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Amaarah January 2 min read ▪ August 29, 2025 ▪ Photography: Samantha Pinto // HMimages.co.za

Tinned tuna has never tasted this good. Try these 2 healthy tinned tuna recipes - ready in under 30 minutes.

Pita pockets with tuna and tzatziki

  • 25mins
  • Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 1 tin tuna chunks, drained
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • ½ cup cucumber
  • ½ cup plain yoghurt
  • 4 wholewheat pitas
  • 2 cups mixed salad leaves
  • 1 large tomato, sliced
  • 1 red onion, sliced into thin rings
  • 1 lemon, cut into wedges

AV

Amerae Vercueil 
‧ Recipe & styling

SP

Samantha Pinto // HMimages.co.za 
‧ Photography

Method

    1. Season the tuna with salt and pepper, then add the olive oil and lightly mix.
    2. Grate the cucumber and allow to drain for 10 minutes. Mix the cucumber with yoghurt, salt and pepper to make the tzatziki.
    3. To assemble, lightly toast each pita in a sandwich press or dry frying pan. Cut a pocket into the pita and add a layer of the salad leaves. Follow with tomato, red onion, tuna and tzatziki. Add a squeeze of lemon for serving.

     

Sweet potato mash with tuna and broccoli-corn salsa

  • 25mins
  • Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 500g sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed
  • 1 cup reserved grated broccoli from broccoli rice
  • Zest and juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 cup reserved mielies from corn ketchup
  • 2 spring onions, sliced
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 2 tins tuna, drained

AV

Amerae Vercueil
‧ Recipe & styling

SP

Samantha Pinto // HMimages.co.za
‧ Photography

Method

  1. Press the sweet potato mash through a sieve for the smoothest mash ever and season to taste. Set aside.
  2. Mix together the broccoli, lemon zest and juice, mielies, spring onion and olive oil to make a salsa.
  3. Serve the mash with the tuna and fresh salsa for a healthy, protein-packed dinner.

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