[Recipe] Tuna Nicoise

A delicious healthy recipe commissioned from Sleekgeek Community Member Superstar Melissa Thomas.

Carefully designed to fit in with the Sleekgeek Food List,  Healthy Meal Template, and  Portion Control Guide.

Details

• Recommended for: Lunch

• Serves: 1 Woman portions or double up for a male portion (see full portion control guide here).

Recipe notes:

• The portions in this recipe are a little more on the lower-carb and higher-fat side compared to our standard portion control guide.

• Feel free to increase the carbs (corn) and decrease the fat (oil / seeds / olives) if you would prefer something more balanced.

• Otherwise, give it a try as the meal is and see how you feel. A bit of experimentation and flexibility in your nutrition plan is a good thing.

Ingredients

• Protein
  • 1 tin tuna in brine

• Veggies:
  • 1/2 cups shredded cabbage (red and green)

• Smart Carb
  • 1/4 cup baby corn, roughly chopped

• Healthy Fat
  • 1 tbsp avocado oil 
  • 1 tbsp seed mix of your choosing (pumpkin, sunflower, flax, sesame etc)
  • 5 pitted olives

• Herbs, spices, Extras
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp chopped coriander to garnish (optional)

Ingredients are based off the Sleekgeek Food List, combined together using the Sleekgeek Healthy Meal Template, and portioned out with the Sleekgeek Portion Control Guide.

Instructions

• Start by preparing the vegetables and tuna. You can either buy prepacked shredded cabbage or you can chop up some whole cabbage with a knife (as finely as you can). Then, chop the baby corn into pieces, roughly ½cm or so, and set aside in a separate bowl. Drain the brine from the tins of tuna, and set the tuna aside.

• Add avocado oil into the frying pan over medium heat. Add the shredded cabbage, salt and pepper and stir fry for 2-3 minutes. Remove the pan from the stove.

• Time to plate up – add cabbage. Then add tuna, over the cabbage. Next, throw in a few pieces of baby corn. Spoon on the seed mix, and add 2-3 olives.

• Drizzle another ½ teaspoon of avocado oil, over the assembled ingredients, and garnish with fresh coriander (if using).

Enjoy

This recipe is carefully designed to fit in with the Sleekgeek Food List,  Healthy Meal Template, and  Portion Control Guide.

See the FULL Sleekgeek Nutrition Guide here (it’s free).