Tuna Salad Sandwich Recipe: Elevate Your Tuna Sandwiches!

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Hey everyone today’s recipe is for Tuna Salad Sandwiches. Elevate your tuna sandwich by using black olives, garlic, lime, and… These sandwiches are perfect anytime you need a lunch, brunch, or light dinner recipe.

Who is ready for some healthy sandwich ideas? You can pack this recipe away for picnic season too. One thing I like doing with tuna salad is taking the tuna salad in a container, packed on ice. Then at my destination such as the park (assemble) make them. They are quick, easy to make, and fill you up.

I love packing up sandwiches for kids to take to our nearby park for play dates. You can make the mix ahead of time but, I prefer to assemble right before eating or leaving (if they don’t sit too long) so the bread doesn’t get soggy. 

To this day I love eating potato chips with tuna. Do you? But, often times I will pick something healthier to pair with them. I’ve been having carrot/apple juice instead. Keeping my lunch on the healthy side. Let’s get started with this recipe.

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Tuna Salad Sandwiches

This is only one version of the yummy sandwich we love to make on repeat! But, we love finding new ways to make tuna sandwiches. Stay tuned for the next one. I’ll have a step-by-step with that recipe too.

Tuna Sandwich Recipe

Today’s recipe serves two. The recipe can easily be doubled and tripled.

What you’ll need for the tuna sandwich recipe

Ingredients

• 1 can of Albacore Tuna (packed in water)
• Mayonnaise
• Black Olives (pitted and sliced)
• Purple Onion
• Cilantro (optional)
• Tomato
• Lettuce (iceberg or your favorite)
• 1 lime
• Cracked black pepper
• 1 Garlic clove (peeled and crushed)
• Bread 4 slices (I used Oroweat 100% Whole Wheat Bread)

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Yield: 2 servings

Albacore Tuna Salad Sandwiches

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A deliciously flavorful white tuna salad sandwich! Enjoy anytime of year! Perfect for a brunch, lunch or light dinner. Don't forget picnics too!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Additional Time 5 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 can of Albacore Tuna, packed in water
• 1/4 cup or less of Mayonnaise
• 1/3 cup finely chopped pitted black olives
• 1/4 cup finely chopped purple onion
• a few springs of cilantro without stems finely chopped
• 1 tomato sliced
• lettuce, ice-burg
• 1 lime
• cracked black pepper
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• Bread 4 slices, I used Oroweat 100% Whole Wheat Bread

Instructions

1. Wash and pat dry veggies.
2. Open and drain water from albacore tuna can.
3. Finely chop pitted black olives set into bowl. (About a little less than half a can = 1/3cup)
4. Finely chop your quarter of a purple onion
5. Finely chop cilantro
6. Add all the ingredients into a bowl.
7. Sprinkle a quarter wedge of lime, add crushed garlic, add dash of cracked pepper and 1/4 cup or less of Mayonnaise to bowl and stir gently.
8. Finely chop a few slices of tomato and add into the mixture. Stir in gently.
9. Build your sandwich, layer of tuna salad mixture. Then top with a few tomatoes and lettuce. Top with your final piece of bread. Slice and serve.

Notes

Serve with soup, salad, chips or fruit. Enjoy any time of year. Additionally you can add a slight layer of Dijon mustard to the top of the bread if you wish. When serving the real little ones I typically make a separate bowl of tuna with only mayo and olives.

This recipe can easily be adapted, doubled and tripled. Add mixture as thick or thin as you prefer.

Serving size may vary depending on the amount of tuna you layer onto the sandwiches.Typically this can make 2-3 sandwiches.

Nutrition Information

Yield

3

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 733Total Fat 62gSaturated Fat 10gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 51gCholesterol 55mgSodium 1120mgCarbohydrates 26gFiber 5gSugar 7gProtein 19g

How to make a tuna salad sandwich

Steps for making a tuna sandwich

1. Open your can of tuna, preferably packed in water. Why albacore tuna? It’s a higher quality tuna that is all white and is a prized food.

2. Drain off the water and put it into a good size bowl. 

3. Finely chop your (pitted) black olives

4. Prep your veggies (as directed in the recipe)

5. Sprinkle a quarter wedge of lime, add crushed garlic, add a dash of cracked pepper, and 1/4 cup (or less) of Mayonnaise to the bowl, and stir gently.

6. After everything is in the tuna mixture and mixed start to assemble your sandwich.

7. Layer tuna, spread over one layer of the bread. 

8. Add tomato and lettuce and top with the final piece of bread. Optionally, you can add a slice of onion, sprouts, and even avocado.

9. Cut the sandwich in half.

10. Serve and enjoy.

    
    

For today’s sandwich recipe, I picked Oroweat’s Whole Grains 100% Whole Wheat Bread. Why? Oroweat® Whole Grains 100% Whole Wheat sliced bread is premium bread with a whopping 21g of whole grains per slice! Oroweat® Whole Grains 100% Whole Wheat sliced bread is 90 calories and has no high fructose corn syrup or artificial colors or flavoring.

You see this is one big, yummy, and hearty sandwich! I’ve loved Oroweat bread for a long time. Have you tried Oreoweat Breads?

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Enjoy making this tuna sandwich or even make it to top a salad! What types of sandwiches do you like to eat?

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