Tuna sushi salad with wholemeal rice, avocado and nori
A sushi-style salad with tuna, brown rice and nori, which combines all the flavours of maki in an easy-bowl version.
2 servings· 25 min· lunch
Benefits
- • Tuna provides protein and omega-3s, which are good for the brain, hormones and energy
- • Brown rice provides fiber and stable energy
- • Avocados provide good lipids, important for hormones and satiety
- • Nori seaweed is rich in iodine, which is important for thyroid health and energy
- • Radishes and vinegar help digestion and blood sugar levels
- • This meal is balanced with protein, fiber, good lipids and complex carbohydrates
Preparation
Ingredients
- • 250 grams cooked brown rice
- • 2 cans of tuna in brine
- • 1 avocado
- • 1/2 cucumber
- • 2 spring onions
- • 2 nori leaves
- • 10 radishes
- • 100 millilitres rice vinegar
- • 100 millilitres of water
- • 1 teaspoon honey (sugar or maple syrup available)
- • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- • 1 teaspoon tahini
- • 1 teaspoon wasabi
- • 1 tablespoon lemon juice (optional)
- • 1 teaspoon sesame seeds (optional)
Method
- 1.Cut radishes into thin slices
- 2.Mix rice vinegar, water and honey and pour over radishes
- 3.Marinate for about 10 minutes
- 4.Chop the avocado, cucumber and spring onions
- 5.Drain the tuna
- 6.Cut nori leaves into pieces
- 7.Mix the soy sauce, tahini, wasabi and lemon to make the sauce
- 8.In a salad bowl, combine the rice, tuna, cucumber, avocado, spring onions and seaweed
- 9.Add the pickled radishes and pour over the sauce
- 10.Mix well and add sesame seeds before serving