Tuna Quesadillas
No matter what type of diet you follow, tuna is an inexpensive and easy to prepare source of important nutrients. Tuna is high in protein and low in fat and calories when compared with other proteins. A low-fat, high-protein product is a great beginning to a nutritious meal. Source: Tuna: An Almost Perfect Food
Ingredients:
1 can drained tuna fish, packed in water
1 tablespoon mayonnaise, light
4 flour tortillas
1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese, lowfat
Directions:
- Mix tuna with mayonnaise.
- Microwave: Spoon filing onto half of each tortilla. Top filling with cheese and fold tortilla in half. Microwave on high for 60 seconds. Turn the plate halfway through cooking time.
- Stove: Divide mixture onto two tortillas. Top with cheese and the remaining two tortillas. Spray a skillet with non-stick cooking spray. Brown quesadillas on both sides.
- Cut in half before serving.
Cost Per Recipe: $1.73
Cost Per Serving: $0.43
Serving Size: Serving Size: 1/4 of recipe
Recipe yields 4 servings.
Per serving:
- Calories 180
- Total fat 5 grams
- Saturated fat 1.5 gram
- Trans fat 0 gram
- Cholesterol 15 milligrams
- Sodium 330 milligrams
- Total Carbohydrate 17 grams
- Dietary Fiber 1 gram
- Sugars 1 gram
- Protein 17 grams