Best Leftover Tuna With Cottage Cheese Recipes

BEST EVER TUNA SALAD SANDWICH

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This tuna salad sandwich will change everything you thought you knew about tuna salad in a sandwich. The secret ingredient to this canned oil-packed tuna salad is cottage cheese. Trust us. It works.

Provided by Elise Bauer

Categories Lunch Sandwich Quick and Easy Canned Tuna Sandwich Tuna Tuna Salad

Time 10m

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

1 (5- or 6-ounce) can tuna packed in olive oil, undrained
1/3 cup cottage cheese
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1/4 cup red onion, finely chopped
1 celery stalk, finely chopped (about 1/2 cup)
1 tablespoon capers
1 tablespoon lemon juice
A pinch or two fresh dill, chopped
2 tablespoons fresh parsley, minced
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
2 slices bread, lightly toasted
Lettuce and sliced tomatoes (optional)

Steps:

Make the sandwich: Serve tuna salad on toast, either open faced, or between two slices of bread with lettuce and tomatoes, if you wish. For a low-carb option, serve on sliced lettuce.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 402 kcal, Carbohydrate 21 g, Cholesterol 27 mg, Fiber 2 g, Protein 33 g, SaturatedFat 4 g, Sodium 915 mg, Sugar 5 g, Fat 20 g, ServingSize Makes 1 to 2 sandwiches, depending on the size of the sandwich, UnsaturatedFat 0 g

LEFTOVER TUNA WITH COTTAGE CHEESE

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Make and share this Leftover Tuna With Cottage Cheese recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Marla Swoffer

Categories Spreads

Time 1m

Yield 1 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

1 (6 ounce) can tuna (previously mixed with mayo and anything else you like and refrigerated at least overnight)
1 cup cottage cheese
Ritz crackers (optional) or saltine crackers (optional)
salsa (optional)

Steps:

Mix it up, about half tuna, half cottage cheese.
Eat with a spoon or on crackers topped with salsa.
If you don't have cottage cheese, tuna with salsa on Saltines is my second favorite.

SPICY TUNA & COTTAGE CHEESE JACKET

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For a low-fat energy lunch try a carbohydrate-heavy baked potato with a light and nutritious filling

Provided by Good Food team

Categories Lunch, Main course

Time 1h10m

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

225g can tuna , drained
½ red chilli , chopped
1 spring onion , sliced
handful halved cherry tomatoes
½ small bunch coriander , chopped
1 medium-sized jacket potato
150g low-fat cottage cheese

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4/fan oven 160C. Prick the potato several times with a fork and put it straight onto a shelf in the hottest part of the oven. Bake for approximately 1 hour, or until it is soft inside.
Mix tuna with chilli, spring onion, cherry tomatoes and coriander. Split jacket potato and fill with the tuna mix and cottage cheese.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 439 calories, Fat 5 grams fat, SaturatedFat 2 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 33 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 7 grams sugar, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 64 grams protein, Sodium 1.7 milligram of sodium

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