Creamy Tuna Melt

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil or 2 teaspoons butter
• 1 cup ricotta cheese
• 1 small onion, diced
• 1 cup celery, diced
• 1 (170 g) can albacore tuna, flaked (undrained weight)
• 1/4 cup low-fat mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 stalk broccoli floret, diced
• 2 bagels, sliced in half
• 1 cup cheddar cheese or 1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded

Recipe

• 1 place broiler rack in position under broiler and turn on broiler.
• 2 saute garlic,celery and onion in a small amount of oil or butter in a skillet. cook until onion is just tender.
• 3 drain tuna and add to skillet along with ricotta cheese, broccoli, mayonnaise, and lemon juice. cook long enough to warm ingredients through, perhaps 3 minutes, stirring frequently.
• 4 if you like your bagels to be a bit toasted, place them under broiler while tuna mixture is warming up.
• 5 place bagel halves, split side up, in baking dish. spread tuna mixture over top covering all and sprinkle cheese over top of mixture.
• 6 broil 2 or 3 minutes, until cheese melts.
• 7 serve at once.
• 8 broil 3 to 4 inches from the heat until the cheddar melts, about 5 minutes.