I've recently gotten a short term contract job so I'm back in the swing of commuting and working - at least for the next month or so - which means that I'm back to packing lunches and prepping dinners before work. So after a long hot summer where the cooking ended up on the back burner (pun intended) in favor of low effort foods like cereal, ice cream, and frozen dinners - I unearthed the slow cooker earlier this week and am officially ready for the soups, stews, and chili of fall.
This brings me to one of my favorite things - seasonings, particularly seasoning packets. Among the things that make me happy with seasoning packets is that on the back of the packet gives me the shopping list for the dish - making shopping super super easy. Also obviously all the seasonings are pre-measured so I don't have to buy a $7 bottle of turmeric or make a special trip to a spice store across town to get the 1/8tsp needed for the recipe, or even worse I find out at the last minute that I didn't have cinnamon on the shelf after all. During a recent trip through the spice aisle I found the options for spice blends and dish specific packets have expanded and I'm excited to try them all - but in the meantime I'm using up the stock of Mrs. Dash on my shelf in recipes like today's post.
C8WithAC's Tuna Salad
2 6oz cans albacore white tuna
2-3 scoops of mayonnaise
handful of dried onion
handful of chopped celery (2-3 stalks)
liberal sprinkling of Mrs. Dash (I used the No Sodium Original Blend)
Drain the tuna and break apart the tuna with a fork.
Toss in 1 handful of chopped celery and 1 handful of dried onion
Add 2-3 heaping scoops of mayonnaise
blend together
add liberal sprinkling of Mrs. Dash on top and blend again
repeat sprinkling and blending 2 more times
Cover and set in fridge for several hours or overnight to allow flavors to mingle.
This brings me to one of my favorite things - seasonings, particularly seasoning packets. Among the things that make me happy with seasoning packets is that on the back of the packet gives me the shopping list for the dish - making shopping super super easy. Also obviously all the seasonings are pre-measured so I don't have to buy a $7 bottle of turmeric or make a special trip to a spice store across town to get the 1/8tsp needed for the recipe, or even worse I find out at the last minute that I didn't have cinnamon on the shelf after all. During a recent trip through the spice aisle I found the options for spice blends and dish specific packets have expanded and I'm excited to try them all - but in the meantime I'm using up the stock of Mrs. Dash on my shelf in recipes like today's post.
C8WithAC's Tuna Salad
2 6oz cans albacore white tuna
2-3 scoops of mayonnaise
handful of dried onion
handful of chopped celery (2-3 stalks)
liberal sprinkling of Mrs. Dash (I used the No Sodium Original Blend)
Drain the tuna and break apart the tuna with a fork.
Toss in 1 handful of chopped celery and 1 handful of dried onion
Add 2-3 heaping scoops of mayonnaise
blend together
add liberal sprinkling of Mrs. Dash on top and blend again
repeat sprinkling and blending 2 more times
Cover and set in fridge for several hours or overnight to allow flavors to mingle.
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