MINI STUFFED EGGPLANTSBaked small eggplants, stuffed with tuna salad with pickled lemons and hot chili, served with bitter olives and thick tomato sauce.✔ 12 mini eggplants ✔ 2 cans 5% tuna with herbs ✔ 1 can peeled tomatoes (400 gr. with liquid) ✔ 1 medium onion ✔ 3 sprigs thyme, leaves only ✔ 1 Tbsp olive oil ✔ 1 pickled lemon, chopped very finely ✔ 1 red chili, fresh ✔ 1 lemon ✔ 12 cracked olives ✔ 4 sprigs fresh corianderCut eggplants in half lengthwise and place in a baking dish. Drizzle a little olive oil and sprinkle a little salt on the eggplants and bake at 180º until tender. Cool on a paper towel.Prepare sauce: chop shallots and sauté the shallots in oil in a small saucepan until transparent but not brown. Add garlic, cook a few seconds and add the tomatoes with liquid. Using a wooden spoon, break the tomatoes. Add thyme and chili and cool.Place tuna in a bowl, add about 4 Tbsp. of the tomatoes and the chopped pickled lemon, correct seasoning – adding salt and pepper to taste and add a little olive oil. To serve: place a Tbsp. of tuna salad on each eggplant and decorate with olives and coriander leaves.Courtesy of Tuna Starkist TUNA AND NOODLE SALAD LIGHT✔ 3 cups penne pasta✔ 1 tomato, diced✔ 1⁄3 cup finely chopped red onion✔ 1⁄3 cup red wine vinegar✔ 1⁄4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, or more as needed✔ 1 clove garlic, minced✔ 1 pinch paprika✔ salt and freshly ground pepper to taste✔ 1 can tuna in water, drainedMix the tomato, onion, vinegar, olive oil, garlic, paprika, and salt and pepper together in a bowl. Cook the pasta in salted water according to the directions on the package.Drain well.Add the cooked pasta into the tomato mixture, flake the tuna on top. Stir well and serve.
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MINI STUFFED EGGPLANTSBaked small eggplants, stuffed with tuna salad with pickled lemons and hot chili, served with bitter olives and thick tomato sauce.✔ 12 mini eggplants ✔ 2 cans 5% tuna with herbs ✔ 1 can peeled tomatoes (400 gr. with liquid) ✔ 1 medium onion ✔ 3 sprigs thyme, leaves only ✔ 1 Tbsp olive oil ✔ 1 pickled lemon, chopped very finely ✔ 1 red chili, fresh ✔ 1 lemon ✔ 12 cracked olives ✔ 4 sprigs fresh corianderCut eggplants in half lengthwise and place in a baking dish. Drizzle a little olive oil and sprinkle a little salt on the eggplants and bake at 180º until tender. Cool on a paper towel.Prepare sauce: chop shallots and sauté the shallots in oil in a small saucepan until transparent but not brown. Add garlic, cook a few seconds and add the tomatoes with liquid. Using a wooden spoon, break the tomatoes. Add thyme and chili and cool.Place tuna in a bowl, add about 4 Tbsp. of the tomatoes and the chopped pickled lemon, correct seasoning – adding salt and pepper to taste and add a little olive oil. To serve: place a Tbsp. of tuna salad on each eggplant and decorate with olives and coriander leaves.Courtesy of Tuna Starkist TUNA AND NOODLE SALAD LIGHT✔ 3 cups penne pasta✔ 1 tomato, diced✔ 1⁄3 cup finely chopped red onion✔ 1⁄3 cup red wine vinegar✔ 1⁄4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, or more as needed✔ 1 clove garlic, minced✔ 1 pinch paprika✔ salt and freshly ground pepper to taste✔ 1 can tuna in water, drainedMix the tomato, onion, vinegar, olive oil, garlic, paprika, and salt and pepper together in a bowl. Cook the pasta in salted water according to the directions on the package.Drain well.Add the cooked pasta into the tomato mixture, flake the tuna on top. Stir well and serve.