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.)
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.
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 Croissants
Ingredients
8 small croissants
50g/ 1/3c cooked broccoli, finely chopped
40g/ 3/8c cheddar cheese, grated
95g/ 3/8c tinned tuna in water, drained
1 tbsp plain greek yogurt
1 egg, beaten
fresh black pepper
Method
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.
That sounds like such a perfect brunch or lunch recipe that is both yummy and filling!
Thank you Sylvie, It’s pretty simple too!
This would be perfect for weekday meals for me. Great to meet you Robyn 🙂
Thank you Tandy! Lovely to meet you too!
Definitely making these Mrs Jones when family visit!!
Your recipes took some tracking down
Sounds great! 😉 Thats no good about the recipes, I need to make it easier to navigate!