Healthy Tuna Melt open-faced sandwiches
By tymchuk
With a healthy dose of protein, savoury tuna and delicious cheese pair well with a salad for a quick meal. A low-calorie version is available as well!
Ingredients
- 1 can tuna in water, drained
- seasonings to taste (eg., fresh or dried parsly, chopped green onions or dried onion flakes, cracked black pepper)
- 1 1/2 Tbsp mayonnaise (or, for reduced calories, use Walden Farms mayo-type spread)
- 4 slices weight Watcher's whole wheat or Squirrelly light sprouted grain bread
- 4 slices cheese eg., whole or light cheddar (or reduce calories further with 8 wedges light Laughing Cow cheese, each sliced in half)
Details
Servings 2
Level of difficulty Easy
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 10mins
Cost Budget Friendly
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat toaster oven or regular oven to 350 degrees F.
If desired, toast bread lightly in toaster until just starting to brown. (omit if a softer sandwich is desired).
Step 2
Using a fork, combine tuna with seasonings and mayo-type spread until thoroughly mixed.
Step 3
Divide tuna mix equally into four portions, and spread on each slice of bread equally.
Step 4
Top each with a cheese slice (or two wedges each of Laughing Cow light cheese).
Step 5
Brown in oven for 5-10 minutes until cheese is softened or melted to desired state.
Lightest version works out to approximately 260 calories each serving of two slices.
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Chef Tips and Tricks
Enjoy these super easy, cheesy, dumpling-style croque monsieurs!
Ingredients
- 4 slices of bread
- 4 slices of ham
- 6 cherry tomatoes
- Mozzarella cheese
- Flour
- Egg yolk
- Breadcrumbs
Method
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- On a large piece of plastic wrap, press one slice of bread flat with a rolling pin.
- Add one slice of ham, cherry tomatoes, and mozzarella cheese.
- Take the four corners of the bread, pull them in towards the center, pinch them together so that the bread maintains the shape.
- Envelope the bread in the plastic wrap. Gather and twist the ends on top to seal the sandwich dumpling.
- Repeat this step with the other slices of bread.
- Refrigerate.
- Remove the bread balls from the fridge and roll each one in flour, then egg yolk, then breadcrumbs.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Serve alone or with dipping sauces of your choice.
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