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Meal Prep Cottage Cheese Tuna Salad {Low Carb, GF}

Published: Jun 9, 2018 · Modified: Dec 23, 2020 by Megan

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Meal Prep Cottage Cheese Tuna Salad! This high protein tuna salad is perfect for meal prep or a BBQ. Blended cottage cheese and seasonings is tossed with tuna, celery and radishes for a refreshing and filling meal. Pair with carrot noodles or your favorite low carb veggie side! Gluten Free + Low Calorie + Low Carb

Meal Prep Cottage Cheese Tuna Salad! This high protein tuna salad is perfect for meal prep or a BBQ. Blended cottage cheese and seasonings is tossed with tuna, celery and radishes for a refreshing and filling meal. Pair with carrot noodles or your favorite low carb veggie side!

I know what you're thinking. Cottage cheese in a tuna salad? Okay, I know it sounds weird but to me mayo is pretty weird. Actually, I can't stand mayo.

I can remember my Mom making tuna salad with mayo as a kid and to this day that smell still makes my stomach do flip flops.

Meal Prep Cottage Cheese Tuna Salad! This high protein tuna salad is perfect for meal prep or a BBQ. Blended cottage cheese and seasonings is tossed with tuna, celery and radishes for a refreshing and filling meal. Pair with carrot noodles or your favorite low carb veggie side!

Cottage cheese makes the best substitute for mayo. Now before you run away, these pancakes have cottage cheese and they are one of my most popular recipes. You can't detect the flavor and you can say the same for this Meal Prep Cottage Cheese Tuna Salad.

The cottage cheese gets blended until smooth with spices making it appear like a traditional mayo based tuna salad, only this one is a whole lot better for you! Fewer calories, less fat and tons of protein. This Meal Prep Cottage Cheese Tuna Salad is guaranteed to keep you full for HOURS!

Meal Prep Cottage Cheese Tuna Salad! This high protein tuna salad is perfect for meal prep or a BBQ. Blended cottage cheese and seasonings is tossed with tuna, celery and radishes for a refreshing and filling meal. Pair with carrot noodles or your favorite low carb veggie side!

I paired mine with carrot noodles from Trader Joe's. If you don't have one near you, checkout the frozen food section.

A lot of companies are making all kinds of frozen veggies spiralized these days. You can also make your own with my favorite spiralizer, or sub another low carb veggie.

Either way, this makes the perfect take along lunch for summer!

Meal Prep Cottage Cheese Tuna Salad! This high protein tuna salad is perfect for meal prep or a BBQ. Blended cottage cheese and seasonings is tossed with tuna, celery and radishes for a refreshing and filling meal. Pair with carrot noodles or your favorite low carb veggie side!

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Meal Prep Cottage Cheese Tuna Salad! This high protein tuna salad is perfect for meal prep or a BBQ. Blended cottage cheese and seasonings is tossed with tuna, celery and radishes for a refreshing and filling meal. Pair with carrot noodles or your favorite low carb veggie side!

Meal Prep Cottage Cheese Tuna Salad

Megan Olson
Meal Prep Cottage Cheese Tuna Salad! This high protein tuna salad is perfect for meal prep or a BBQ. Blended cottage cheese and seasonings is tossed with tuna, celery and radishes for a refreshing and filling meal. Pair with carrot noodles or your favorite low carb veggie side! 
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 0 minutes mins
Total Time 10 minutes mins
Course Dinner, Lunch, Meal Prep
Cuisine American
Servings 4 meal preps
Calories 337 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 2/3 cup low fat cottage cheese I use Lactaid for lactose free
  • 3 cans tuna 5 ounces per can, keep liquid from container
  • 1/3 cup celery diced
  • 1/3 cup radishes diced
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • Black pepper to taste
  • 4 cups carrot noodles

Instructions
 

  • Place the cottage cheese, lemon juice, garlic powder, paprika, cayenne pepper and black pepper in a food processor or blender. Process on high until smooth. 
  • Transfer the cottage cheese mixture to a mixing bowl and stir in the tuna (as well as the liquid from the can - this is where the omega-3's are), celery and radishes. 
  • Divide the tuna salad into equal portions into 4 meal prep containers about 1 1/4 cups each. Add carrot noodles, or your favorite low carb veggie side. 

Notes

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Nutrition

Serving: 1meal pepCalories: 337kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 43gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 24mgSodium: 703mgPotassium: 750mgFiber: 3gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 21655IUVitamin C: 10.7mgCalcium: 85mgIron: 2.2mg
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Meal Prep Cottage Cheese Tuna Salad! This high protein tuna salad is perfect for meal prep or a BBQ. Blended cottage cheese and seasonings is tossed with tuna, celery and radishes for a refreshing and filling meal. Pair with carrot noodles or your favorite low carb veggie side! Gluten Free + Low Calorie + Low Carb

Meal Prep Cottage Cheese Tuna Salad! This high protein tuna salad is perfect for meal prep or a BBQ. Blended cottage cheese and seasonings is tossed with tuna, celery and radishes for a refreshing and filling meal. Pair with carrot noodles or your favorite low carb veggie side! Gluten Free + Low Calorie + Low Carb

About Megan

Megan is a certified nutrition practitioner, author, freelance food photographer and fitness instructor living in Phoenix, Arizona. On her blog, Skinny Fitalicious she shares EASY, gluten free recipes for weight loss. Follow Megan on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram for the latest updates.

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  1. Mark says

    July 18, 2022 at 12:27 pm

    Hello! I tried the recipe. It tasted nice, but it was very soupy after adding the tuna and liquid from cans. Do you put in the liquids from all the cans or just one?

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    • Megan says

      July 19, 2022 at 8:27 am

      If you are using a safer tuna brand like Safe Catch or Wild Planet then I recommend keeping the liquid as many of the amino acids are in there. In that case, it will be soupy. If you are using another brand, then you can drain the tuna and it will be less soupy.

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