Creamy tuna wraps recipe
Make your kids a lunchbox that really has it all – creamy tuna and cream cheese wrapped up with crisp lettuce, chicken and veg skewers and sweet apple and honey rounds. This is sure to be a hit at lunch time.
See method- Serves 2
- 10 mins to prepare
- 362 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 145g tin tuna, drained
- 3 tbsp 50% less fat soft cheese, plus 1 tsp
- ½ lemon, zested and juiced
- 2 wholemeal wraps
- 80g iceberg lettuce, shredded
- 2 apples, cored, each sliced into 4 rings
- 1 tsp clear honey
- 6cm piece cucumber, sliced into 6 rounds
- 2 slices wafer-thin cooked chicken, torn
- 4 cherry tomatoes
Each serving contains
- Energy
- 1525kJ 362.0kcal
- Fat
- 8g
- Saturates
- 4g
- Salt
- 1.2g
- Sugars
- 19g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 45.0gProtein 24.0gFibre 8.7g
Method
- In a bowl, mix the tuna, 3 tbsp soft cheese and the lemon zest and juice. Lay out 2 wholemeal wraps and divide the tuna mixture between them. Top with the lettuce, then roll into wraps.
- Spread 1 tsp soft cheese over the apple rings and drizzle with the honey. Thread the cucumber rounds, chicken and cherry tomatoes onto lolly sticks. Pack each lunchbox with the wraps, lolly ‘skewers’ and 4 apple rings.
- Cook's tip: Sandwich the apple rings together to make them easier to transport.
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Cooking for children
There are no reference intakes for children and all of these recipes are based on recommendations for an adult woman's portion size. In children of different ages, there is variation in their energy (calorie) requirements and nutrient recommendations. If you are interested in which portion size is best for your child, you can visit the School Food Standards.
