Happy World Tuna Day!
Did you know it’s World Tuna Day? Tuna is one of the worlds healthiest protein sources, but it can be easy to get in a rut with canned tuna. Here are four delicious protein packed recipes that use canned tuna in totally unique flavor packed ways!
Taco Tuna Quinoa Sliders
Taco Tuna Quinoa Sliders have only five ingredients and are the perfect grab and go snack or meal! You guys already know this is my recent favorite and perfect healthy cinco de mayo appetizers or meal!
Spicy Tuna Salad
Spicy Tuna Salad is packed with crunchy veggies, spicy flavor and can be made in less than 5 minutes, eat it on it’s own or throw it in a wrap!
Spicy Tuna Avocado Cakes
The protein packed spicy tuna avocado cakes are the perfect low carb snack or healthy portable meal. We’ve eaten them for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks! They are perfect on their own or topped with a little sour cream!
Tzatziki Tuna Pitas
Surprisingly Tzatziki sauce makes a delicious whole wheat tuna pita sandwich! The cool creamy texture and fresh cucumber flavor is the perfect compliment to the slightly salty tuna. Makes a super easy mediterranean style lunch in minutes!
What’s your favorite way to eat tuna?
I love coming up with new ways to use canned tuna since it is so convenient, but my favorite way to eat it is in a good old fashion tuna melt! This weeks menu includes tuna melts for dinner all week with Havarti cheese and brown rice tortillas, it’s going to be DELICIOUS and super easy!
What was your favorite part of the weekend?
Definitely Mexican food and see friends at the cutest Baby Shower! I recapped the weekend photos last night here.
What are you most looking forward to in May?
As I said in Saturday Mornings Coffee Update post, there are so many things, I don’t think I could pick a favorite. I love the beginning of the month I use it as a little reset to clear out, refocus my goals and refresh my excitement!
Those taco tuna quinoa sliders are just in time for Cinco de Mayo. I just wish I liked quinoa but I can’t say I do. I think I’ll try the spicy tuna salad or the tuna avocado cakes instead.
That’s funny, my husband also thinks that Quinoa “taste like earth” and doesn’t want to get on the Quinoa train. I cook mine in broth which helps and in these patties you can barely taste it, taste more like a tuna veggie burger with taco seasoning ha ha!
It seems like everyday is national something day doesn’t it?! The avocado tuna cakes look interesting!
They are good!
All great ideas! I particularly want to try the quinoa sliders!
You must! They are delish!
These are such great ideas….tuna is such a great product, especially when you need something quick and you can stock in your pantry.
I can’t wait to try the spicy tuna….sounds much more “grown up” that traditional tuna dishes that I just associate with eating as a kid.
I still have to admit thought my favorite way to eat canned tuna is tuna melts too!! You just can’t beat them.
Great recipes!
i need to print these out for my hubby! he LOVES tuna. me, not so much unless it is in sushi!
Ha ha that’s funny! I love Tuna but my hubby could take it or leave it so that is why I try to get creative with it!
tuna avocado cakes sounds ahmazingggg
love using tuna, especially in a pinch! great ideas!
I don’t eat tuna, but I’ll bet some of these recipes will work great with jackfruit!
Now you’ve got me intrigued! jack fruit????
I am always looking for new tuna ideas!! Thank you for these 🙂
Haha, happy world tuna day 🙂 I’d celebrate with a faux-tuna sandwich! But for May, I have my 2nd half marathon coming up, and a CHOCOLATE 5k with my mom at the end of the month! It’ll be great 🙂
woot woot that’s great! Which one are you doing?
Okay I love tuna and I am pinning these for later since these sound awesome!
Yum ? I love Tuna! All 4 recipes look so easy and delicious. Thanks for sharing! Pinning for later ?
Excellent tuna salad! Sometimes in the mornings i doing something similar, very tasty salad 🙂
Tuna for breakfast! You are a champ!
This is actually really helpful. I have a TON of canned tuna but never quite know what to do with it! This inspires me to get creative!!! Thank you!
So many great ideas! I especially want to try those avocado cakes!!
who would have thought you could do this much with tuna i will have to try some of these out
Definitely!
let me know if you do!
I love tuna and I’m loving these creative ways to make it too! I’ll definitely be trying these
My favorite way to eat tuna is in Annie’s mac & cheese with tons of Tapatio hot sauce. Sounds strange, I know, but it totally takes me back to budget meal memories in college. The recipes in this post are the perfect way to elevate my canned tuna game!
Oh my gosh one of my best friends told me they use to do that! I really kind of want to try it ha ha