Spicy Tuna Melts

Tonight was a crazy night and I don't mean because I feel like Dorthy at the start of the Wizard of Oz with all the wind and rain going on around me - gusts up to 50 mph.  Dann and I teach Financial Peace University (Dave Ramsey) class on Wednesday nights at a local church so getting home from work and eating is usually a chore enough itself.  Tonight we had the added pleasure of Dann fixing the sump pump because of the crazy melt going on. Trying to get a healthy dinner prepared was a slightly distracted process.  In the end though we had a delicious dinner and we have a fixed sump pump, though I may still run down to check every now and then out of habit.

So to the point of this entry - the recipe of the week.  We started something new this year - we go through magazines and pull out pages and pages of recipes and then once a week we look through to see what we might be in the mood to make the coming week.  I focus on healthy, common ingredients (to spread our $$ further)  and prep times, Dann's focus is usually on the picture.  Tonight I made Spicy Tuna Melts from the March 2011 issue of Clean Eating Magazine (my favorite magazine...).  It was a big hit, though short on the spicy side for our tastes - next time I'll kick up the spice quantities more and maybe even add a jalapeno (we still have some frozen from our summer harvest!)

Ingredients:
8oz tuna, drained (pouch or can - low sodium)
1/3 cup nonfat plain Greek-style yogurt
1 rib celery, diced
2 green onions, thinly sliced
1 tbsp fresh lime juice
1/2 tsp each chili powder and ground cumin
pinch cayenne pepper
sea salt and ground black pepper to taste
4 slices whole grain bread, lightly toasted
1 cup shredded low fat mozzarella-cheddar cheese blend

Preheat oven to 400F
In a medium bowl combine tuna through black pepper
Place toast on a lined baking sheet and spread the tuna salad evenly
Top with 1/4 cup cheese.
Bake until cheese is melted and bubbling and tuna is warm.

and last, but not least...Dann's favorite line...Serve IMMEDIATELY!

A note on the Clean Eating Magazine website - It's changed recently and I haven't played around with it much yet, but it looks like they have added a lot of new content and I can't wait to dive in!