Fruity Tuna-Salad Pita Sandwiches

By CarolineNGa

Shanelle loves easy-to-make recipes like this one. These sandwiches taste great and pair protein with carbohydrates to keep your energy level up. You can substitute one (9-ounce) can of solid white tuna in water, drained, for the tuna steak.

Cooking Light

SEPTEMBER 2000

Ingredients

• 1 hard-cooked egg
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• Dash of black pepper
• 1 (8-ounce) tuna steak
• Cooking spray
• 1/4 cup diced celery
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 2 tablespoons minced green onions
• 3 tablespoons reduced-fat mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1 (8-ounce) can unsweetened pineapple tidbits, drained
• 2 (5-inch) whole-wheat pitas, cut in half
• 1 1/3 cups torn Bibb lettuce
• 8 (1/4-inch-thick) tomato slices

Details

Servings 4
Adapted from myrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

Slice egg in half lengthwise, and remove yolk; reserve egg yolk for another use. Dice egg white halves; set aside.

Prepare grill or broiler.

Sprinkle the lemon juice and pepper over tuna. Place the tuna on a grill or broiler rack coated with cooking spray; cook 4 minutes on each side until tuna is medium-rare or desired degree of doneness. Coarsely chop tuna.

Combine tuna, diced egg white, celery, and the next 5 ingredients (celery through pineapple) in a bowl. Line each pita half with 1/3 cup lettuce and 2 tomato slices. Divide the tuna mixture evenly among pita halves.

Nutritional Information:
Amount per serving
Calories: 227
Calories from fat: 22%
Fat: 5.5g
Saturated fat: 1.4g
Monounsaturated fat: 1.7g
Polyunsaturated fat: 1.4g
Protein: 17.9g
Carbohydrate: 26.6g
Fiber: 1.9g
Cholesterol: 75mg
Iron: 2.1mg
Sodium: 218mg
Calcium: 47mg