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What is a louisiana tuna and cheese melt? Sounds yummy.
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While I couldn't find any recipe specifically called that, just from the name I'd assume it might be a tuna melt (a grilled sandwich of tuna fish salad with cheese) where the tuna fish salad part has a Lousiana, i.e. spicy or cajun, kick.
Justin Wilson is a Cajun cook. His
recipe for tuna salad
adds some hot sauce. If you were trying to recreate the sandwich, I'd start with that and then modify. Personally, I'd use a chipotle sauce for more of a Southwestern kick. I like that fairly mild smokiness that chipotle peppers bring. I'm not a hothead, but I like a little bit of spice. (my motto is "My tongue can tingle but if my lips are burning, it's too hot")
Suchaprettyface: I love the idea of a special snack bowl! I'll have to look into that. Oh, and I use Fitday, too, and hotdog (frankfurter) buns are found listed under the Bread and Rolls section: "Roll, white, soft". One of the options is "hamburger, frankfurter, onion roll..."
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Yesterday was a good day for food, up until midnight. But that counts on today's food, so I stayed within my plan. After midnight I ended up bundling our 4-yo daughter and my husband into the car and driving to Virginia to Urgent Care for the migraine that was making DH vomit and unable to see, and writhing and whimpering in agony. By 2 am, I had to go find the snack machines for Gem and me. Trying to deal with a crisis and keep a good facade for her when I haven't eaten in a long time is almost impossible. But instead of the hostess cupcakes and Lay's potato chips I REALLY wanted, I settled for a bag of Combos (cheez-stuffed pretzels). I figured even artificial cheese might have a bit of protein. Come to find out the Cheez-its cheese crackers my daughter chose for herself (after I steered her away from the PopTarts and the cupcakes) had more protein than my Combos. But oh, well. I did drink a little of the Pepsi, too. I needed the pick-me-up for the drive home. But all, in all, it could have been much worse, food-wise.
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Breakfast:
Oatmeal with flaxseed and raisins (I had forgotten how many calories raisins could pack. I need to measure more closely next time so I don't eat too many)
Coffee with a bit of sugar and lots of skim milk
Lunch:
Canned apricots in light syrup
"Everything" bagel with Neufchatel cheese (like a light cream cheese)
cottage cheese
Dinner:
breaded fish fillet (not getting those again -- they're really oily and salty. I prefer the "naked" fish)
BIG salad with lots of raw veggies (broccoli, carrots, radishes, spinach), a little blue cheese dressing and some croutons
Snack:
saltine crackers
milk (right before we headed out the door to urgent care, because I knew I needed some protein in my stomach)
beverages:
coffee, milk, water
calories: around 1700, with a good five servings of fruit/veggies (yeah!)
Exercise: still wasn't feeling well, so only about 15 minutes of light gardening (walking around checking things, turning the compost tumbler, pulling some weeds, harvesting a few early strawberries, that sort of thing)
