats for when you’re looking for a low-carb meal full of protein, fiber and healthy fats. Salmon + Avocado is the ultimate nutrition powerhouse, and when you put them together with this combination of flavorful ingredients, you get a powerhouse that’s delicious too!
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Why did I decide to make this? Because I opened a can of salmon yesterday, had half of it plain with some cauliflower rice, and it just sucked! I hate wasting food, so after getting some avocados this morning I looked up what I could do with canned salmon and avo, and these cute little boats were the prettiest option.
Okay so I just found out, Avocado is a berry! What even right?! I would definitely not have thought of that. I Googled “avocado” in the hopes of finding some good descriptive word for the “fruit”, and the little Wikipedia snippet said it’s a berry. Lesson for the day is done! Let’s get back to the recipe now.
The creamy, slightly tangy, maybe spicy salmon salad stuffing really complements the subtle taste of the avocado. Go try it out if you don’t believe me!
Some other good stuff about this recipe:
- Good for all those lazy days because there’s minimum dishes involved
- Uses greek yogurt instead of mayo = healthy healthy healthy
- Very easy-to-prep appetizer to serve at a party
- Pretty!
Quick and Easy Salmon Salad Avocado Boats
Ingredients
- 1 6oz can Salmon, Skinless, Deboned and packed in water, 170g
- 2 medium Avocados, 190g each with seed
- 1 Tbsp Red Onion, Chopped, 10g
- 3 Tbsp Greek Yogurt, 19g
- 1½ tsp Lemon Juice
- ½ tsp Dijon Mustard
- ⅛ tsp Salt
- ¼ tsp Cayenne Pepper, Optional
- ½ tsp Crushed Red Pepper Flakes, Optional
Instructions
- Drain and flake the salmon.
- In a medium bowl, add rest of the ingredients and stir.
- Add in salmon mix until combined.
- Halve and de-seed avocados.
- Fill each avocado half with salmon salad, dividing equally.
- Top with crushed red pepper flakes, a squeeze of lemon juice and indulge!
Notes
- To make this Paleo and Dairy-free, use coconut or almond – based yogurt.
- Servings: 4 boats | Serving size: 2 boats
- Calories: 275kcal
- Fat: 17.6g | Saturated fat: 2.6g
- Carbohydrates: 9.2g | Fiber: 6.2g | Sugar:1.2 g
- Protein: 22.6g
Hey! I'm Haylee
Google Software Engineer
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