Delicious & Doable Weeknight Supper Ideas as seen on CHCH Morning Live

If you’re in a dinnertime rut….
I’ve got you covered with tasty recipes your gang will be sure to devour.

Up your weeknight dinner game with these new family favourite recipes

Watch my segment on CHCH Morning Live below

Blend & Extend Cheeseburger Pizza

~ click here for recipe.

This pizza was a bi-weekly go-to in our home when my boys (now 21 & 22) were in high school. Any leftover beef/mushroom mixture was used the following night for Taco Salad (click here for recipe). Hope you love this pizza recipe as much as we do!

Lemon Walnut Tuna Melts

There are some things in life that are underrated. In my humble opinion, tuna melts are one of those things. I love adding grated cheese to the tuna mixture. This way, cheese melts throughout, but if you prefer to have cheese melted on top, I say go for it!

Ingredients

• 2 (170 g each) cans tuna, drained well
• ⅓ cup (75 mL) mayonnaise
• Finely grated zest of one lemon
• Juice of half lemon
• ½ cup (125 mL) roughly chopped walnuts
• ⅓ cup (75 mL) chopped green onions
• ¼ cup (60 mL) chopped fresh mint
• ¼ tsp (1 mL) each of salt and pepper
• pinch ground nutmeg
• 1 cup (250 mL) grated aged cheddar cheese
• 6 to 8 pieces of lightly toasted bread or buns (cut in half)
• ¼ cup (60 mL) softened butter

Garnish

• additional chopped green onions and chopped fresh mint

Directions

1. Mix tuna with mayonnaise, lemon zest, juice, walnuts, onions, mint, salt, pepper and nutmeg until well combined. Fold in grated cheese.
2. Arrange bread or buns on a baking sheet (for this recipe parchment paper is optional).
3. Spread butter evenly between bread/buns. Divide tuna mixture evenly between bread/buns.
4. Place on middle oven rack under broiler for about 3 to 5 minutes or until the tops are lightly golden and cheese has started to melt.
5. Garnish each tuna melt evenly with additional chopped green onion and chopped fresh mint.

Tip

• Stir in finely diced apple or pear to tuna mixture before broiling.
• For added zing, stir in a couple of tablespoons of prepared pesto to tuna mixture.