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<\/p>\nThese are very popular with the whole family, including Girl, who does not normally eat any kind of seafood.<\/p>\n
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Tuna Salad Melts<\/strong><\/p>\n 2 cans water-packed tuna, drained *** optional: diced, peeled apple and\/or lightly toasted, slivered almonds.<\/p>\n Gently blend together the tuna and the mayonnaise, breaking up tuna clumps with a large fork. Stir in remaining ingredients to desired flavor. Add more mayonnaise, if necessary, to reach your desired texture.<\/p>\n To prepare the Tuna Melts:<\/p>\n Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Split English Muffins in half. Scoop some tuna salad on top of each half. Use a fork to flatten and spread it out, covering the muffin completely. Top each one with a slice of your favorite cheese (we like Muenster). Bake for a few minutes, until cheese is melted and muffin is warmed.<\/p>\n ***I prefer the lighter flavor of albacore tuna better, but it does have a higher mercury content than “regular” tuna, so decide for yourself. If you are pregnant or your children are very small, I would recommend plain tuna and, even at that, it should not be consumed very frequently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" These are very popular with the whole family, including Girl, who does not normally eat any kind of seafood. Tuna Salad Melts 2 cans water-packed tuna, drained *** good quality mayonnaise (Hellmann’s or homemade) to your taste\/consistency preference, about 1\/2 cup chopped hard-boiled egg whites, 3 or 4 very finely chopped red onion, about 1\/4 … Continue reading “Tuna Salad and English Muffin Tuna Melts”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-favorites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\ngood quality mayonnaise (Hellmann’s or homemade) to your taste\/consistency preference, about 1\/2 cup
\nchopped hard-boiled egg whites, 3 or 4
\nvery finely chopped red onion, about 1\/4 cup
\nfinely diced celery, about 1\/4 cup
\nvery finely chopped fresh Italian parsley, about 2 Tbsp.
\ngrated or shredded carrot, about 1\/4 cup
\nsalt and pepper to taste (or Baby Bam)
\na small pinch of dried thyme leaves<\/p>\n![\"IMG_4708.jpg\"](\"http:\/\/www.feedyourkids.com\/IMG_4708.jpg\")
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