Take canned tuna and turn into a healthy, delicious dinner.

These recipes elevate this popular, affordable fish by adding fresh vegetables and pasta to create a nutritious dinner.

Serve over salad greens, on grilled whole-wheat country bread or tucked in a whole-wheat pita pocket.

One-Pot Pasta with Tuna

Joy Howard

If you have cooked chicken on hand, you’re able to substitute it for the tuna.

Serve with steamed green beans.

A lemony dressing ties this quick dinner together.

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Joy Howard

We remedy this by making our own creamy mushroom sauce with nonfat milk thickened with a bit of flour.

Served over baby spinach, this is the perfect easy and light lunch or dinner salad.

Adding a variety of vegetables makes it more nutritious than the traditional recipe.

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Joy Howard

They hold their shape nicely while cooking, with a tender middle and a crispy crust on the outside.

Peppery arugula and a lemony mayonnaise sauce round out the meal.

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Easy Herby Tuna Cakes over Greens

Antonis Achilleos

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Skillet Tuna Noodle Casserole

Photography / Fred Hardy, Styling / Ruth Blackburn / Audrey Davis

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a recipe photo of the Copycat Joe and the Juice Tunacado Sandwich cut in half

Photographer: Fred Hardy, Food Stylist: Karen Rankin, Prop Stylist: Josh Hoggle

Air-Fryer Tuna Patties

Photography / Greg DuPree, Styling / Ruth BlackBurn / Julia Bayless

Farfalle with Tuna, Lemon, and Fennel