The Savory Sweet Bread Swap To Try With Your Next Tuna Salad Sandwich

We've talked about how your tuna salad will taste like heaven with one simple swap before (by using avocado instead of mayo), and we're back with even more ways to take your tuna salad to the next level. You know how meat and fruit just pair perfectly together? Think orange chicken or adding apples to your chicken salad. You can apply that to your tuna salad sandwich too, in the form of swapping out the boring old whole wheat or white bread in your typical sandwich for some raisin bread instead.

The swap is as easy as it sounds. Just make your tuna salad whatever way you prefer and then load it up onto two slices of raisin bread instead of your typical bread. This works perfectly on tuna melts, too. We suggest giving your tuna melt the crunch it needs with one extra step first, though; that is, toasting both sides of the bread for a truly divine crunch factor. You can toast the bread for your tuna salad sandwich as well. The nice, plump raisins also get toasted and warm, which bring a comforting element to the sandwiches that really lifts the flavors.

Raisin bread brings a sweetness to tuna salad sandwiches or melts that your taste buds just love naturally. Salt is a flavor enhancer, and when paired with contrasting flavors like sugar, you get something called flavor layering. Basically, more taste buds on your tongue end up activated by layered and complex flavors, so you can taste more depth, complexity, and nuance. All in all, it provides your tongue and brain with a delightful and positive eating experience. Consider using a high quality loaf of raisin bread to really get the most out of your sandwich, since anything stale, dry, or overly-sweet won't knock it out of the park in the same way.

If you've read about swapping in cinnamon raisin bread for an elevated Brie grilled cheese, it's basically the same principle at play here, but with tuna salad instead. If you really want to bump up the sweetness, you could even add some raisins directly to the tuna salad itself. And if you're making a tuna melt instead, go with mild cheeses like Brie or Swiss. These flavors play well with both the savory, creamy tuna mixture and the sweet, fragrant raisins. You can mix and match ingredients until you find your perfect sandwich, but once you go for raisin bread, you may just find you'll never reach for plain bread to make your tuna salad sandwich again.