Spring Roll Tuna Salad – Low Carb Summer Dinner in 15 Minutes!

If you are looking for a quick and tasty summer dinner, try this low carb spring roll tuna salad. It just takes 15 minutes to make and it’s full of color and flavor! Thank you StarKist Selects E.V.O.O. for sponsoring this post. As a low carb dieter, I love tuna packed in olive oil and highly recommend it to you.

You might also like this low carb Thai shrimp spring rolls recipe.

During the summer my husband and I like to eat salads for dinner quite often. We sit out on the porch, put on some tunes and enjoy a big salad full of color and crunch. Salads just like this low carb spring roll tuna salad.

It’s full of colorful vegetables, herbs, flaky Yellowfin tuna and topped with a light, dipping-sauce-inspired dressing. I kid you not, this salad is very flavorful, and you won’t even realize that you are eating really healthy too! 

Low Carb Tuna Packed In E.V.O.O.

I don’t know if you remember a post I did a while back for a creamy basil tuna & cauliflower risotto. It too featured StarKist Selects E.V.O.O. products. I really like that their products (StarKist Selects E.V.O.O.  Yellowfin Tuna, StarKist Selects E.V.O.O. Wild-Caught Pink Salmon and StarKist Selects E.V.O.O. Yellowfin Tuna with Sun-dried Tomato) are all wild-caught fish packed in cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil and sea salt. 

Tuna tastes SO much better packed in oil and since this is extra virgin olive oil you get all its healthy benefits as well. 

I always keep these packets in my pantry. They are perfect for adding lean protein and healthy fats to any meal. I often top my salads with them or sometimes I just eat them right out of the packet. Best of all for me is that they are low carb too!

Cooling Summer Salads With Tuna To Try

One of my favorite go to salads is one with tuna, blue cheese, pecans and a balsamic vinaigrette. My husband and I eat this one on a regular basis.

Another tuna salad I make is a Greek themed salad with tuna, feta, olives, tomatoes, cucumbers and olives. You can be creative with your salads because tuna goes with just about everything.

At the end of this post I have 3 bonus tuna salad recipes for you. Just stuff a raw pepper with these salads and you have the perfect portable low carb summer lunch. 

Let’s Make This Spring Roll Tuna Salad!

For my husband and myself, I chopped up a bunch of spring roll-inspired vegetables and placed them on a platter. I used red cabbage, sweet bell peppers, cucumbers, carrots, green onions, red onions, cilantro and basil leaves.

That way we could each pick what we liked and placed them on a big bowl of romaine. Then we each took a packet of StarKist Selects E.V.O.O. Yellowfin Tuna and spooned it out on top. 

What’s In The Thai Dressing

The dressing is a simple combination of soy sauce, sesame oil, avocado oil, rice wine vinegar, garlic, sweetener, ginger and sesame seeds. It’s very light and tasty. I was going for the taste of a spring roll dipping sauce in the form of a vinaigrette.

Low Carb Toppings For Summer Salads

Here is a list of low carb toppings for your summer salads. Though I have a recipe below for what typically goes in a spring roll, you can use whatever vegetables that stir your fancy. Just pick a few from the list below. 

• red cabbage: (2 T) 0.6g net carbs
• bell peppers: (2 T) 0.7g net carbs
• red onions:  (2 T) 1.6g net carbs
• green onions:  (2 T) 0.5g net carbs
• carrots: (2 T) 1.1g net carbs
• celery: (2 T) 0.2g net carbs
• radishes: (2 T) 0.3g net carbs
• zucchini: (2 T) 0.4g net carbs
• jicama: (2 T) 0.6g net carbs
• avocado: ( ¼)  0.9g net carbs
• tuna (StarKist Selects E.V.O.O Yellowfin Tuna): (1 packet) 0g net carbs
• riced cauliflower: (2 T) 0.3g net carbs
• broccoli: (2 T)  0.4g net carbs
• cheddar cheese: (2T) 0.2g net carbs
• feta cheese:  (2T) 0.8g net carbs
• blue cheese:  (2T) 0.4g net carbs
• walnuts (raw): (2T) g net carbs
• almonds (raw):  (2T) 2g net carbs
• pecans (raw):  (2T) 0.5g net carbs

Low Carb Spring Roll Tuna Salad

Well, I hope you like this quick and easy summer dinner featuring StarKist Selects E.V.O.O.

The nutritional information for 1 large salad is:
136 cals / 1.4g fat / 9.7g carbs / 3.6g fiber / 23.4g protein = 6.1g net carbs

The nutritional information for ½ of the dressing is:
226 cals / 23.9g fat / 1.9g carbs / 0.2g fiber / 2.3g protein = 1.7g carbs

Please note to lower the carb count in this salad I personally omitted the red onions and carrots which are a little higher in net carbs.

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of StarKist Selects E.V.O.O.

 

 

Bonus Tuna Stuffed Pepper Recipes from Instagram

Curried Tuna Salad

• 1 T curry powder
• 2 T diced onion
• 2 T diced celery
• 2 packets StarKistSelects E.V.O.O. Yellowfin tuna 
• ¼ cup mayo 
• ½ T apple cider vinegar
• 2 T cilantro leaves
• 1 T chopped pecans

Makes 2 servings. Nutritional information per serving is:

422 cals / 37.4g fat / 3.9g carbs / 1.8g fiber / 19.3g protein = 2.1g net carbs

Sun Dried Tomato Tuna Salad

• ¼ cup mayo
• 2 T diced onion
• 2 T diced celery
• 2 packets StarKistSelects E.V.O.O. Yellowfin tuna w sun dried tomatoes
• 1 T balsamic vinegar
• 2 large basil leaves, minced
• 1 T parmesan cheese, grated

Makes 2 servings. Nutritional information per serving is:

353 cals / 29.7g fat / 4.6g carbs / 0.8g fiber / 15.2g protein = 3.8g net carbs

Lemon Basil Salmon Salad

• 2 T mayo
• 2 T diced onion
• 2 T diced celery
• 2 packets StarKistSelects E.V.O.O. Pink Salmon
• 1 T lemon juice
• Zest of 1 lemon
• 1 jalapeno diced
• 3 large basil leaves, minced
• 1 clove garlic, crushed

Makes 2 servings. Nutritional information per serving is:

291 cals  /25.1g fat / 3g carbs / 0.5g fiber / 14.4g protein = 2.5g net carbs