Tuna & Cottage Cheese Cucumber Boats
Cucumber halves filled with tuna and cottage cheese — 28 g of protein for 189 calories, which is the leanest ratio anywhere in the library.
Cucumber halves filled with tuna and cottage cheese — 28 g of protein for 189 calories, which is the leanest ratio anywhere in the library.
Ingredients (1 serving)
- Canned tuna — 100 g
- Cottage cheese — 100 g
- Cucumber — 150 g
- Black pepper — 1 pinch
Macros per serving
- Calories: 189 kcal
- Protein: 28 g
- Fat: 5 g
- Carbs: 8 g
- Fiber: 2 g
Key micronutrients
- Selenium — ~60 µg
- Vitamin B12 — ~2.5 µg
- Phosphorus — ~300 mg
Why it earns a spot in the rotation
- 28 g of protein for 189 kcal — 59% of the calories are protein, which no other snack here comes close to.
- ~60 µg of selenium is roughly a full day from one tin.
- Two protein sources with different digestion speeds, which is what makes a snack this size hold.
- No cooking, no chopping board beyond halving a cucumber.
Sources
AgeGen recipes are sourced from the USDA FoodData Central database. Macros are calculated per the ingredient panel; round to the gram.
