This is a lovely and easy starter. Even Thomas who is normally the anti-tuna thinks it’s delicious. Thanks to Clarissa for the recipe.
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Tuna and Cream Cheese Dip
1 x medium tin plain tuna (in spring water)
1 x pot of cream cheese (250gms)
Good bunch of fresh mint
Salt and pepper to taste
Juice of half a lemon.
Loosen the cream cheese in a bowl (until smooth and easy to stir), flake the tuna into it and stir through, add the mint and stir, then salt, pepper and lemon juice.
Serve with carrot sticks.
![Tuna Dip with Carrots](https://whatkimate.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/tunaconcarrots.jpg)
Tip: If the cream cheese is at room temperature it makes it easier to deal with :)
I tend to avoid fruit with savoury foods. When people put sultanas in salads I consider them ruined.
Marie from Traits sent me a recipe for Pumpkin and Ginger Felafels (recipe soon) which is served with a mango salsa. She assured me that she too generally avoids fruit in savoury food but that the mango salsa works “oh so very well”.
Keen but still a little doubtful I made the salsa as a dipping sauce to serve with samosas.
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My conclusion:
It works so very well. Yum. Thanks Marie!
Ingredients
- 425 gm can mangoes. Drained and chopped
- 2 spring onions (white and green) cut finely
- 2 red chillies de-seeded and sliced finely
Combine ingredients. Done.
With my recent posts about pizza and calzone I thought now would be a good time to recommend my favourite brand of basil pesto. I sampled *quite a few* before trying Genoese.
I knew it was a good mix the first time I opened it and smelt it. It smells so good, I went around work encouraging people to sniff it. It didn’t occur to me that that might be slightly odd till after. The taste doesn’t disappoint.
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If you have favourite brands for sauces, pestos, mustards etc please let me know and I’ll try them out. I’m particularly after a good provider of sour gherkins (sugar not in the top of the ingredient list! Grr!)