Tuna, Pickle, and Chopped-Vegetable Pita Sandwiches

Submitted by blucoat

"This is a delicious, flavourful, and healthy tuna salad sandwich from Bon Appétit Magazine (August 2002). It's also good without the apple. If you are not a pickle lover, use a little less pickle. Per serving: Calories: 304; Fat, 5 g"

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 4 sandwiches

ingredients

• 170.09 g can tuna in water, drained
• 118.29 ml chopped and drained pickles (sweet or dill) or 118.29 ml drained relish
• 44.37 ml plain nonfat yogurt
• 44.37 ml light mayonnaise
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 118.29 ml chopped sweet onion (such as Vidalia)
• 118.29 ml chopped peeled, and cored Granny Smith apples or 118.29 ml another tart apple
• 9.85 ml apple cider vinegar
• 473.18 ml thinly sliced red leaf lettuce
• 4 pita breads, halved, pockets opened

directions

1. Mix first 4 ingredients in small bowl. Season tuna mixture with salt and pepper.
2. Mix bell pepper, onion, and apple in medium bowl. Add half of vegetable mixture to tuna mixture and stir to blend. Add vinegar to remaining vegetable mixture; toss to combine. Season vegetable mixture to taste with salt and pepper.
3. Place 1/4 cup lettuce in each pita half. Spoon 1/8 of tuna mixture, then 1/8 of vegetable mixture into each pita half. Place 2 pita halves on each of 4 plates and serve.

Reviews

[Roxygirl in Colorado]

I loved this tuna salad, especially with my FAV pickles, "Wickles." Thanks blucoat, for posting. Roxygirl

 

[Bev in NY]

Really good, light summer salad. Didn't have pita and was too lazy to run to the market so, instead, filled sweet pepper halves with the mixture. So yummy! Even environmentally friendly when you use hook caught yellow tail tuna! Thanks for the recipe blucoat!