I’ve been mulling over easy healthy recipes that I can throw together any day – even tonight. You can say that staying indoors and cooking every meal has really gotten me desperate for new and creative ideas. So here’s one that gut-friendly, protein packed and only requires store cupboard ingredients.

I sent this recipe over to Zoe to get her to test it. She liked it enough that we were able to make it again this past week when I went up to San francisco to deliver up the rest of her belongings. Lets just say, she’s officially moved out! Kudos to my fiance for making the 12 hour drive up and back, while I got to sit in the passenger seat with my feet propped up.

We enjoyed a wonderful blissful week in California getting amazing Asian food (takeout), taking walks, binge-watching YouTube cooking channels and “white collar” (hulu show), talking about news and politics! It was one of the best weeks in a while. Zoe and I spent every little time we had together. We were up early in the morning in the kitchen making breakfast for the boys, then spending the afternoon walking to the grocery store and thinking up new recipes. Everyday felt like a new adventure as we tested new recipes and refined old ones.

You can probably tell how desperate we were to come up with new recipes that during the evenings  every dish we cooked was a test recipe. Thursday night was no exception. We made homemade cucumber kimchi, poached chicken with Thai dipping sauce, delish kimchi and chicken stir-fry over tofu and of course this tuna shashuka! It was absolutely divine and I’m so excited to release it.

Canned Tuna & Shakshuka? No. How does canned tuna even fit into the description of a shakshuka?

You can say that this combo is pretty crazy. But with a runny egg and that tomatoey-sauce, a sprinkle of fresh herbs – it really is something quite wonderful! I’m always down for a versatile dish that reminds me of home, but also uses up leftovers! Feel free to sub leftover vegetable bits and pieces in place of the bell pepper! It goes great with rice/bread/ or even as a side!

Tuna Shakshuka (Keto)

 

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Author: Unconventional Cooks

Serves: 2-3

Ingredients

• ¼ large onion, finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic (OR ½ tsp of garlic powder)
• ½ yellow/red bell pepper, finely diced (or any leftover veggies you have)
• 2-5oz can tuna (do not drain)
• 15-oz can diced tomatoes (OR 1⅓ cups of tomato pasta sauce)
• 1 tsp mixed herbs/ basil/oregano
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• ½ tsp salt (omit if you using already seasoned pasta sauce)
• ¼ tsp black pepper
• ¼ tsp Cayenne pepper (optional)
• 5 eggs
• Fresh coriander/parsley/dill

Instructions

1. Prepare vegetables: finely chop onions, garlic and peppers.
2. Add onion, garlic, peppers to a pan over medium heat. Sauce until soft and fragrant
3. Add in dried herbs and paprika. Stirfry until fragrant.
4. Add canned tuna (with the liquid), diced tomatoes, cayenne pepper (opt), salt and pepper. Stir well nd allow it to simmer for a couple minutes.
5. Make 5 wells. Crack an egg into each well.
6. Put on the lid, lower heat medium and simmer for about 5 mins until egg whites are set.
7. Garnish with fresh coriander/parsley and serve with rice/bread!

Nutrition Information

Serving size: 3 Calories: 280 Fat: 9.9g Carbohydrates: 11.3g Protein: 34.2g

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LOVE,

Zoe & Mia