For these quick and easy, low-carb stuffed tomato tuna melts, I swapped the bread for tomatoes and topped with tuna salad and melted cheddar. Perfect for lunch and a great way to use up those summer tomatoes!
Tomato Tuna Melts
More similar, quick and easy lunch ideas I love are Tuna Deviled Eggs and Spicy Crab Stuffed Avocado. These are great recipes for bread-less, gluten free or low carb alternatives.
I often think up recipe ideas that sound good in my head but may not always translate into a blog-worthy recipe. These tuna topped tomatoes are one of those ideas I wasn’t sure how it would turn out. My first attempt I baked the tomatoes, so they were soft and warm but they were pretty messy to eat. Then I thought, why not just broil them. The result came out perfect, the tomatoes were nice and firm and plus this only takes 5 minutes to make! Great for gluten-free and low-carb diets.
Hope you enjoy this recipe!
How To Make Tomato Tuna Melts
More Quick Lunch Recipes I Like to Make:
- Taco Stuffed Avocados
- Buffalo Shrimp Lettuce Wraps
- Breakfast BLT
- Bruschetta with Tomato and Basil
- Open Faced Turkey Melt
Tomato Tuna Melts
Ingredients
- 1 can, 5 oz solid white tuna in water, slightly drained
- 2 tbsp light mayo
- 3 tbsp finely chopped celery
- 1 tbsp finely chopped red onion
- 1 tsp red wine vinegar
- 2 ripe tomatoes, halved
- 4 slices Cheddar cheese, 2 1/2 oz total
Instructions
- Preheat the broiler to high and adjust the rack second from the top. Arrange the tomatoes on a baking tray, season with salt and pepper.
- Combine the tuna salad ingredients in a small bowl.
- Top each with 1/4 cup tuna salad and a slice of cheese. Broil the tomatoes until the cheese is melted, about 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from the oven and eat immediately.
Can this be made in the mroning and brought to work for lunch?
Very tasty! I doubled the recipe, and halved the mayo since I used tuna in olive oil (drained 1 can, used the oil from the other). Quick and easy summer lunch!
Has anyone tried these in the air fryer?
I made this today for lunch using fresh tomatoes from our garden. This was really good. I did not have cheddar cheese on hand so I used thin slices of Pepper Jack cheese and it was probably just as good as the cheddar cheese would have been.
Made these today- they were so good!! You should do a low-carb cookbook next!! 😉🙏
I’ve been making this lately and it hits the spot. Thank you so much!
Absolutely delicious! Used 3 Roma tomatoes instead. Slightly salt & peppered the tomatoes then broiled alone for 2 minutes before adding tuna salad & cheese. Then broiled again for 4 minutes. Would also be delicious with avocado halves. Thanks for the recipe!
could I substitute for turkey or chicken instead?
How would you adapt this for keto or lower carb? Thanks!
What’s a good side dish to make this with?
Excellent lunch choice for a beautiful spring day. Not heavy but it satisfies.
These are so good,
I will be eating these all summer
Loved these!! Sooo yummy!
Great combo!! I loved every bite!
The fat grams are missing from the nutrition information. Can you tell me what it is?
Sorry, 7.5
i made this but subbed out red bell peppers for the tomatoes. it was so delicious and the peppers made it a little easier to eat because they held together! thanks for the recipe!
I came to read the comments to see if anyone tried it with red bell peppers. Sounds delicious!
Great idea and a perfect choice for winter when the tomatoes are tasteless.
Perfect lunchtime meal. I lacked onions and celery, so I subbed grated carrots and minced cucumbers, but it still came out great I ate the Tuna Melt with 1/2 an avocado and a salad. Yum! Yum. Thank you for the great recipe.
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I wonder if you could scoop out the inside of the tomato and stuff the tomato with the tuna and top with cheese? When I made it two tomatos where to much maybe I got the wrong size tomatos.
Could you use Greek yogurt instead of mayo? I don’t cook with it much but use it for cold tuna. 🙂
Yes.
This one surprised me how much I liked it! I had a few tomatoes I needed to use up and I did end up tweaking it a bit based on what I had. I added some capers to my tuna, used a little less mayo, scooped out the inside of the tomatoes, and just used shredded part-skim mozzarella (all I had)…so tasty and filling! Mine worked out to 4 smartpoints for all 4 halves! Thanks for such a great idea, I’ll be making this one again and again.