Tuna, chicken, pasta and egg salads are a great opportunity to bulk with vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds and beans. It’s not about taking away your favorite foods but about adding to and bulking up with nutrient-dense foods for greater nutrition and health outcomes.
Tips for bulking tuna salad: shredded carrots, diced onions, diced celery, chopped walnuts, slivered almonds, raisins, cranberries, diced peppers of all colors, chopped olives
Tips for bulking chicken salad: shredded carrots, diced onions, diced celery, chopped walnuts, slivered almonds, raisins, cranberries, grapes cut in half, diced apples
Tips for bulking pasta salad: diced onion, diced celery, diced peppers of all colors, diced olives, small tomatoes
Tips for bulking egg salad: diced onion, diced celery, diced peppers of all colors, diced olives