Keto Tuna Cheese Melt

On the table in: 55 minutes
Serves: 4
Origin: Western

Ingredients:

Tuna Fish Salad

  • 1 cup mayonnaise or sour cream
  • 4 celery stalks
  • ½ cup dill pickles, chopped
  • 225g tuna in olive oil
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • salt and pepper, to taste

Topping

  • 300g shredded cheese
  • ¼ tsp cayenne pepper or paprika powder

For serving

  • 150g leafy greens
  • olive oil

Oopsie bread (makes 6-8)

  • 3 eggs
  • 120g cream cheese
  • 1 pinch salt
  • ½ tbsp ground psyllium husk powder
  • ½ tsp baking powder

Nutritional Information

Per serving: 923 calories; 5g net carbs; 41g protein; 81g fat; 3g fibre

Instructions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
  2. Mix the salad ingredients well.
  3. Place the bread slices on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Spread the tuna mix on the bread and sprinkle cheese on top.
  4. Add some paprika powder or cayenne pepper.

Oopsie bread

  1. Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C).
  2. Separate the egg yolks into one bowl and the egg whites into another.
  3. Whip egg whites together with salt until very stiff. You should be able to turn the bowl over without the egg whites moving.
  4. Mix the egg yolks and the cream cheese well. If you want, add the psyllium seed husk and baking powder. (This makes the Oopsie more bread-like).
  5. Gently fold the egg whites into the egg yolk mix – try to keep the air in the egg whites.
  6. Put 8 oopsies on a parchment-lined baking tray.
  7. Bake in the middle of the oven for about 25 minutes – until they turn golden.
  8. Bake in oven until the cheese has turned a nice color, about 15 minutes. Serve the sandwich with some leafy greens drizzled with olive oil.

Chef’s suggestions:

  • Break from tradition and swap out tuna for canned salmon or chicken.

We would like to acknowledge that this recipe was sourced from Diet Doctor on 11 March 2019.

Recipe by Anne Aobadia. Photo by Emma Shevtzoff.

https://www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/keto-tuna-cheese-melt