Healthy Lunch Box - Tuna Salad

Salads

I love salads for breakfast and lunch. I find them more filling and they do not make me feel sleepy in the early afternoon. 

Tuna Salad

I love this salad as it is fast to make and most of the ingredients I always have at home. The recipe combines number of sensations and tastes to tickle your senses. We have sweet (corn), umami (tuna), salty (dressing, celery), crunchy (celery, nuts), spicy (mustard), sour (yoghurt/kefir). This is one of the reasons it is a perfect lunch box food.

Ingredients

1 can of tuna chunks in water
1-2 tbsp corn
1 celery stalk
0.5 yellow/green/red pepper
0.25 red onion
2 tbsp pine nuts, roasted
Dressing: 1 tbsp mayo, 1 tbsp mustard (I like to use strong mustard line Colmans), 1 tbsp kefir or yoghurt, salt and pepper
Optional: dried herbs

Instructions

Divide drained tuna to smaller pieces. Dice celery, red onion, and pepper.

Mix tuna with veggies then add the dressing. 

Top it up with pine nuts and dried herbs.

Healthy Lunch Box - Hemp Hearts Muffins

Super Power Muffins

These are super power muffins, rich in healthy fats abundant in chia seeds and hemp hearts. I like muffins as a lunch box snack as they are compact to pack and easy to eat.

Ingredients

0.75c spelt flour
0.75c oat flour
10 tbsp hemp hearts, milled
2 tbsp flax seeds, milled and mixed with 0.5c water
1 tbsp chia seeds, milled
2 ripe bananas
1 tsp baking powder
0.5 tsp baking soda
0.75c water
0.25c honey
2 tbsp pumpkin seeds
Few drops of stevia (optional)

Instructions

1. Blend bananas with some water. 
2. Mix all ingredients in a bowl.
3. Place the dough in the muffin forms.
4. Bake at 177c (375F) for 20-25 min.