Lunch time is often boring at our house. Leftovers, rice cooker mac and cheese, and cheese quesadillas are often on the plan. So, in order to change things up a little I have been experimenting with some new lunch recipes.
I have seen several different recipes over the years for tuna quesadillas, but had never tried them until recently. I did not really follow a recipe for this, I just basically took what I use in a tuna sandwich and turned it into a quesadilla.
I was not sure how my kids would like this, but they ended up loving these. And I loved how easy they were to make and serve.
I think these make a great quick and easy lunch or dinner.
Tuna Melt Quesadillas
- 1- 6.4 ounce pouch of tuna ( You could use canned tuna as well, just drain well. )
- 2 tablespoons pickle relish ( You can leave this out if you like.)
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 6 corn tortillas
- 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- In a bowl mix together the tuna, relish, and mayonnaise.
- Spread on 3 of the tortillas and sprinkle with cheese. Top with remaining tortillas.
- Cook in a pan or griddle over medium heat until lightly browned and cheese starts to melt. This takes about 2 minutes.
- Flip over and continue cooking until cheese is completely melted. This takes 1-2 more minutes.
- Remove from pan and serve.
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this is great! I always have these on hand and now that the kids are out of school I will add this to the menu.
Our family uses leftover tuna salad or mashed potatoes to make taquitos. Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it, yummy.
I have to admit that we’re not big fans of warm tuna, or any tuna really lol but your recipe has me thinking of all the quick quesadillas you could make with canned chicken! Thanks for the inspiration:) Our lunches tend to be pretty boring but my daughter would love quesadillas and helping me come up with different varieties.
This sounds really good, thank you for sharing. Perfect timing, I happen to have tuna and tortillas that need to be used up.