FOX4: FAME: Tunavo Wraps

Food as Medicine Everyday (FAME) is a 12-week program offering nutrition education classes on a variety of topics to help improve diet and lifestyle. You’ll learn simple techniques to cook tasty, nutritious meals. Saint Luke’s Muriel I. Kauffman Women’s Heart Center is a founding member of the Food as Medicine Institute Alliance.

Lucas Schubert, Nutritional Coordinator with Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute and the Food As Medicine Everyday (FAME) program, shares a healthy lunch recipe to help fit in your recommended weekly servings of fish with the FOX4 morning show.

Ingredients:

• 5oz can tuna, packed in water
• 1 ripe avocado, diced
• 1/2 cup cucumber, diced
• 1 stalk celery, diced
• 1/4 cup red bell pepper, diced
• 1/4 cup red onion, diced
• 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 4 whole wheat tortillas (8-inch)  

Directions:

1. Drain canned tuna and add to a medium bowl. Shred tuna with a fork.
2. Add all other ingredients to the bowl. Mix with a fork until the avocado is roughly mashed and mixed through.
3. Divide evenly between whole wheat tortillas and wrap tightly.

Servings: 4 wraps

Watch the full step-by-step below.