Sweet Potato Jackets Stuffed with Tuna & Cheese [Bulkbites.com]

• Servings: 1
• Time: 60 minutes

Try this creative recipe that is energy giving and protein rich ‘sweet potato jackets with tuna and cheese stuffing’. This is a complete meal box for a bodybuilder, low in fat and high in complex carbohydrate and protein. Sweet potato is full of root nutrients and a good source of energy. The light stuffing is made with tuna and cottage cheese to counter the higher needs of protein by a bodybuilder. Combine this heavy baked sweet potato recipe with a good salad and enjoy a healthy lunch that is highly beneficial for muscle gain. Otherwise you can also include this recipe as a pre - workout snacks, have it an hour before you start training to get the required energy for weight lifting. The recipe is light on stomach and high on nutrition.

Nutrition

• calories: 270
• protein: 35
• carbs: 25
• fat: 3
• saturated fat: 0.72
• polyunsaturated fat: 0.98
• monounsaturated fat: 0.67
• cholesterol: 36
• sodium: 44
• potassium: 319
• dietary fiber: 0.94
• sugars: 1.3
• vitamin a: 8
• vitamin c: 2
• calcium: 31
• iron: 1
• magnesium: 0
• complex carbs: 22.76
• other fats: 0.63

Ingredients

• 1 small, large, medium Sweet potato, raw
• 1 oz Fish, tuna, white, canned in water, without salt, drained solids
• 0.5 cup Cottage Cheese
• 1 tbsp chopped Onions, raw
• 1 cup slices Cucumber, with peel, raw
• 1 dash Salt, table
• 1 tsp Spices, pepper, black

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 300 degree Fahrenheit. Prick the sweet potato with fork from all sides.
• Put the whole sweet potato in the oven and bake until soft from inside.
• Meanwhile mix tuna with cheese, cucumber, onion, salt and pepper.
• When the sweet potato is baked remove from the oven and slit lengthwise.
• Fill the tuna mixture into the sweet potato up to top.
• Serve immediately.