Lazy Day Tuna Salad Sandwich

Had a long day and no time for cooking. Here's a quick, easy and tasty recipe for a tuna salad sandwich that will definately hit the spot.

Ingredients:

2  tuna cans

2 tablespoons of mayo

2 hard boiled eggs

2 teaspoons of mustard

1 tablespoon of relish

1 teaspoon of black pepper

3 pinches of salt (or taste)

1 pinch of seasoning salt

juice of 1/2 lime

2 tablespoons of fine chopped onions

2 tablespoons of fine chopped celery

1/2 chopped green onion

Instructions

servings 4 hungry people:

Add well drained tuna in a bowl. Then squeeze the juice from the lime, mix and set aside. Chop your vegetables and add into the bowl. Add in mustard, relish and finely chopped eggs including the yolk. Add in mayo and mix, mix and mix. Sprinkle in salt, pepper and seasoning salt.


Build your sandwich, enjoy with a salad or serve with crackers.


BON APPETIT!!!

Cucumber, Tomato and Feta Cheese Salad

Ingredients

1/2 cucumber (roughly chopped (peeled optional))

1 small tomato (chopped)

1 teaspoon of salt

1 teaspoon of black pepper

1 shallot (sliced, finely)

1 tablespoon of feta cheese

1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar, white wine vinegar

3 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil

1/2 lime (juiced)

1 chive (chopped)

In a shallow bowl add in cucumber, tomato, pepper, shallot, vinegar, and olive oil. If you are serving the salad immediately add in salt, lime juice and feta cheese. If not serving immediately, adding in salt to early will cause water to be released from veggies resulting in a soggy salad. And the feta cheese will start to soften also. Add in the salt and cheese right before serving.

 

FINISH PRODUCT!!!!

Shay's Mediterranean Sweet Pepper Salad with Papita's

Fried plantains and this sweet pepper salad go so well together.

Papita's (sweet fried plantain) Recipe Part 1:

Green plantains

Looking for a snack, here it is! It's  quick easy and delicious. This is what you will need.

1 soft plantain (not too soft -yellow) and ( not too green and firm)

1 small bowl of water

2 teaspoons of salt

2-3 cups of vegetable oil

1 small shallow pot/deep dryer

Cut the ends of the plantain, slice straight down the middle with a knife. Peel plantain open, discard skin and slice plantain into slices shown above. Add plantain slices to hot oil. Once the plantain obtain a light golden color remove from oil and set aside on a paper towel, until plantains are done. Lower temperature slightly, then add salt to bowl of water, then dip individually slices into water and place back into hot oil (caution, oil may splatter so be careful). Let fry until a golden brown and remove from oil. Repeat until you finish.

peeled plantain

My good friend Shay is from Baghdad and every time I have lunch or dinner at her place, she makes these bright and delicious salads. She made this the other day and I had to share it with you guys.

Shay's Mediterranean Sweet Pepper Recipe

3 cups of mixed baby arugula & baby greens

2 sweet yellow peppers (chopped)

2 sweet orange peppers (chopped)

2 sweet red peppers (chopped)

1/2 cucumber (chopped)

1 tomato (diced)

1/2 lemon

3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil

1 teaspoon of salt

1 teaspoon of black pepper

1/2 green pepper (chopped)

1 chives (diced)

4 tablespoons of feta cheese/goat cheese

In a medium sized bowl rinse greens, once drained add cucumber, peppers, tomato, chives and squeeze lemon juice over greens. Drizzle olive oil, add salt, pepper and feta cheese. Garnish with favorite dressing and enjoy.