by Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville
My grandson Ayden and I are very fond of a tuna melt for lunch. We have perfected our recipe over the years and are very happy with the result. Since coping with the increasing cost of the food basket is a challenge these days, a simple and economical lunch dish is always welcome, particularly for seniors. Here is our recipe for a tasty Tuna Melt.
Tuna Melt
Ingredients
- 1 X 184 gram can of tuna, drained (1 can of tuna serves two people very nicely)
- 3 tablespoons of mayonnaise or Miracle Whip
- 3 tablespoons of sweet relish
- Two slices of cheddar or Havarti cheese (not processed cheese, please)
- 2 Kaiser rolls (Grahame’s are great) sliced in half and lightly buttered
Preparation
- Empty the can of tuna in a medium sized bowl
- Mix in the mayo and sweet relish; add more if you wish but don’t make the mixture too wet
- Spread the mixture over half the buttered Kaiser roll
- Place the cheese slice over the mixture
- Place the assembled buns, one at a time, in the microwave on high for a minute
Now, there are loads of options for this recipe. If you don’t have the rolls, you can make a sandwich, using a couple of slices of untoasted full-grained bread. We have popped these into one of those spiffy heated sandwich makers with great success. Obviously, if you prefer salmon, you can substitute it for the tuna. You can even use hard-boiled eggs as a substitute or add it to the recipe. If you don’t have cheese slices, you can grate a half cup of any flavourful cheese into the mixture. Ayden and I use Ma Cormier’s great home-made relishes, e.g., her corn or her zucchini relish, but you can use the standard sweet relish you can find anywhere for flavouring hotdogs. So, you can improvise and make this your very own Tuna, or Salmon, and/or Egg Salad melt.
As always, enjoy and let me know how things turned out at pcormier@ranaprocess.com.
