83g of protein at $2.10 a serving {real food}

[gjohnson5]

I find oats nutritious but I don't like how they taste. I think that tuna is nutritious, with the exception of the high sodium, but also don't like the taste. I've found that by combining the 2 , you get a meal that actually doesn't taste all that bad and is has some carbs to allow the protein to absorb.

Here's the basic idea.
Boil water. Add Oats. Let cook . Take off burner. Open 2 cans of Albacore Tuna I'm using Walmart brand albacore tuna, Tuna is Tuna so I based my purchase off protein content. This brand has 15g of protein per serving (atleast this is what the label says)

2/3 - 3/4 cup of quaker WHOLE GRAIN oats
at 1/2 cup , nutrition is
Total Fat 3g
Saturated Fat .05g
PolyUnsaturated fat 1g
MonoUnsatruated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 0
Sodium 0
Carbs 27g (as we all now these will be slow digesting carbs)
Dietary Fiber 4g
Soluable Fiber 2g
Insoluable Fiber 2g
Sugar 1g
Protein 5

Basically increment these number based on how much oats you cook. I generally cook between 2/3 and 3/4 cup.

Nutrition labeling (I will never use the word fact here as we all know there are scams out there)
Total Fat 1g
Saturated Fat 0g
Trans 0g
Cholesterol 25mg
Sodium 250mg I will talk about way to reduce this number in a bit.
Carbs 0g
Fiber 0g
Sugar 0g
Protein 15g

Anyway since a 6oz can of tuna has 2.5 service and this idea uses 2 cans. The nutrition should be multiplied by 5
Total Fat 5g
Cholesterol 125mg
Sodium 1250mg
Protein 75g

The sodium is way high. I would suggest either straining the tuna thouroughly or buying a low sodium brand. Since this brand had the most protein per serving. I choose to strain before putting in the pot of oats.

So with this idea you can get around 31g of slow digesting carbs and about 83 g of protein from 2 sources for about $2.25 a serving. Much better than Subway and takes about the same about of time to prepare.

 

[gjohnson5]

So with this idea you can get around 31g of slow digesting carbs and about 83 g of protein from 2 sources for about $2.25 a serving.

The word should be absorb not digest.

 

[cornfish]

how's the taste on this one? Seems like it might be a tough one to get down the tube lol

 

[jeepboi]

sounds yummy ? I dont know I like my oats, and i like my tuna, but im not sure if i want to combine them, they have 2 VERY distinct tastes.

but hell if you like it, eat that shit up.

 

[gjohnson5]

how's the taste on this one? Seems like it might be a tough one to get down the tube lol

The 2 tastes mix together a little bit. I find them both more manageable in terms of eating after mixing.
Just thought I'd share

 

[hotzie]

sounds good im goin to have to try it

 

[Cardinal234]

I've actually been doing this for a while actually. I'm in college and live in a dorm-room, so I don't exactly have access to state-of-the-art kitchen facilities (a microwave and a sink basically.)

So my post-post workout meal usually consists of a bowl of oats, a can of tuna and some non-fat plain yogurt all mixed together in a big bowl.

Actually tastes pretty good.

 

[thajeepster]

a can of tuna never lives up to its claims, next time you have tuna, drain it well, and weigh it... usually never comes out to more than 100g of tuna per 6oz can... thats far less than the 2.5 servings that are labeled... only around 1.75 or so.. so actually its only around 22-23g protien.. giving you only around 44-46g, not 83.

 

[anthrax]

a can of tuna never lives up to its claims, next time you have tuna, drain it well, and weigh it... usually never comes out to more than 100g of tuna per 6oz can... thats far less than the 2.5 servings that are labeled... only around 1.75 or so.. so actually its only around 22-23g protien.. giving you only around 44-46g, not 83.

I did the same thing

It's almost always around 100g of tuna
certainly not the 120g as labelled

 

[gjohnson5]

a can of tuna never lives up to its claims, next time you have tuna, drain it well, and weigh it... usually never comes out to more than 100g of tuna per 6oz can... thats far less than the 2.5 servings that are labeled... only around 1.75 or so.. so actually its only around 22-23g protien.. giving you only around 44-46g, not 83.

I'll have to try that . Did you weigh yours with water and without?
The water would have little protein in it.

As far as your math , it seems quite a bit off...
The label says 56g * 2.5 servings = 140g
140g tuna = 37.5g protein (15g per serving on this can)
So if you get 100g of tuna instead of 140 is should be 71.4% of the label correct???
100g tuna = 26.75g protein (71.4% of 37.5)
so 2 cans = 53.5g protein + the 7-8g protein from the oats = about 60.