SICILIAN TUNAWICHES
These upscale tuna salad sandwiches are studded with bell pepper, green onion and olives and seasoned with oregano. Serve them for lunch on whole wheat buns.
Yield: Serves 4.
July 02, 2019
SICILIAN TUNAWICHES
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup light mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1/2 tsp oregano, crumbled
- 1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper
- 2 cans (170 g each) chunk light tuna, drained
- 1/4 cup finely chopped red bell pepper
- 1/4 cup sliced green onion
- 2 tbsp chopped pitted ripe olives
- 12 lettuce leaves
- 6 whole wheat buns, halved
Directions
- Combine mayonnaise, vinegar, oregano and pepper. Stir in tuna, red pepper, green onion and olives.
- Place 2 lettuce leaves on bottom half of each bun; top with tuna mixture. Cover with top halves of buns.
Nutritional analysis per sandwich:
362 calories, 13.6 g fat, 29 g protein, 31.8 g carbohydrate, 5.3 g fibre, 692 mg sodium
*Ingredient not included in nutritional analysis.