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11 Healthy Canned Tuna Recipes That Are Fast & Easy

Learn how to prepare canned tuna, so that it tastes good with these fast, easy and healthy canned tuna recipes for dinner, lunch or even breakfast!

This recipe collection includes different tuna salad recipes, an amazing tuna pasta recipe that you can make with leftovers in 20 minutes, tuna quesadilla recipes and more!


Canned Tuna Nutrition & Recommendation

Eating canned tuna is a tricky thing. On the one hand, we’ve got a good amount of protein, omega-3’s, vitamin D for very little calories in canned tuna (you can read more here).

On the other hand, tuna is naturally high in mercury (a heavy metal that can cause serious health issues in humans). Tuna eat small fish and this leads to mercury accumulating in tuna. In general, the bigger the tuna (albacore or bigeye), the more mercury it has. (source)

Canned tuna is usually made from smaller types of tuna (light and skipjack), so lower in mercury. Recommendations are to eat no more than 2 servings of light or skipjack tuna per week.


What To Add To Canned Tuna

Canned tuna on its own is not bad, but to me, it doesn’t taste delightful. Mix it with some of the following ingredients and you’re gonna love it.

  • lemon
  • onion
  • garlic
  • capers
  • mayonnaise
  • sour cream or creme fraiche
  • wasabi
  • spice
  • vegetables
  • avocado
  • eggs
  • cream cheese

Now let’s see how to combine these ingredients with canned tuna to make a quick and easy meal for dinner, lunch or even breakfast.


Healthy Canned Tuna Recipes

Healthy and creamy tuna pasta recipe


Creamy Tuna Pasta

This delicious creamy pasta recipe is loaded with vegetables, super easy to make with the things you have in your fridge and absolutely yummy! Perfect comfort meal with a healthy twist. Recipe here.

Servings: 2; Calories: 444, Protein: 30g

This crustless tuna breakfast quiche recipe is healthy, so easy to make and the perfect meal prep breakfast recipe. This quick and healthy savory breakfast idea is gluten free and also easily made low carb and dairy-free. Perfect easy canned tuna recipe and great for clean eating too!


Crustless Tuna Quiche

Ever thought eggs with tuna would taste good? They do! This crustless quiche recipe is quick and super tasty. It’s great for any time of the day – combine with some lettuce salad on the side for dinner or eat on the go for breakfast or lunch. Recipe here.

Servings: 4; Calories: 125, Protein: 13g

Spicy easy tuna quesadilla - quick and easy dinner you can make in 15 minutes!


Spicy Tuna Quesadilla

I love this tuna quesadilla! It’s made with tomatoes, basil, garlic and cheese and it’s really tasty. Recipe here.

Servings: 2; Calories: 373, Protein: 21g

Meal prep quinoa & tuna salad recipe


Meal Prep Tuna Quinoa Salad

This is a great salad recipe with tuna and quinoa if you like to meal prep for the week. It’s filling, super healthy and delicious. Recipe here.

Servings: 3; Calories: 413, Protein: 24g

Easy and healthy meal prep lunch bowl recipe. You can easily assemble these tuna chickpea healthy lunch bowls using non-perishable foods and some fresh vegetables. They’re delicious and quick!


Meal Prep Tuna Chickpea Bowls

I made this recipe during lockdown and it’s pretty much: canned food, hummus, avocado and the one vegetable that can survive anything: cabbage. It’s delicious, healthy, and very fast. Recipe here.

Servings: 3-4; Calories: 334, Protein: 21g

tuna sriracha quesadilla


10-Minute Tuna Melt Quesadilla With Sriracha Sauce

To make this tuna melt quesadilla all you need to do is mix the tuna with some sriracha sauce, cream cheese, garlic and vegetables, spread it over a tortilla and toast in a pan on both sides. It is pretty amazing and ready in 10 minutes. Serve with some quick salad for a quick and easy dinner.

Servings: 2; Calories: 445, Protein: 35g

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Breakfast Tuna Wraps

Use whole-grain, gluten free or almond flour tortillas to make these fit your diet! You can add whatever vegetables you have at home to make these filling tuna wraps! Recipe here.

Winter Tuna and Rice Salad Recipe

Winter Tuna & Rice Salad

This winter salad is filled with cabbage, tuna and rice. Its a gluten free, healthy and filling salad that you can pack for lunch or eat for dinner. Recipe here.

Servings: 2; Calories: 431, Protein: 29g

Healthy Tuna Frittata Recipe


Healthy Tuna Frittata

This is a delicious tuna frittata recipe made with tuna, broccoli, eggs, olives, onion and peppers. Serve with some avocado and a salad for a high protein low carb version or with some whole grain bread for a more balanced meal. Recipe here.

Servings: 3; Calories: 439, Protein: 40g

Chickpea and tuna salad recipe coming with an easy meal prep option! This easy and healthy salad is perfect for summer, as a healthy lunch or an easy dinner. With fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, tuna, chickpeas and herbs this salad is refreshing, filling and filled with Mediterranean flavors. #salad #mealprep #healthy #dinner #lunch

Mediterranean Tuna Chickpea Salad

This recipe is great with or without tuna! If you’re following the Mediterranean diet, this meal is perfect to put on your meal plan. Recipe here.

Servings: 2; Calories: 415, Protein: 27g

Cashew Cream Cheese Tuna Salad Recipe

Gluten Free Dairy Free Tuna Salad

This tasty tuna salad is made gluten free and dairy-free thanks to the addition of cashews! If you tolerate dairy just fine, you can definitely use sour cream or creme fraiche instead to make this. Recipe here.

Servings: 3; Calories: 317, Protein: 19g

Yield: 2

11 Easy And Healthy Canned Tuna Recipes

tuna sriracha quesadilla

11 easy and healthy canned tuna recipes for dinner, lunch or breakfast! Learn how to prepare canned tuna fast to make it taste good with these simple

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

For The Tuna Quesadilla Melt With Sriracha Sauce

  • 2 tbsp cream cheese
  • 1 can tuna, drained
  • 1 1/2 tsp sriracha sauce
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1/2 tsp basil, dried
  • 1/2 cup spinach, chopped
  • 2/3 cup mozzarella cheese
  • 2 tortillas

Instructions

  1. Mix the cream cheese and sriracha in a bowl. Mix in the tuna, spinach, garlic clove and basil. Taste and add salt or black pepper if needed.
  2. Spread 1/2 mixture on one half of a tortilla. Top that half with mozzarella cheese and fold.
  3. Toast the quesadilla on both sides until golden brown. Repeat for the other quesadilla as well. For more information, follow the instructions at www.homemademastery.com

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

2

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 445Total Fat: 19gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 79mgSodium: 970mgCarbohydrates: 32gFiber: 3gSugar: 2gProtein: 35g
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