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    Home » Recipes » 30 Minute Meals

    Tuna Melt Croissants

    AU$1.54 | £0.69 per serve
    By Robyn | Published: Apr 3, 2019 | Modified: Oct 6, 2022

    TO THE RECIPE
    easy tuna melt croissants with greek yogurt and broccoli, on black and white plate.
    These tuna melt croissants are filled with a light and tasty tuna filling – complete with added veggies! (I can’t stop adding vegetables to everything at the moment.)
    four tuna melt croissants, one on a plate and the other three on round cooling rack, with broccoli and grated cheese in the background

    I am trying to mix up Mini Jones’s lunches. The past months I have fallen in a rut of some variation of bread and cheese for lunch. Not that he seems to mind, but I’m trying to introduce him to new tastes and textures whenever I can. After seeing mini croissants on offer at the shop the other day, I thought I’d do something different with them.Tuna Melt croissants sound very rich, but I have tried to make them a little healthier by replacing mayonnaise with greek yogurt, and adding cooked broccoli.If your toddler – or any other family member for that matter – is anything like Mini Jones, and a little suspicious of fish, these are proving to be a good way of getting them to eat it.

    Not only are they super quick and simple to do, they are also a fantastic way of using up leftover croissants if you don’t want to freeze them for another day. I also like using them in this vegetarian Spinach And Cheese Croissant recipe.

    Croissants freeze well and defrost quickly, making them a great standby to keep in the freezer for when you run out of bread or suddenly fancy something a little different for lunch – or breakfast.

    Don’t have broccoli? Use any other cooked veggies – carrots, cauliflower, tinned sweetcorn, or a mixture.

    No mini croissants? This recipe will fill 4 standard size croissants.

    tuna melt croissant on black and white plate with another croissant in the background

    Tuna Melt Croissants

    Author: Robyn

    These easy tuna croissants are a quick and popular kids lunch idea, ready in 20 minutes.
    5 from 2 votes
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    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Cook Time 15 minutes mins
    Course brunch, Lunch
    Cuisine modern australian, modern european
    Servings 4 people
    Calories 314 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 8 small croissants ($4.00 / £1.60)
    • 50g | ⅓c cooked broccoli, finely chopped ($0.34 / £0.08)
    • 40g cheddar cheese, grated ($0.47 / £0.20p)
    • 95g tinned tuna in water, drained ($0.90 / £0.64)*
    • 1 Tablespoon plain greek yogurt ($0.09 / £0.03)
    • 1 egg, beaten ($0.35 / £0.18)
    • fresh black pepper ($0.01 / £0.01)

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat the oven to 190˚C/375˚F
    • Slice the croissants down the middle.
    • Roughly mash the cooked broccoli, then mix with the grated cheese, tuna, greek yogurt, beaten egg and season with black pepper.
    • Take a croissant and slightly open the whole you have made. Spoon an eighth of the mixture into it, place on a baking tray, and then repeat with the rest of the croissants.
    • Place in the oven for 12-15 minutes, until the croissants are golden brown and the filling has melted.
    • Eat straight away.

    Notes

    Estimated costs: Australia: $6.16. Per serve: $1.54
    UK: £2.74. Per serve: 69p
    * In the UK use 80g tin tuna.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 314kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 14gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 98mgSodium: 408mgPotassium: 180mgFiber: 2gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 675IUVitamin C: 11mgCalcium: 113mgIron: 2mg
    Keyword greek yogurt recipe, leftover broccoli, quick and easy kids lunch, quick lunch idea, tuna melt

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    1. Viv says

      April 29, 2019 at 5:20 pm

      Definitely making these Mrs Jones when family visit!!
      Your recipes took some tracking down

      Reply
      • Robyn says

        May 01, 2019 at 8:08 am

        Sounds great! 😉 Thats no good about the recipes, I need to make it easier to navigate!

        Reply
    2. Tandy | Lavender and Lime says

      April 08, 2019 at 5:23 pm

      This would be perfect for weekday meals for me. Great to meet you Robyn 🙂

      Reply
      • Robyn says

        April 09, 2019 at 12:47 pm

        Thank you Tandy! Lovely to meet you too!

        Reply
    3. Sylvie says

      April 08, 2019 at 9:17 am

      That sounds like such a perfect brunch or lunch recipe that is both yummy and filling!

      Reply
      • Robyn says

        April 08, 2019 at 12:31 pm

        Thank you Sylvie, It’s pretty simple too!

        Reply

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