Mayo Free Tuna Salad & Almond Mousse Meal-To-Go

 

 

A simple but delicious way to enjoy tuna fish, without the fattening mayo. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a mayo hater by any stretch of the imagination, but every so often it’s really good to change up your same old lunches and try something new on your plate or in a lunchbox!

But to be completely honest with you, I needed to go food shopping. :) I was out of a lot of my favorite fresh produce to make a salad so I worked with what I had in my pantry and fridge. Hence, I created an Italian style tuna fish with spices, extra virgin olive oil and a tiny bit of romaine I had left. The almond mousse was created with ricotta cheese because I was shockingly OUT of my Greek plain yogurt, go figure! So you can make it with either  but with the ricotta it is much heavier and a nice change from smooth yogurt. What you see here is throwing it altogether for my lunch to homeschooling co-op last week. ;)

Satisfying and healthy, mine kind of lunch, how about you?

 

 

Mayo Free Tuna Salad & Almond Mousse Meal -To-Go

Mayo Free Tuna Salad

Ingredients

  • 1 can tuna
  • 1 scallion, chopped
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 teaspoon capers
  •  2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
  • 1 cup chopped romaine lettuce
  • 1 whole wheat pita, sliced in half
  • optional: 1 ounce feta cheese, light

Sides

  • 1/2 cup carrots
  • 2 tablespoon ranch dressing, light
  • 1 tablespoon almond butter
  • 1/4 cup ricotta cheese, part skim or use plain Greek yogurt
  •  2 droppers liquid vanilla stevia
  • sprinkle sliced almonds

Directions

Tuna Salad: In a small bowl break up the tuna fish with a fork. Combine the seasonings, capers, oil and parsley together and toss with the tuna fish. Once combined add the romaine and the feta and mix gently. Spoon into each pita half. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Almond Mousse: In a small bowl blend your almond butter, ricotta cheese and stevia together. Sprinkle with sliced almonds. Refrigerate.

 

Nutrition Info

Servings: 1* Calories: 494* Fat: 24g* Cholesterol: 49mg* Sodium: 1216mg* Carbs: 34g* Fiber: 7g* Sugars: 8g* Protein: 25g* Points+: 10*

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About Brenda

Hi! Welcome! My name is Brenda and I am a mom to 3 beautiful children, a puppy and a picky husband who I absolutely adore after almost 15 years! Over the course of the last 25 years of my life, (Yikes I'm feeling OLD!) and numerous diet failures, yo-yo-ING weight, crying and praying to God for a solution to maintain a healthy weight and stop the cravings, I have come to the decision that I simply cannot have certain sugars in my life! (To read my full story see, MY SUGAR-FREE JOURNEY.) YES, it is true, no white sugar and other products that contain it. BUT that has not stopped me from enjoying this life! My passion is cooking and I love entertaining friends and family, which makes it pretty cool that I can always try out new, healthy (insert sneaky laugh here) recipes on them!! SO finally after quite some years experimenting and creating recipes without white sugar and white flour, and receiving requests for these very recipes, this blog has come to be! If you are a woman who has recently lost weight and desires to maintain it, you will find encouragement and fabulous recipes here! If you a mom who is struggling to take that baby weight off, you will find help here! You may not even need to lose weight but you desire healthier recipes for yourself and family, you are at the right place! If you still desire to get to that goal weight (yep, that's me!) but still love to entertain (me again!) and don't know what to make, seek no further-- Sugar-Free Mom is the site for you my friend! Come on in and enjoy! Blessings, Brenda

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