Mediterranean Tuna Salad Sandwiches
For a healthy on-the-go lunch, pack the tuna salad in a storage container, and fill the spinach-lined pita when you're ready to eat. Toss a few grapes into your lunch cooler, and the meal is complete.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 pita half)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 273
- Fat: 9.5g
- Saturated fat: 2.0g
- Protein: 16.6g
- Carbohydrate: 32.8g
- Cholesterol: 19mg
- Iron: 2.8mg
- Sodium: 868mg
- Calories from fat: 31%
- Fiber: 5.8g
- Calcium: 68mg
Ingredients
- 1 cup rinsed and drained canned chickpeas (garbanzo beans)
- 1/2 cup (2 ounces) crumbled reduced-fat feta cheese with basil and tomato
- 1/2 cup chopped plum tomato (about 2 tomatoes)
- 1/4 cup chopped pitted kalamata olives
- 1/4 cup light Caesar dressing (such as Ken's Steak House)
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 (6-ounce) can albacore tuna in water, drained
- 2 (6-inch) whole wheat pitas, cut in half
- 2 cups fresh baby spinach
Preparation
- Place chickpeas in a food processor; pulse 5 times or until chopped. Combine chopped chickpeas, cheese, and next 6 ingredients in a medium bowl; toss well.
- Line each pita half with 1/2 cup spinach, and fill with 2/3 cup tuna salad.
Mediterranean Tuna Salad Sandwiches Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Sandwiches
- CONVENIENCE: Make-Ahead, No-Cook, Portable/Picnic, Family
- CUISINE: Mediterranean
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Fish
- PUBLICATION: Oxmoor House
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