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.

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