Eating Good in the Neighborhood!

Today was a drizzly, damp, miserable kinda day.  I spent all of it in sweats, an oversize Tshirt, and a fuzzy sweater!  I got up, finished a book I'd been reading, made a pot of tea, and came up with a new excuse not to clean!  I was hungry, and decided to do some cooking ahead for the week.  I made bacon for the week, so I can just grab it and microwave it.  I made a big pot of chicken noodle, with double chicken  (lotsa protein).  Then I whipped out some old recipes, and got cooking!!!!
Here they are!  Bouchons au Thon.  (tuna corks - because they somewhat look like that)

These are high protein, low carb muffin sized bites of cheesey, tuna and tomato goodness.  They also freeze well if wrapped, for up to a month.

Recipe:  Bouchons au Thon

6 ounces water packed canned tuna (drained)

1 cup grated or shredded Gruyere cheese

1/3 cup Creme fraiche

3 tablespoons tomato paste

3 large eggs (lightly beaten)

1/4 cup yellow onion, chopped

leaves from 2 or 3 sprigs flat leaf parsley, chopped

1/4 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 325F.  Spray 8 wells of a muffin tin with non-stick spray.  Fork the tuna to break up any pieces larger than a dime.  Add the cheese, creme fraiche, tomato paste, eggs, onion, parsley and salt.  Stir throughly.  Mixture will be pinky-orange.  Divide the mixture into the sprayed wells.  Fill the empty ones with water to prevent scorching.  Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until tops and edges are set.  Gently pour the water out of the wells.  Run a knife around the edges of the Bouchons.  Let them sit for 2 or 3 minutes.  (They will collapse a bit).  Extract them and plate them!  Eat warm!

   Here's the good part.  2 are a serving.  A serving has 235 calories, 14 grams fat, (8 saturated), 4 gm carb, 23 gm protein, 440 mg sodium and 1 gm dietary fiber. 

  I substituted Kerrygold Castle Cheese  (similar to Gouda) because that's what I had in the fridge...  I've never substituted sour cream for Creme Fraiche in this, because I think it heats differently!  If you try it, let me know....   This far out , I can easily eat 2 or 3 of these with a small salad.  For newbies, 1 may be plenty.

   Next entry will be the photos of the New Orleans Shrimp!  Stay tuned!    MC