Cucumber Tomato Tuna Salad

This cucumber tomato tuna salad is a fresh and delicious tuna salad! It contains the perfect combination of creamy and crunchy elements!

When you want a fun change up to traditional tuna salad, this cucumber tomato tuna salad is a perfect choice! The addition of diced tomatoes, cucumbers, and red onions adds amazing flavor and texture. My family loves this tuna salad, and I hope you and your family will too!

Let’s talk about tuna fish!

I grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin and we always had plenty of beef to eat. But we’d also eat chicken, pork, and sometimes canned tuna. I have always enjoyed tuna and like to use it to make tuna salads and casseroles to serve for my family. Tuna is a great keto food choice. It’s low in calories and contains zero carbs. It’s also an excellent source of protein and contains high levels of omega-3 fatty acids. I usually buy regular tuna but sometimes I’ll buy Albacore. You can use either for this dish. Since we’re making a dressing using mayonnaise, I recommend using tuna packed in water. That’s what I normally buy, although sometimes I buy tuna in oil as a treat for my kitties.🐈You will want to drain your tuna so you won’t end up with a tuna salad that’s watery.

What other ingredients go into this cucumber tomato tuna salad?

To our canned tuna, we add just a few simple but delicious ingredients which add flavor and a nice crunch to this tuna salad. First, we add diced tomatoes. You can use a Roma tomato, also known as a plum tomato, or you can use a vine ripened tomato to make this tuna salad. We then add diced cucumbers. I used ½ English cucumber to make my salad. English cucumbers have smaller seeds which I like because I don’t have to remove the seeds. I peeled my cucumber, but this is optional, especially if using an English cucumber which has a thinner skin than regular cucumbers. For the onion, I used a red onion. I love the pop of color and the flavor the red onion brings to this dish. Alternately, you can use a yellow onion if you’d like.

What is the best mayonnaise to use to make the dressing for this cucumber tomato tuna salad?

You have some great keto options for the mayonnaise you use to make this tuna salad. I enjoy the avocado oil mayonnaise that the Chosen Foods brand makes. Primal Kitchen also makes an avocado oil mayo and a chipotle lime mayonnaise you might like. When buying mayonnaise, you’ll want to ensure there is no added sugar or oils you don’t want in your diet. Another awesome option is to make homemade keto mayonnaise! It’s amazingly creamy and delicious. It’s also amazingly quick and easy to make. My go-to homemade keto mayonnaise takes only a few minutes to make and is so easy since we add all the ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth and combined. My homemade mayo combines a whole egg with white wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, salt, and avocado oil. I love the avocado oil from Costco and that’s what I use to make my mayonnaise.

Here are some more fun keto tuna salad variations I think you’ll enjoy!

Easy Avocado Tuna Salad

Keto Fresh Dill and Chive Tuna Salad

Keto Tarragon Tuna Salad

Mexican Keto Tuna Salad

Helpful Hints:

*You can add more salt and pepper to this dish to taste.

*This dish can be made a day or two ahead of time and refrigerated until ready to serve.

Main Kitchen Equipment and Utensils:

• Medium mixing bowl
• Measuring spoons

Splash of Encouragement:

***LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill? Psalm 15:1***