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Lemon-pepper tuna sandwiches

6
Points®
Total Time
10 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
0 min
Serves
2
Difficulty
Easy
Give your brown-bag lunches a flavor boost with our lemony, veggie-filled tuna salad.

Ingredients

Canned tuna packed in water

5 oz

Carrots

½ small, grated

Light mayonnaise

2 Tbsp

Onion powder

¼ tsp

Garlic powder

¼ tsp

Lemon zest

1 tsp, or more to taste

Fresh lemon juice

1 Tbsp

Kosher salt

tsp

Black pepper

½ tsp

Whole wheat bread

4 slice(s)

Tomato

4 thin slice(s)

Arugula

½ cup(s), baby variety, lightly packed

Instructions

  1. In small bowl, combine tuna, carrot, mayonnaise, onion powder, garlic powder, lemon zest and juice, black pepper. and salt.
  2. On 2 slices of bread, place 1/4 cup arugula and top each evenly with tuna salad. Layer the tomatoes on top. Cover with remaining bread slices.
  3. Serving size: 1 sandwich

Notes

Water-packed tuna is a wonderful, inexpensive protein source that works beautifully in this salad, but you could also use leftover chopped cooked chicken or rotisserie chicken, if you like.