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sesame tuna with sweet potato puree & greens
sesame tuna with sweet potato puree & greens
Prep in 10
High protein
1/3 daily fibre
5 of 5 a day
New
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp tamari (Soya) (Water, Soybeans, Salt, Spirit Vinegar)
- 1 sweet potato
- 1 unwaxed lime
- 2 carrot
- 1 spring onion
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 avocado
- 2 tbsp sesame oil (Sesame)
- 1 handful of fresh coriander
- 160g green beans
- 2 wild-caught albacore tuna steak (Fish)
- 1 red cabbage
Nutritional Information
Calories: 717
Protein: 43g
Carbs: 60g
Fat: 35g
Ingredients
- 2 wild-caught albacore tuna steak (use half) (Fish)
- 1 spring onion (use half)
- 1 tbsp sesame oil (Sesame)
- 1 carrot
- 1 avocado (use half)
- 1 red cabbage (use half)
- 1 unwaxed lime (use half)
- 1 garlic clove (use half)
- 160g green beans (use half)
- 1 tbsp tamari (use half) (Soya) (Water, Soybeans, Salt, Spirit Vinegar)
- 1 sweet potato (use half)
- 1 handful of fresh coriander (use half)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 717
Protein: 43g
Carbs: 60g
Fat: 35g
sesame tuna with sweet potato puree & greens
sesame tuna with sweet potato puree & greens
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Cooking Instructions
- Boil a kettle. peel and dice the sweet potato and place in a a pan with boiling water and a pinch of salt and boil for 15 mins. then mash or blend to a puree. Roughly chop the green beans and in a pan of boiling water, boil for 5 mins and drain.
- To make the slaw, add to a bowl the following. Finely shred the cabbage, Slice the spring onion, grate the carrot, peel and finely chop the garlic, roughly chop the coriander, add the green beans, tamari, sesame oil. De-stone and slice/fan the avocado. Season with salt and pepper
- Heat a medium non-stick pan with 1 tbsp oil on a medium-high heat. Season the tuna and cook for 3-5 mins on both sides and slice.
- To plate, spoon the sweet potato puree onto the plate, add the tuna and spoon the slaw onto the plate.
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