Healthy Tuna Melts
"Quick and easy to make for lunch or dinner! My husband asked me to make him a tuna melt. I'd never eaten one (I don't like tuna except for grilled tuna steaks), let alone made one, so I tried this recipe from The Complete Cooking Light Cookbook. I've made this for him a few times now, and he says they're good! He's not big on English muffins so we normally use whole wheat toast instead."
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1⁄3 cup celery, chopped
- 3 tablespoons light mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 2 teaspoons lime juice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh coarse ground black pepper
- 1 (12 ounce) can tuna in water, drained
- 4 English muffins, split and toasted
- 1 tomatoes, cut into 8 slices
- 2 ounces low-fat swiss cheese, shredded (about 1/2 cup)
directions
- Preheat broiler.
- Combine first 6 ingredients and spread 3 tablespoons of the mixture on each muffin half.
- Top each half with 1 tomato slice and 1 tablespoon cheese.
- Broil 5 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
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Reviews
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I guess we eat a lot--this was not enough mixture for four english muffins. It was good, quick, and easy. I followed the recipe exactly except used a hot pepper blend for the pepper. Donna -
Great lunch for a snowy day! -
Tuna melts are one of my ultimate comfort foods and I loved this healthier version. The use of dijon mustard and fresh lime juice was a great idea--added slight tang, but not too much. A bonus--this is very easy to make and everyone in the family loved it. Thanks for posting. -
We both really liked this recipe. I added chopped onions and next time I will probably toast the muffins first, then top and broil... We like a little crunch. -
Why have a tuna melt any other way when you can eat one as good as this and stay healthy?
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Vino Girl
United States
My husband and I married straight out of college in July of 1992. I work as the Assistant Manager at a wine shop which allows me to drink on the job! (OK, not that much, but it's still a fun job...) Besides helping customers choose wine they will like (and also help with food and wine pairings for their menus), I also get to help with the catering end of the business, so I get to spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen making fun appetizers and beautiful food displays. I also work part-time at the fromagerie next door. So yeah - that means I eat on the job, too. :^D
We live on several peaceful wooded acres on a cute little river in rural NE Wisconsin, with a cranky old-lady Burmese and whatever stray outdoor cats that have decided to adopt us on any given day. The cute puppy in the picture is Jake, our Elhew-bred English Pointer that we brought home on Easter weekend 2007. I've also got 2 painted turtles named Dennis and Fuzz, and a bunch of fish (koi and goldfish, along with the guppies & swordtails in the turtle tank).
I USUALLY eat and cook healthy, but I rarely pass up dessert, either. I do not eat red meat, and try to limit other animal products, too. I love to bake, although I seem to collect a lot of scone and biscotti recipes which I NEVER get around to making. I bake and eat A LOT of cookies and muffins... I almost always reduce the sugar by 1/4 and use whole wheat pastry flour for at least part of the flour. Those two changes do so much to make recipes healthier without compromising taste. I try to reduce fat whenever I can, too, but while I want to eat healthy, I still want to ENJOY what I eat!!!
I seem to give a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews here - I seem to have a pretty good sense of what I like by looking at a recipe before I try it. Thank you to anyone that tries my recipes in return, or photographs them.
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