Pickles with Turkey Breast
Roll, pepper, eat. Four slices of turkey breast around four crunchy pickles, and the recipe is done.
Thirteen grams of protein at 86 calories, no cooking, no cutting board, no cleanup worth mentioning.
Roll, pepper, eat. Four slices of turkey breast around four crunchy pickles, and the recipe is done.
Thirteen grams of protein at 86 calories, no cooking, no cutting board, no cleanup worth mentioning.
Ingredients
- turkey breast 4 slices
- pickles 4 pieces
Method
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Wrap the slices of turkey breast around the pickles. Season with pepper to taste.
Dust the pickles with cayenne pepper before rolling. The heat builds slowly against the sour crunch.
Behind this recipe
How much sodium is in this snack?
Both pickles and deli turkey breast contain added sodium. A single serving likely delivers 600 to 900 mg, depending on the brands you use. That is a meaningful portion of a daily intake, so if you are watching sodium, check the labels on both ingredients before buying. Reduced-sodium turkey breast and low-sodium pickles exist and work here without changing the recipe.
Is 13 grams of protein enough for a between-meal snack?
It depends on your daily target and how many meals you eat. What research consistently found is that spreading protein across the day supports muscle protein synthesis better than concentrating it in one or two large meals. Thirteen grams as a bridge between lunch and dinner keeps that distribution more even, especially when it costs only 86 calories.
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