It’s that time again, meal preppers! This week for #MealPrepMonday I’m featuring a lunchbox classic – Tuna Salad, but meal prep style. Instead of the white bread and fake cheese from back in the day, I opted for whole grain pita bread and some lemon juice fresh squeezed over the tuna salad. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good tuna melt, but I try to keep my dairy intake to a minimum these days. You can always add a slice of cheese before serving though.

What Kind of Tuna Should I Use?

When it comes to tuna selection, it can be a bit confusing which one to choose. I personally like a mixture of chunk light tuna (pretty much the standard for tuna salad) and chunk white albacore. Albacore is the one you see on the right in the photo below…it’s lighter in color and milder in flavor, but it’s also a bit firmer than chunk light.

You’ll see in the recipe that I list out the tuna according to the drained weight, not the canned or pouch weight. When you buy it in a can, there’s usually about 1-2 oz of water weight included in the canned weight…so for a 5 oz can, you only get 4 oz of tuna. It’s all listed out on the nutrition info on the back. Bottom line – you need about 26 oz of tuna total, regardless of whether it comes from cans or pouches, or whether you decide to use all chunk light or some combo of chunk light and albacore.

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Tuna Salad Meal Prep Box

Prep: 15 minutes mins

Total: 15 minutes mins

Servings: 5 servings (212 g tuna salad per serving)

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This classic sandwich staple is lightened up and served bento style with pita or crackers and grapes. A great no heat lunch option!

Servings: 5 servings (212 g tuna salad per serving)

Ingredients

Tuna Salad

• ▢ 15 oz chunk white albacore tuna, drained
• ▢ 11 oz chunk light tuna, drained
• ▢ 0.625 cups Duke's Light Mayonnaise, (1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp)
• ▢ 1/4 cup celery, chopped, (35 grams)
• ▢ 1/4 cup red onion, chopped, (35 grams)
• ▢ 2 tbsp sweet relish, (1 oz)
• ▢ 1 tbsp Dijon mustard, (0.5 oz)
• ▢ 1 tsp lemon zest
• ▢ 1/2 tsp Oh My Spice! Lemon Pepper Seasoning
• ▢ 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions

• Add all tuna salad ingredients to a bowl and mix until well combined. Serve with crackers and grapes, if desired.

Tips & Tricks

• The tuna salad recipe yields about 4 cups or 1060 grams total.
• Scan the barcode below or search for “Peanut Butter and Fitness Tuna Salad2” to log this food in My Fitness Pal.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 212grams, Calories: 264kcal (13%), Carbohydrates: 4g (1%), Protein: 35g (70%), Fat: 12g (18%), Cholesterol: 66mg (22%), Sodium: 790mg (34%), Potassium: 29mg (1%), Sugar: 2g (2%)