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“Spicy Tuna” Salad

This is a great spicy, low-carb snack when served with vegetables such as celery sticks and endive. It’s also great served with baked tortilla chips or low-fat whole-grain crackers. Until recently, canned tuna was most commonly available in 6-ounce cans. But lately, a lot of products have decreased in size—from cereals to ice cream to peanut butter, which now often has a bubble in the bottom of the jar to make it look as big as it once was—even though the prices have not gone down. Be wary of this when you determine how many calories you’re consuming. The numbers on this dish are based on the 5-ounce can, not a 6-ounce one—which, by the way, generally contains only 3 1/2 ounces of tuna (the rest is liquid).

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes 2 servings

Ingredients

1 (5-ounce) can chunk light tuna in water, drained
1 tablespoon low-fat mayonnaise (no more than 2 g of fat per tablespoon; I used Best Foods/Hellmann’s)
1/2 teaspoon chili garlic sauce, or more to taste

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    In a medium bowl, mix the tuna, mayonnaise, and chili garlic sauce until well combined. Season with additional chili garlic sauce, if desired. Serve immediately.

  2. nutrition information

    Step 2

    Each (scant 1/4-cup) serving has:

    Step 3

    Calories: 65

    Step 4

    Protein: 13g

    Step 5

    Carbohydrates: 1g

    Step 6

    Fat: 1g

    Step 7

    Trace Saturated Fat

    Step 8

    Cholesterol: 15mg

    Step 9

    Fiber: 0g

    Step 10

    Sodium: 268mg

Reprinted with permission from I Can't Believe It's Not Fattening! by Devin Alexander. Copyright © 2010 Devin Alexander. Published by Clarkson Potter Publishers, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. Devin Alexander is the author of The Most Decadent Diet Ever, Fast Food Fix, and coauthor of The New York Times bestsellers The Biggest Loser Cookbook and The Biggest Loser Family Cookbook. She was a chef on NBC's The Biggest Loser and the host of Healthy Decadence on Discover Health and FitTV.
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