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What to cook with tuna, whole grain bread and cucumber?

Have tuna, whole grain bread and cucumber at home? Smart Plate assembled a simple dish from these ingredients following the Healthy Eating Plate. Below are the ingredients, steps and tips to make it tastier.

Open toasts with canned tuna and cucumber β€” canned tuna, whole-grain bread, cucumber on a plate built around the Harvard Healthy Eating Plate
What the finished dish looks like: vegetables & fruit β€” cucumber; whole grains β€” whole-grain bread; protein β€” canned tuna. Illustrative photo of the dish
🍲 Lunch⏱ β‰ˆ 5 min🐟 Canned tuna Β· 🍞 Whole-grain bread Β· πŸ₯’ Cucumber

Open toasts with canned tuna and cucumber

Open-faced toasts where bread is only the base and the topping is the point: protein and plenty of fresh vegetables.

Ingredients

  • 🐟 Canned tuna β€” 1 small can (80–100 g)
  • 🍞 Whole-grain bread β€” 1–2 slices (50 g)
  • πŸ₯’ Cucumber β€” 1 piece (100 g)

Instructions

  1. Toast the bread slices in a dry pan or a toaster.
  2. Flake the tuna and mix with a spoonful of yogurt or oil, salt and pepper.
  3. Slice the cucumber thinly.
  4. Assemble the toasts: canned tuna and vegetables, salt and freshly ground pepper.

Make it tastier

πŸ§„ GarlicMakes the aroma richer β€” add to the oil at the start or raw into the dressing.
🌢️ Pepper or chiliA pinch adds heat and warmth.
🌿 Fresh herbsDill, parsley or cilantro add freshness at the end.
πŸ«™ Soy sauceA tablespoon at the end of frying instead of salt β€” the taste gets deeper.

Plate structure

πŸ₯¦ Vegetables & fruit Β· Β½

Cucumber

🌾 Whole grains · ¼

Whole-grain bread

πŸ₯© Protein Β· ΒΌ

Canned tuna

πŸ«’ Healthy fats

empty

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Plate balance: Well balanced
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Why this kind of plate

The Healthy Eating Plate is a simple visual model of a balanced meal. Instead of counting calories and grams it shows what a plate should look like: half vegetables and fruit, a quarter whole grains, a quarter protein sources, plus a little healthy plant fat.

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