Looking for high protein, healthy meal choices? Try my low-FODMAP high protein tuna salad. Ready in 10 minutes, delicious, and satisfying.
I use lactose-free cottage cheese, celery, fresh herbs, and toasted sunflower seeds to give it great texture and flavor.
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Low-FODMAP & High-Protein Tuna Salad
Looking for high protein, healthy meal choices? Try my low-FODMAP high protein tuna salad. Ready in 10 minutes, delicious, and satisfying.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
- Category: Entree
- Method: Cooking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
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- 3–five ounce cans white albacore tuna (in water), drained well
- 1/2 cup lactose-free cottage cheese
- 1 stalk celery, minced*
- 2–3 tbsp sweet pickles, minced
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp fresh lemon juice, plus to taste
- 1 teaspoon garlic-infused oil*
- 2 tbsp fresh chives, or green scallion tips, minced*
- 2 tsp fresh dill, chopped
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp black pepper, plus to taste
- 3/4 teaspoon paprika
- 2 tablespoons toasted sunflower seeds (optional)
- 1 teaspoon seasoned rice vinegar (optional)
Instructions
- With a small food processor, or immersion blender, blend your cottage cheese until smooth
- In a medium bowl, mince your tuna into a fine crumb with a fork. Add in the lactose-free cottage cheese, celery, pickles, dijon mustard, lemon juice, garlic-infused oil, scallion tips, fresh dill, pepper and paprika. Taste, and adjust seasoning (add vinegar, if desired) Then mix in the sunflower seeds
- Serve as a sandwich, with crackers, in a lettuce wrap, or enjoy plain
- Refrigerate leftovers up to 5 days, it tastes even better a day later!
Notes
- Although this recipe has not been lab tested, a single serving should be low-FODMAP based on the ingredients
- Celery is low-FODMAP in 10g servings, but you can enjoy up to 68g per FODMAP Friendly
- Infused oils do not contain FODMAPs, enjoy these to add flavor to your favorite meals
- Scallion tips, and chives are low in FODMAPs, avoid the bulb of the scallion
- I suggest fresh herbs for the best flavor in this recipe
- I used gherkin pickles, ensure your product does not contain onion, garlic, or HFCS. Gherkins have nil FODMAPs per FODMAP Friendly
- If you tolerate lactose, 2.8 tablespoons is one low-FODMAP serving for cottage cheese
