# High-Protein Tuna Celery Salad

This is a high-protein, low-calorie tuna celery salad made without mayonnaise, offering a creamy, savory, sweet, and crunchy taste.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 can tuna
- 1 cup celery
- 0.5 cup cucumber
- 1 apple
- 0.5 cup cottage cheese
- 2 tablespoons Greek yogurt
- 0.5 teaspoon garlic
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- fresh dill
- salt
- pepper

## Instructions

1. Open one can of tuna.
2. Drain the tuna.
3. Put the drained tuna into a bowl.
4. Dice up the celery into small pieces.
5. Add the diced celery to the bowl with tuna.
6. Chop the cucumbers into small pieces.
7. Peel an apple.
8. Chop the apple into small pieces.
9. Add the chopped cucumbers and apple to the bowl with tuna and celery.
10. Add half a cup of cottage cheese into a separate measuring cup.
11. Add two tablespoons of Greek yogurt to the cottage cheese.
12. Add half a teaspoon of garlic to the mixture.
13. Add one teaspoon of Dijon mustard.
14. Add a little bit of fresh dill (optional).
15. Season with salt and pepper.
16. Blend the sauce ingredients until smooth using an immersion blender.
17. Pour the blended sauce into the tuna and vegetable mixture.
18. Mix all ingredients together until well combined.

## Equipment

- can opener
- bowl
- knife
- cutting board
- measuring cup
- spoon
- immersion blender
- pepper mill

## Tips

- The key with celery is to dice it up real small.
- Cottage cheese is a hack to increase protein content.
- You can use regular cucumbers or Persian cucumbers.
- You can use any apple variety, but Ambrosia apples are a good choice.
- Fresh dill is optional but recommended.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1117456776938161
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/c26c01c1-a16f-4c79-bfdd-a977199a12d8
- Extracted: 2025-07-12

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