Tuna Melt With Avocado Food

AVOCADO TUNA MELT

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Place bread slices on a parchment lined baking sheet and toast for 13-15 minutes until golden crisp, flipping halfway.
• While the bread is toasting, add drained tuna and avocado to a bowl and mash with a fork breaking up any large chunks.
• Add onion, parsley, mayonnaise, mustard, and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Mix to combine.
• Top each toast with tuna mixture, slice of tomato, and cheese. Broil for 3-4 minutes or until cheese has melted. Serve immediately.

TUNA MELT

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler and set the rack about 4 to 5 inches from the heat source.
• Spread the bread out on a baking sheet and toast. Spread the toasted muffins or bread with the mayonnaise, if using. Top with the Tuna Salad and then the shredded cheese. Place the baking sheet under the broiler and heat for 3 to 5 minutes, until the cheese has melted. Serve immediately.
• In a small mixing bowl break up the tuna with a fork. Toss with the celery, onion, and parsley. Add the mayonnaise, mustard, and season with pepper to taste. Stir to combine. Add lemon juice, if using.

TUNA MELT WITH AVOCADO

Steps:

• Place the chopped red onion in a small strainer; place strainer in a bowl of ice water; let sit for 10 minutes; drain onion and pat dry.
• In a bowl, mix together the onion, tuna, celery, mayo, and lemon juice.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Preheat the broiler; lightly toast the bread, and spread each slice with butter.
• Distribute avocado slices evenly over the 4 slices of bread.
• Spread tuna mixture evenly on top of avocado; sprinkle cheese evenly on top.
• Place under the broiler until cheese is melted, 1-2 minutes.
• Serve immediately.

ULTIMATE TUNA MELTS

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, flake the tuna finely with a fork. Add the celery, scallions, and dill, and continue mixing and fluffing with the fork until combined. Add the lemon juice, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 3/4 teaspoon pepper. Combine the mayonnaise and anchovy paste, if using, and mix into the tuna.
• Preheat the broiler. Toast the bread in a toaster and place the slices in a single layer on a sheet pan. Spread a quarter of the tuna mixture thickly and evenly on each piece of bread, covering the entire slice. Sprinkle the cheese evenly on the 4 sandwiches, covering the tuna completely. Broil for 1 to 2 minutes, just until the cheese melts and starts to brown. (Watch it carefully!) Sprinkle with the microgreens and serve hot.

TUNA MELT WITH AVOCADO ON ENGLISH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients thru bell pepper; divide between the 8 muffin halves.
• Top each sandwich with avocado and then cheese.
• Place muffins on baking sheet and broil until cheese is hot and bubbly.

TUNA MELT WITH APPLE AND AVOCADO

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix the tuna, scallions, onion, jalapeno, celery, and apple.
• Add in the avocado and toss lightly, then season to taste with salt and pepper; set aside.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the oil, cilantro, lime juice, mustard, vinegar, salt and pepper to taste.
• Pour the dressing over the tuna mixture; toss to mix.
• **The tuna can be made up to 24 hours ahead and refrigerated, covered.
• Place the bread on a baking sheet and broil, watching carefully, until the toast is light brown, 15-30 seconds per side; remove from broiler, but leave the toast on the baking sheet.
• Top 4 pieces of toast with the tomato slices and place the Swiss cheese on the remaining 4 pieces of toast.
• Return the baking sheet to the oven and keep an eye on the sandwiches, as soon as the cheese begins to melt, remove the baking sheet from the oven.
• Spoon about 1/4 cup of the tuna salad onto each of the 4 toast slices with the tomatoes and spread it to cover the slice.
• Top each sandwich with one of the remaining 4 toast slices, cheesy side down, and serve with a pickle spear and tortilla chips.