Discover my latest recipe for the perfect keto tuna salad with all the ingredients to make it a perfect and well-balanced keto meal. 

Fish, especially fatty fish, is a great source of both good fat and protein, which makes it a perfect keto food to consume on a daily basis. As a real salad lover (I eat at least one huge salad every day), I wanted to create the perfect salad with one of my favorite types of fish: tuna.

So here it comes! The keto tuna salad recipe that is very easy and quick to prepare. I can also assure you that you will love its taste and feel full for many hours. This is one of my top salads. I spent a lot of time trying out different ingredient combinations to come up with the perfect taste and macros.

It really looks yummy, doesn’t it? I think so! Let me show you how to prepare it step by step.

Ingredients

• 100 g (3.5 oz) of canned tuna (I recommend Rio Mare) in olive oil, drained
• 120 g (4.3 oz) of hard-boiled eggs, organic or free-range (2 big ones)
• 50 g (1.8 oz) of black olives, chopped (1 handful)
• 100 g (3.5 oz) of celery, chopped (2 celery sticks)
• 100 g (3.5 oz) of low-salt cucumber, chopped (1 huge)
• 50 g (1.8 oz) of fresh spinach leaves, finely-chopped
• 20 g (1 oz) of mayonnaise (1 tablespoon)
• 10 g (0.4 oz) of olive oil (1 teaspoon) or MCT oil
• Black pepper, gound (to taste)
• Himalayan salt (to taste)

Feel free to modify the list of ingredients if you want to have a bigger or smaller salad. Note that these ingredients will make a decent-size salad that will keep you full for many hours. It has almost 700 kcal and a perfect fat-to-protein ratio. This salad will be ideal for people doing intermittent fasting and eating 2-3 meals a day.

Instructions

1. Start from washing and drying fresh vegetables. In this case it’s fresh spinach leaves and celery. This is a very important step especially if you buy your vegetables from a supermarket. Here is the guide of how to wash vegetables to remove pesticides from them.
   PRACTICAL TIP: You can omit this step if you buy vegetables from organic (and known) sources or grow your own vegetable garden (highly recommended).
2. Boil 2 eggs. To make them hard-boiled, you need to boil them for about 10+ minutes.
3. Chop fresh spinach leaves into really small pieces and place them into a larger bowl. I prefer really fine pieces which will ideally mix with the remaining ingredients to create the perfect tuna paste.
   
4. Add olive oil or MCT oil to the spinach leaves and mix them gently.
   PRACTICAL TIP: You can add salt and pepper to the leaves at this point.
5. Now it’s time to chop the celery, cucumber and olives. The smaller the pieces, the better the salad will turn out. Place the chopped celery, olives and cucumber into a separate bowl for now.PRACTICAL TIP: You can place all the ingredients in one bowl and mix them immediately. However, for a better visual effect, I recommend doing it according to the instructions.
6. Remove the tuna from the can and drain it (just a little bit). Cut it into smaller pieces as well. Place the tuna into the bowl with the celery, cucumber and olives.
   
7. Add mayonnaise to the bowl with the tuna and chopped vegetables. Gently mix all the ingredients.
   PRACTICAL TIP: You can add salt and pepper right now.
8. Place the tuna paste onto the spinach with olive oil in the bigger bowl. Place it in the center for a better visual effect.
   
9. Peel and cut eggs into small pieces and place them around the tuna paste.
   
10. You can sprinkle eggs with salt and pepper.
    PRACTICAL TIP: Feel free to add some more mayonnaise on eggs if you like.
11. The salad is ready to eat immediately.

Note that you can change the order of steps and the salad will still turn out great. This way, however, you are guaranteed of a spectacular visual effect that will impress your family and friends.

Keto Tuna Salad Macros 

Below are the macros for the entire bowl of my keto tuna salad. Note that this is a really big portion and you can easily share it with your spouse and you will both be full. For me, however, it’s not a problem to eat it whole.

Keto Tuna Salad Print Version

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Keto Tuna Salad

CALORIES: 699 kcal
FAT: 55 g
PROTEIN: 44 g
CARBS: 11 g

This is a huge serving which you can easily split into two. 

Course Breakfast, Brunch, Keto breakfast, Salad

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 2 people

Calories 350 kcal

Ingredients

• 100 g of canned tuna (in olive oil, drained)
• 120 g of hard-boiled eggs (organic, free-range)
• 50 g of black olives (1 handful, chopped)
• 100 g of celery (2 sticks, chopped)
• 100 g of low-salt cucumber (1 huge, chopped)
• 50 g of fresh spinach leaves (finely-chopped)
• 20 g of mayonnaise (1 tablespoon)
• 10 g of olive oil or MCT oil
• pepper (to taste)
• Himalayan or sea salt (to taste)

Instructions

1. Hard-boil the eggs. 

2. Cut fresh spinach leaves into small and thin pieces. Place them in a larger bowl.  plate. 

3. Add olive oil or MCT oil to spinach leaves (together with salt and pepper) and mix them gently. 

4. Chop the remaining vegetables into equally small and thin pieces. I mean celery sticks, cucumber and olives. 

5. Place the chopped vegetables into a separate bowl. 

6. Remove the tuna from the can and drain it a little bit. Cut it into small pieces as well. 

7. Add tuna to the separate bowl with chopped vegetables. Add mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Mix all the ingredients gently. 

8. Place the tuna pasta onto the chopped spinach leaves (preferably in the center).

9. Cut eggs into small pieces and place them around the tuna pasta. 

10. Add pepper and salt if needed. 

11. Enjoy! 

Recipe Notes

Feel free to change the ingredients if you want a smaller or bigger salad. This is a huge serving so you can easily share it with your spouse (if you aren't too hungry). 

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