Not Healthy: Easy Tuna Melt with Flavor

I'm not usually much of a tuna melt fan. I'm not huge on the idea of cheese and fish together to begin with and I've only had a small number that I've enjoyed. Often I find tuna melts go in one of two directions. Bland fish plus an excess of oily cheese results in a soggy sandwich or the effort to overcome the oiliness means the bread ends up rock hard. Just not a pleasant experience. My wife likes tuna melts and we often have canned tuna in the house so I set out looking for a recipe that both of us might enjoy. I landed upon this recipe that is not only easy but tasty. It relies upon canned tuna but you could opt for pouch tuna or even cooking fresh tuna for an even more flavorful sandwich. The recipe calls for provolone cheese but you could opt for a less assertive cheese like Monterey Jack or cheddar if you prefer that option in your tuna melt. You can use one full slice of cheese on each side or split in half as I have in this recipe.

This is a reasonably healthy recipe particularly if you discount the amount of cheese and mayo, but there's still quite a bit of fat in the recipe so I've categorized it in the unhealthy category.

Not Healthy: Easy Tuna Melt

Servings: 1
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 5 minutes

Equipment:

• Knife and cutting board
• Cooking sheet
• Oven
• Mixing bowls
• Kitchen utensils

Ingredients:

• 1 tomato
• 2 pieces of bread
• 1 5 oz. canned tuna
• 2 tbsp mayo
• 1 tsp chopped red onion
• 1 tsp capers
• 1/2 tsp lemon juice
• salt and pepper
• pinch of dried oregano
• 1 slice provolone

Directions:

1. Heat broiler to high and move rack to highest level.
2. In mixing bowl mix tuna, lemon juice, capers, onion, 1 tbsp mayo, oregano, salt and pepper (to taste) until completely mixed.
3. Slice four thin tomato slices.
4. Spread remaining tbsp of mayo on one side of both bread slices. Lay bread slices on cooking sheet, mayo up. Spread tuna mix evenly on both pieces. Lay two tomato slices on each side of the sandwich. Cut slice of cheese in half, placing one half on each side of the sandwich in the middle.
5. Place in oven and broil for 3-4 minutes until the cheese is browned.
6. Remove and put together as sandwich.