Jalapeno Tuna Melt

I had never had tuna melt until I tried this one. I wasn't so sure how tuna would taste with melted cheese. To my surprise, it was amazing! I actually enjoyed the combination of cold tuna mix with warm melted cheese. I don't use too much mayo in tuna mixes. Sometimes, I replace mayo with 1-2 tablespoons Caesar salad dressing or use low fat mayo which has significantly less amount of fat. The highlight of this sandwich was the picked jalapenos. It was one of the best tuna sandwiches I've ever had!

Jalapeno Tuna Melt

Ingredients:

Makes 2-3 sandwiches

1 canned tuna in water

1 celery stalk, finely chopped

1 tablespoon pickled Jalapeno, finely chopped

1 tablespoon finely chopped purple onion

2 tablespoons low fat mayo

Freshly ground black pepper to taste

2-3 sandwich rolls or sandwich thins

Nonfat butter spray (*I can't believe it's butter)

1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese or 1 slice of cheddar cheese for each sandwich

Directions:

In a medium sized bowl, combine the tuna, celery stalk, pickled Jalapeno, onion, mayo, and black pepper and mix well with a fork.

Spray the white part of the buns with a butter spray and grill the white sides on a flat pan. When the rolls are toasted to your liking, place 1/4 cup of cheddar cheese on top of a bottom roll and let stand on the pan until the cheese starts to melt. (I like to put the top roll on top of the cheese so the cheese melts faster.)

Top the roll with about 1/2 cup full of tuna mix and enjoy!