Low Fat High Protein Tuna Salad

• 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)

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. 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. Chop the almonds and the scallions (if prefered) and add to tuna too.
4. OPTIONAL If you like to use the apple too, just chop it up and mix it in.
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. Also great to bring to putlucks, just increase amounts.

tuna, cottage cheese, sweet gherkins, fresh peas, almonds, scallion, salt, lime, sour apple

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/low-fat-high-protein-tuna-salad-398293 (may not work)