I am sure I am not the only person looking for healthy and delicious recipes this New Year! For me the hardest meal to eat well at is lunch, because I get bored with the same old lunches day after day. So this week I put a different twist on basic tuna salad to make this tasty Southwestern Tuna Wrap.
To make it I combined Bumble Bee® Albacore White Tuna with vegetables and beans for an easy and healthy lunch.
I have tuna for lunch a few times a week, because it is so easy. You can just open a can or a pouch, and it has lean protein, healthy fat, and important vitamins and minerals without too many calories. For this wrap I added healthy and colorful vegetables like tomatoes and peppers, along with olives for extra flavor.
To make the filling stick together I made a dressing from plain Greek yogurt mixed with lime juice and spices like chili powder and cumin to give it a southwestern touch. Hot sauce was a great addition to this recipe, and really added a flavor punch.
Then I wrapped it up in corn tortillas and served it with guacamole. It would be quite tasty as a stand alone salad too, or you could serve it over lettuce to add some greens to the meal. I really love this dish, because it tastes so much better than the basic tuna wrap I usually make. It always amazes me how making a few tweaks to a recipe can make it taste totally different!
Southwestern Tuna Wrap
Ingredients
- 2 cans white albacore tuna
- 1/2 yellow pepper
- 12 olives
- 12 cherry tomatoes
- 4 Tablespon cilantro
- 1/2 cup black beans
- 3 green onions
- 1/3 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon hot sauce
- 1 Tablespoon lime juice
- 8 corn tortillas
Instructions
- Chop the yellow pepper, olives, and green onions.
- Cut the tomatoes into quarters.
- Drain the tuna and mix it with the yellow pepper, olives, tomatoes, cilantro, green onions and black beans and stir.
- To make the dressing combine the greek yogurt and lime juice with all the spices and mix well.
- Roll up in corn tortillas and serve.
Notes
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Nutrition Information
Nutrition facts are estimates.
So this New Year change things up a little, because healthy doesn’t have to mean boring! What is your favorite recipe using Bumble Bee® Tuna?
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Oh, that looks GOOD! I love southwestern salad and such, and adding tuna and putting it in a wrap… what a great idea. Yum. Please come share your blog posts at the Home Matters Linky Party! We\’ love to have you for a visit. The Door is OPEN.
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This looks delicious. Hubsand would love to try this for sure. Will make it tomorrow.
These look really easy, healthy, AND delicious! I would probably eat mine really plain though, I am so picky!
I’ve been eating a lot of tuna lately on my diet and I’m always looking for new ways to serve it up. Thanks!
This looks like a delicious and easy recipe. Thanks for sharing it. I came over from a link at Creating my way To Success blog
Sounds like an amazing wrap. Wraps have quickly become one of my favorites to send in Johns lunches they are quick and easy to make healthy for him to enjoy.
Love tuna, and love wraps! This is a tasty looking lunch! I am inspired to make it tomorrow! 🙂 Saying hello from family flash Friday!
Cathy
What an amazing recipe! It really spotlights the versatility of tuna!
I will just love your Tuna Wrap! Thanks so much for sharing your post with Full Plate Thursday. Hope you are having a great week and come back to see us real soon!
Miz Helen
I am pinning! I bought a whole ton of tuna at Sam’s. I needed ideas and this is a great one!
You and me both, Sister! I get so bored with the same ole lunches… My family could eat sandwiches day after day. Not me. This looks de-lish. Definitely adding it to my list of must make lunches. Thank you for sharing at Inspire Me Wednesday. Featuring you in this week’s issue.
This looks so yummy! I love wraps. And bravo on the pictures, I tried to take a picture of a wrap once and it was awful. Thanks for sharing on Merry Monday!