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Tuna mayonnaise and sweetcorn sandwich recipe

The mild flavour of tinned tuna combined with sweetcorn. This would work well with sticks of carrot or cucumber and some mixed berries.

Prep: 10 mins
Serves 1

Nutritional information

Per serving (main recipe only – does not include extras or drink):

  • 1,504kJ / 357kcal
  • 7.5g fat of which saturates 1.3g
  • 44.3g carbohydrate of which sugars 4.5g
  • 6.2g fibre
  • 25.0g protein
  • 1.4g salt
Tuna mayo and sweetcorn sandwich in a lunchbox, with carrot and cucumber sticks, mixed berries and small bottle of milk

Ingredients

  • half a 160g can of tuna in spring water, drained
  • 1 level tablespoon reduced-calorie mayonnaise
  • 1 heaped tablespoon sweetcorn (tinned, or cooked from frozen)
  • large pinch of black pepper
  • 2 thick slices of half-and-half bread

Complete your lunchbox with:

  • 1 small carrot and a 3cm chunk of cucumber, cut into sticks
  • 60g mixed berries
  • 200ml semi-skimmed milk

Method

  1. Mix the tuna with the mayonnaise, sweetcorn and pepper.

    Information:

    Mix the filling the night before and store in the fridge to save time in the morning.

  2. Sandwich the mixture between the slices of bread.

    Information:

    Double the recipe to use the rest of the can of tuna if you have 2 lunchboxes to prepare.

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