Low Carb Tuna Melt on Zucchini

"Here's a way to enjoy a tuna melt and still stay on your low carb diet!"
 
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Ready In:
20mins
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Slice the zucchini into diagonal 'coins'.
  • 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).
  • 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).
  • Arrange zucchini in small piles on a foil lined baking sheet: I used 4-5 pieces per pile and just slightly overlapped their edges.
  • Mound tuna onto zucchini bases.
  • Cover each tuna-zucchini mound with a few slices of tomato and then sprinkle with cheese.
  • Place under a broiler until cheese is melted and beginning to brown.

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  1. This was so good! What a great way to enjoy tuna & zucchini! I used half fat free mayo/half fat free plain yogurt, red onion instead of green, dried parsley & low fat mozzarella (I only used about 1 tbsp-enough for me!). I didn't use any tomato, peppers or onions & tossed the zucchini slices (I used about 8 small slices) with some salt & oregano. What an enjoyable meal! Thank u for sharing this.
     
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  1. This was so good! What a great way to enjoy tuna & zucchini! I used half fat free mayo/half fat free plain yogurt, red onion instead of green, dried parsley & low fat mozzarella (I only used about 1 tbsp-enough for me!). I didn't use any tomato, peppers or onions & tossed the zucchini slices (I used about 8 small slices) with some salt & oregano. What an enjoyable meal! Thank u for sharing this.
     

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Back in the US after 10 years abroad. Good to be home and have good access to more familiar ingredients, however, I also loved all that I learned in my beloved adoptive country of Macedonia. I also had the privilege of running an American style bakery during my last 3 years in Skopje. Baking is my addiction, but I do love all sorts of cooking. My husband recently ended his 15 year low-carb lifestyle, so we are both busy packing on the pounds and being able to eat forbidden foods together now! Love it (but not how snug my pants are!).
 
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