Saturday, October 18, 2014

The Best Tuna Salad - Tractor Approved Sandwich

One feature this month through my 31 Days from a Tractor Seat series is that I am sharing are some of my family's "Tractor Approved" recipes.  During fall harvest I have a unique situation where I find myself in the field pretty much all day, everyday, along with my husband and kids.  This means that we don't have that much food in our house during harvest because I don't have that much time to run to the grocery store or simply to just cook or bake something.  But I do try to keep some staples in the house so when we do find ourselves at home we can eat something at home.  Last week I shared my Six Week Muffins recipe and today I'm sharing my recipe for my Tuna Salad.

The Best Tuna Salad Recipe - Easy to make and great for melts!

Why does The Best Tuna Salad get the "Tractor Approved" seal?  First, we eat a lot of sandwiches during harvest and I find it really easy to keep staples in my pantry and freezer for "salad" sandwiches - ham, chicken and tuna.  My whole family loves my tuna salad recipe and it is a little "special" or you might even say "decadent," compared to a traditional tuna salad.  Second, you can eat this tuna salad cold or use it in a tuna melt.  It is great to have a batch on hand to make with soup at night or my personal favorite is to eat with Doritos or Cheez-Its as a snack when we come in from the field.  Third, this recipe is really simple to whip up, which is always a plus when you work long hours.

The Best Tuna Salad
1 - 8oz brick of Neufchatel Cheese (or Cream Cheese)
1/2 cup Mayo
2 - 5oz cans of Chunk Tuna in Water (drained)
2 ribs Celery (cut in fourths lengthwise and then diced)
2 stalks Green Onions (diced)

With a hand mixer cream together cream cheese and mayo.  Then stir in tuna, celery and green onions.  Serve on sandwich as you desire.  This recipe is really good as a melt or a panini.

Refrigerate the rest of the batch up to a week (but it'll never last that long!).

What are some of your go-to sandwich recipes or staples?  Remember to Comment for a Cause!


(This post is a part of a 31 Days from a Tractor Seat series.  The best way to keep up with this series is to follow via email on the right sidebar of this post or by following on Bloglovin.  Also be sure to like the Corn, Beans, Pigs and Kids Facebook page for daily updates from the field.)

8 comments:

  1. This looks great-we just had tuna salad last night since it's one of our favorites. Will have to try your spin.

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    1. Tuna is something great to have around. I hope you enjoy my spin!

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  2. This sounds absolutely yummy! Can't wait to try it!

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    1. If you're like any of our family who has tried it, once you try it this way, you'll never go back to your old way of making it :)

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  3. I love tuna salad - but haven't ever thought to add cream cheese. I can't wait to try this, especially as a melt! :)

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    1. The cream cheese adds a little something more, especially for melt purposes.

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  4. That looks fabulous! I am a tuna lover so this one is definitely going to be added to my recipe box along with your fabulous bean recipe!! Thanks, Val!

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    1. You should have tuna salad and baked beans (http://cornbeanspigskids.blogspot.com/2012/06/tuesday-tasty-pork-recipe.html) this week :)

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