FRUGAL FOOD: DEVILLED TUNA OPEN-FACED SANDWICHES

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Open-faced 'Devilled' Tuna Sandwich

A creamy base of mashed tuna & cooked egg yolk with crunchy bits of celery, spring onions and radish forms a lively backdrop for tabasco/chilli & mustard accents.   

The filling is best served as an open-faced sandwich (Danish-style) but will, of course, makes a sublime filling for a packed lunch.  

This light lunch is perfect for using up bread, and includes nothing you have to rush to the shops for.  Using only half a tin of tuna, it is easy on the budget.  If you're worried about carbs or diets, use thin sliced bread or toast. 

Cost: using leftovers, about 75p
Makes: 3 generously filled slices

Ingred:
    1/2 tin good tuna, drained & flaked
    2 egg yolks, poached then grated or mashed with a fork (save whites for Low-Sugar Chocolate Meringues)
    generous tablespoon finely chopped celery
    generous tsp finely chopped olives (pref) OR chives OR spring onions, mainly white but some green
    pepper & salt to taste

    2 tbsp mayo
    2 tbsp thick 0-fat Greek yoghurt
    1/2 tsp lemon juice
    zest of 1/4 lemon
    1/4 tsp wholegrain mustard
    1/4 tsp Dijon mustard
    3-4 drops tabasco sauce OR scant 1/4 tsp finely chopped fresh chilli OR pinch of chilli flakes

    handful washed, drained and well-dried spinach or English lettuce
    paper thin sliced cucumber
    1 good sized radish, halved and thinly sliced

Method:

1. Mix tuna, egg yolks, celery, olives/chives/spring onions, pepper & salt 
2. Mix yoghurt mayo and seasoning
3. Mix tuna  & dressing; taste, adjust seasoning if necessary -- it needs quite a bit of salt if not using olives
4. Butter bread - toasted if you like  - cover with spinach leaves & then cucumber 
5. Dollop on tuna mix;  garnish with radish slices 

Tips:

• a tin of tuna, once opened, should be decanted into a dish and covered with cling film; it will last 2 days in the fridge
• the filling is especially good on olive bread   

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This recipe  has been developed by B  Lee/ Bright Sun Enterprises and may not be reproduced, in any form, without the author's written permission.