Healthier Tuna Mayo Pockets

Prep Time:5 mins, Cook Time: 2 mins, Total Time: 7 mins

March 13, 2014

I’ve been working at my local school lately, helping deliver a series of healthier eating and cooking sessions to Key Stage 1 and 2 children. The five to seven year olds in Key Stage 1 are amidst a project looking at how to make their lunchboxes healthier, from sandwiches and snacks through to healthier bakes, cakes and drinks. On the final week before Easter they’ll each get to make and assemble their own lunchbox from scratch including all the favourites from each of the sessions. Lovely project eh?

Last week we focused on Healthier Sandwiches, Wraps and Pitta Pockets and I took in four different made up sandwiches for the children to blind taste and decipher their contents. Some easier than others and all used a few unfamiliar ingredients to turn up in sandwiches including avocado, spinach leaves, re-fried beans, courgette, raisins, grated carrot and apple, hummus, red peppers and spring onions. A great fun afternoon was had by all and I was genuinely blown away by the adventurousness of most of the children who literally scoffed the lot, including all my extra salad ‘taster’ ingredients. Believe me I’ve never known children fight over lettuce before!.

Over the next few weeks I plan to post all the recipes used in the sessions, so bare with me there may be quite a few!. Beginning today with my Healthier Tuna Mayo mix. Most kids love tuna mayonnaise and it’s a very easy mixture to bulk out with lots of extra goodies, I regularly add grated courgette, finely chopped pepper, sweetcorn and spring onions. Cucumber, celery, tomatoes, grated carrot or very finely shredded raw spinach also work too. The mixture can be used as a sandwich filling, pitta pocket filler or in a wrap. Or even in a hot toasted sandwich or a quesadilla with a little grated cheddar for a healthier tuna melt, all the rage with my kids at the moment!. A great filling for jacket spuds too. For added fibre try to only use wholemeal, seeded or granary breads.

I’m entering my healthier tuna mayo to a couple of challenges:

1) To Four Seasons Food which I host with Anneli over at Delicieux. This month I’m hosting and our theme for March is ‘Something Fishy’, you guessed it we’re asking for your Fish or Seafood recipes and there’s even a very special prize for the winning post from the generous folks at Fish is the Dish.

2) To Family Foodies, which I co-host with Vanesther at Bangers and Mash. This month Vanesther’s hosting and she choose a great theme of Fab Fast Food, family meals made in under 30 minutes. Admittedly Tuna Mayo isn’t exactly a meal but it’s gets made pretty often in our house for a made-in-minutes dinner either stuffed into wholemeal pitta pockets, (microwave) jacket potatoes or with a little cheese in a quesadilla.

The Good Stuff:

Tuna, Spring Onions, Courgette, Red Pepper, Sweetcorn,

Great For:

Toddlers, Pre-Schoolers, Big Kids, Grown Ups, Lunches, Packed Lunches, Picnics, After-School Snacks, Sandwich Fillings, Wraps, Pitta Pockets, Jacket Potatoes, Quesadillas, Toasted Sandwiches

Notes:

Vary your salad or veggie ingredients as to what you have in, just chop finely or grate for added disguise.

Special Equipment:

No!