Extraterrestrial Tuna Sandwiches

By The Canadian Living Test Kitchen

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Extraterrestrial Tuna Sandwiches
Photography by Matthew Kimura

This recipe makes 24 servings

Nutritional Info
Per piece: about	-
cal	6262 cal
pro	4 g4g pro
total fat	2 g2g total fat
sat. fat	00 sat. fat
carb	7 g7g carb
fibre	1 g1g fibre
chol	5 mg5mg chol
sodium	138 mg138mg sodium
% RDI:	-
calcium	11 calcium
iron	66 iron
vit A	55 vit A
vit C	22 vit C
folate.m	33 folate.m

Small pitas stuffed with tuna filling make delicious and fun flying saucers. You'll need two bags (each 6 oz/175 g) of mini pitas.

Ingredients

2 cans (each 6 oz/170 g) tuna , drained2 2cans cans(each 6 oz/170 g) tuna, drained
1 rib celery , diced1 1rib celery, diced
1 carrot , diced1 1carrotcarrots, diced
1/3 cup light mayonnaise 1/3 1/3cup cuplight mayonnaise
3 tbsp pumpkin seeds 3 3tbsp tbsppumpkin seedpumpkin seeds
12 seedless green grapes , quartered12 12seedless green grapeseedless green grapes, quartered
1/4 tsp salt 1/4 1/4tsp tspsalt
1/4 tsp pepper 1/4 1/4tsp tsppepper
24 24mini (2-1/2-inch/6 cm) whole wheat pita pocketwhole wheat pita pockets

Preparation

In bowl, combine tuna, diced celery, diced carrot, light mayonnaise, pumpkin seeds, grapes, salt and pepper. (Make-ahead: Cover and refrigerate for up to 24 hours.)

Cut 2-inch (5 cm) circle from 1 side of each mini pita to make container. Spoon rounded 1 tbsp (15 mL) tuna mixture into each pita.

Source : Canadian Living Magazine: March 2010

Keywords : Birthday; Main Course; Tuna; Celery; Pitas; Make-Ahead; Carrots; Mayonnaise;

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