Low Carb Tuna Melt on Zucchini |
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 5 Minutes |
Ready In: 20 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Here's a way to enjoy a tuna melt and still stay on your low carb diet! Ingredients:
2 (6 ounce) cans tuna packed in oil |
3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped |
1/4 green olives, chopped |
1/4 cup green onion, chopped |
1 fresh mild green pepper, minced |
3 tablespoons mayonnaise |
1 tablespoon prepared mustard |
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper |
1 large zucchini |
2 small tomatoes, sliced |
1 1/2 cups cheese, grated |
Directions:
1. Slice the zucchini into diagonal 'coins'.
2. Saute zucchini in a single layer in a saute pan with a little bit of oil until they begin to brown, then turn over and brown the other side a little (this is to both heat them and eliminate a little of the moisture in them).
3. Mix drained tuna with parsley, olives, green onions, mayonnaise and mustard (you can swap out ingredients here-try pickled red peppers, capers, celery, brown onion, swap out different peppers for greater or lesser heat-whatever you have on hand).
4. Arrange zucchini in small piles on a foil lined baking sheet: I used 4-5 pieces per pile and just slightly overlapped their edges.
5. Mound tuna onto zucchini bases.
6. Cover each tuna-zucchini mound with a few slices of tomato and then sprinkle with cheese.
7. Place under a broiler until cheese is melted and beginning to brown.
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