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Low Carb Tuna Salad Lettuce Wraps Meal Prep

Recipe by Danielle

Make your next meal prep session quick and easy with this Low Carb Tuna Salad Lettuce Wraps Meal Prep lunch! It’s a simple three serving meal prep of tuna salad on romaine lettuce wraps paired with fruits and veggies – healthy, easy, and no heating required!


  • Total Time10 minutes
  • Yield3 servings 1x

Ingredients

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For the tuna salad:

  • 2 (5-ounce) cans of tuna fish packed in water, liquid drained (8 ounces drained)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil mayo
  • 2 tablespoons Greek yogurt, 2% or whole fat (optional – you can omit and use 4 TB mayo)
  • 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
  • 1 shallot bulb, finely diced
  • 1 rib of celery, finely diced
  • 1/2 dill pickle, finely diced into relish (optional)
  • 1/2 lemon’s worth of lemon juice (about 2 tablespoons)
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon sea salt

For the meal prep:

  • 6 large romaine or butter lettuce leaves, washed
  • about 2 cups of grapes &  2 carrots (pictured), or cucumbers, berries, peppers, any raw veggies you prefer 


Instructions

  1. In a medium bowl, add tuna and flake apart with a fork. Add remaining tuna salad ingredients and mix until well combined. Serve immediately with large lettuce leaves or move on to step 2 to portion into meal prep containers.
  2. Peel and cut carrots into short 2-3 inch sticks. Add carrots and grapes to meal prep containers. Add 2 large lettuce leaves to each meal prep container and then add about 2/3 cup tuna salad on top of the lettuce. Store in the fridge for up to 4 days.

Notes

Replace red grapes with a lower carb fruit or veggie such as strawberries or watermelon for an even lower net carb meal. Nutrition information estimated with MyFitnessPal.

  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Category: Lunch
  • Method: No Cook
  • Cuisine: American

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 meal prep lunch
  • Calories: 320
  • Fat: 14g
  • Carbohydrates: 23g
  • Protein: 29g