Avocado Tuna Melt
Avocado Tuna Melt is a quick and simple lunch that is gluten-free and packed with flavor. A healthy twist of the classic tuna melt sandwich.
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All it takes is a fresh ripe avocado and a few staple pantry and fridge ingredients to create this quick and delicious meal. Mix everything together, scoop it into the avocado, top with cheese and pop it into the oven until it is a delicious melted mess.
It’s made in minutes and can be eaten with a spoon right out of the avocado shell. Having less dishes is always a big bonus, not that you need an excuse to try out this recipe!
- avocado
- canned tuna
- onion
- pickles
- red bell pepper
- paprika
- mayonnaise
- cheddar cheese
- salt and pepper
- Preheat oven to 400ºF/200ºC.
- Scoop out some of the avocado to make to hole slightly bigger. Mix those bits into the tuna salad.
- Mix the tuna, onion, red bell pepper, pickle, cheese, paprika and mayo.
- Season the mixture your liking with salt and pepper.
- Scoop the tuna mixture into the avocado and top with more cheese.
- Slide into the oven for approximately 5-10 minutes, until the cheese is melted.
Avocado Tuna Melt
Ingredients
- 2 avocado
- 1 can tuna
- 1/4 cup onion (finely diced)
- 1/4 cup pickles (finely diced)
- 1/4 cup red bell pepper (finely diced)
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup cheddar cheese (shredded)
- to taste salt and pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400ºF/200ºC.
- Scoop out some of the avocado to make to hole slightly bigger. Mix the bit of scooped out avocado into the tuna salad.
- Mix the tuna, onion, red bell pepper, pickle, cheese, paprika and mayo. Season to your liking with salt and pepper.
- Scoop the tuna mixture into the avocado and top with more cheese.
- Slide into the oven for approximately 5-10 minutes. Until the cheese is melted.
Notes
More Lunch Recipes:
- Cucumber Noodle Salad with BBQ Chicken
- Creamy Avocado Cucumber Noodles with Smoked Salmon
- Orange Chicken Salad
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I’ve made this twice…second time without yellow or red pepper, but still absolutely delicious. Thank you ever so much for sharing!
Didn’t have any pickles…regardless…this was absolutely delicious!! Thank you for sharing with us. We will make this again.
Can you make this without the pickles? What would you substitute for them
Simple, but delicious! Thank you
Sounds lovely, going to make it this lunchtime, like today!
Hope it turns out good for you!