Have you ever tried using a whole bell pepper as your “bun” instead of calorie dense, carb loaded breads and hamburger buns?

Well I can tell you if you haven’t, it’s a delicious, crunchy, and a refreshing fun little spin on lunch!

***this “bun“ method works great for chicken salad, tuna salad, and most lean deli meats like turkey, and ham.👌

Ingredients:

•1 whole bell pepper

•tuna salad, chicken salad or deli meat

•Everything but the bagel seasoning

•siracha (or any zero/low calorie sauce or dressing)

Directions:

Start by cutting the top of your pepper off to remove the stem. Remove the seeds, and cut just once in half creating two halves to fill. Fill both halves with a hearty serving (about 1/2 cup) of your tuna or chicken salad. (If using deli meat..I like to use 1tbsp light Mayo divided and spread evenly to each pepper half before I layer on the deli meat. Then, try to squeeze 2 slices into each half so you get a full serving size of protein in this meal > this is important because you are already cutting carbs so make sure that protein is high!!) drizzle your hot sauce over each half and finish by sprinkling about 1tsp EBTB seasoning on each half of your sandwich as shown! Enjoy this refreshing, crunchy, high protein lunch with zero guilt! 👏🫑🌶