Low Fat High Protein Tuna Salad

Ingredients

• 1 (7 ounce) can tuna (drained)

• 1/2-1 cup low fat cottage cheese
• 2 sweet gherkins
• 1/4 cup fresh peas (or sugar snaps)
• 6 almonds
• 1 scallion (or 1 small red onion)
• seasoning (salt or pepper)
• 1/2 lime
• 1/2 sour apple (optional)

Directions

1. 1

   Drain the tuna and put in a bowl, add the cottagecheese and mix (or mash) together with a fork until preffered consistency is reached.

2. 2

   Dry the gherkin slices on some tissue and cut in smal cubes, add to tuna mixture together with the fresh peas or sugarsnaps (cut in small slices).

3. 3

   Chop the almonds and the scallions (if prefered) and add to tuna too.

4. 4

   OPTIONAL If you like to use the apple too, just chop it up and mix it in.

5. 5

   Season to taste and add a squeeze of lime juice. Enjoy just like it is, or add some cherry tomatoes and cucmber and eat as lunch salad or on top of some bread.

6. 6

   Also great to bring to putlucks, just increase amounts.