Tuna Poke Bowls

healthy & budget-friendly !!!

I have friends who go out to get sushi, seafood, and poke bowls weekly. They spend up to $15 a bowl—and for absolutely no reason at all! Poke is SO easy to make. Save your dollar and enjoy a world-class sushi dinner at home.

This recipe is quick and easy, but it may take some planning. You start with the cucumber and shredded carrot salad at least an hour before serving time, but preferably two or three hours prior to allow for time to marinate. If you forget, it will still taste fine; it just tastes better when the vinegar and oil have time to seep into the cucumber.

When it comes down to cooking and serving, there really isn’t much to it. You cook the rice (I use the stovetop method but to each his own), and while that cooks you slice and prepare the tuna. That’s it. Seriously can you believe it? In under an hour you will have a gourmet and healthy meal.

Reasons I love this meal:

• It is incredibly versatile in the sense that you can easily feed a party of 10, or cook just for yourself—as I often did living alone in college.

• It’s budget friendly— I buy frozen ahi tuna steaks from Winco for $1-2 a steak. I believe Walmart sells a similar product, but if tuna is unavailable to you swap it for frozen salmon (don’t worry about getting wild-caught, because the fattier farm-raised stuff is tender and delicious!).

• It’s fast, easy, and healthy!

Recipe Card:

Screenshot & Print to make at home!

*Reminder: I don’t typically measure so all ingredients are to-taste!