TOAST TOPPER: MEDITERRANEAN CARNIVAL TUNA: wallet-friendly, high fibre,

Anything that jazzes up tuna is welcome but this combo of creamy tuna, egg & olive for heaping on toast is rather exciting.

Toast heaped high with protein makes a satisfying uber-snack;
add a quick & easy soup and it's almost  a meal

Drawing on Mediterrnean flavours, it's wonderfully satisfying and very easy to put together.  

There's enough to heap on two big slices of wholemeal toast -- maybe not quite  a meal but certainly makes a satisfying snack.  

Cost:£1.50'ish

Makes: 3-4 open faced toasties

Ingredients:

1 tin tuna flakes in oil

1 hard boiled egg

4-5 drained olives

1/8 tsp sumac

zest of half a lemon

juice from 1/8 lemon

enough mayonnaise to moisten but not overwhelm

salt & pepper

(opt): diced tomatoes

 Garnish:  small parsley leaves

Method:

1. Drain off most of the oil (set aside for tuna fried rice); add tuna to a bowl; stir very gently to separate but try not to break up too many of the tuna chunks
2. Add coarsely grated or chopped hard boiled egg
3. Quarter olives, add to tuna-egg mixture
4. Add sumac, lemon zest & juice
5. Stir in mayo until fish & egg are well coated
6. Salt and pepper to taste
7. Add diced tomatoes if using
8. Heap onto toast; scatter with chopped parsley

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