Tuna-Stuffed Pepper Melt

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 2
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 414.1
  • Total Fat: 10.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 121.0 mg
  • Sodium: 642.6 mg
  • Total Carbs: 12.7 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.9 g
  • Protein: 63.4 g

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Introduction

A lowfat lowcarb lunch or dinner meal that is also pretty enough to serve at a brunch party A lowfat lowcarb lunch or dinner meal that is also pretty enough to serve at a brunch party
Number of Servings: 2

Ingredients

    12 oz thawed tuna steak or 2 cans tuna drained
    3 boiled eggs - remove yolks from 1 or 2 for lower fat
    Fat Free Miracle Whip or mayo to taste
    Pickle Relish
    1 large red bell pepper
    2 slices havarti cheese (or preferred cheese)
    Seasonall
    garlic salt
    salt and pepper

Directions

If using canned tuna skip step one.
1. In a large deep skillet, fill halfway with water and bring to boil. Add Seasonall and garlic salt to water to taste. Add Tuna steak to boiling water and simmer until fish is no longer pink in th middle. Finely chop tuna and add to bowl.
2. Coarsley chop eggs and add to bowl. Add fat free mayonnaise, pickle relish, salt, and pepper to taste and mix to make tuna salad.
3. Slice the tops off of the two bell peppers and scoop out any seeds or white rind from the inside of the pepper to make a bowl. Slice the bell pepper in half from top to bottom to make two bowls.
4. Stuff the tuna into each of the bell pepper halfs filling to the top. Place 1 slice of cheese over each bell pepper half.
5. Broil in oven until cheese is golden and bubbly and peppers are hot. Enjoy!
Makes 2 servings.

Number of Servings: 2

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MJULIANO.