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Around here our diet is pretty basic. Zoey wants oatmeal mixed with apple sauce every morning for breakfast, peanut butter sandwich for lunch, and usually something like mac & cheese for dinner. I’m always trying to fit other things into her diet, but it’s hard coming up with ideas.
The other day I was going through lunches I ate as a kid, trying to come up with new ideas. My mom would always cut up a huge plate of fruit with almost every lunch. I remember her making baked eggs some mornings that were SO good. My dad was great at making us scrambled eggs and biscuits. My mom would also make us healthy fruit smoothies.
Thinking through meals I had as a kid actually gave me a lot of new ideas. I am excited to try them! One in particular was tuna salad sandwiches. I grew up on tuna sandwiches and remember loving them as a kid. They are such an easy lunch to throw together! However, with all the information that started to come out about mercury in tuna, I think tuna sandwiches became less and less popular. I remember my mom stopped buying it when I was around 13 years old.
It has been awhile since I was 13 years old though, so I was thinking there must be a tuna option out there by now that you don’t have to worry about feeding your children. That is when I discovered Safe Catch, an Elite Wild Tuna company that individually tests each and every fish for mercury levels. They ensure that the mercury levels in their Elite Wild Tuna is 10 times lower than the FDA’s limit. That means pregnant women and kids can now safely enjoy tuna without ever worrying. Safe Catch is also free of fillers and additives.
With all that in mind, I thought I would share a simple tuna salad sandwich recipe. Your kids will love this! Safe Catch has a variety of refined and delicious flavors like Chili Lime and Habanero Mint, for this recipe I am going to use Citrus Pepper Tuna.
Baked Citrus Pepper Tuna Melt Recipe
Ingredients:
1 can of Safe Catch Elite Tuna – Citrus Pepper flavor
4 slices of your favorite bread
4 slices of pepper jack cheese
1/2 of a tomato, thinly sliced
2 pickles, diced
1/3 cup of olive oil mayo
1 tbsp. of dijon mustard
Directions:
1. Mix the tuna, mayo, mustard and pickles in a bowl.
2. Preheat the oven to 400. Put the bread on a baking sheet.
3. Spread the tuna salad on the bread. Put a slice of cheese on top of each one.
4. Bake for 7-11 minutes, until the cheese is melted.
5. Place a slice of tomato on each open face sandwich. Enjoy!
My kids absolutely love this simple recipe. And I love knowing that this tuna is completely safe for kids and pregnant women! There are so many other delicious recipes you can make with Safe Catch Tuna, I always have some on hand in my pantry for easy lunches that my kids love.
What is your favorite recipe with tuna?
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