Recipe for Janee's Tuna Salad in Cucumber Cups

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These are hors d'oeuvres that I made for a party that we went to this evening. They are hollowed-out cucumbers filled with my fabulous recipe tuna salad. We're going to fill tomato halves with it for the church lunch tomorrow.

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Tuna Salad in Cucumber Cups, Enough for a party of 20
This is a very different sort of tuna salad recipe -- very vegetable-licious and no pickles! You may not make this with pickles.

Mix the following in a small mixing bowl. Do NOT measure any of these. These measurements are just approximate.):

Two small cans of chunk light tuna packed in water, well-drained
One stalk celery, finely chopped
One large carrot, finely chopped
1/2 small onion, finely chopped
1/4 bell pepper, finely chopped
1 t parsley (dried or fresh)
1/8 t pepper
1/8 t salt
1/4 - 1/2 C mayonnaise (Do NOT measure. Just scoop out some till it looks right.)

Cut 4 medium cucumbers into 1 1/4" slices. Again.. do not measure, please. With a melon-baller, scoop out the seedy centers from these cuke chunks, being careful not to go all the way through the bottom.

Spoon the tuna filling into the cuke cups. Garnish with olive pieces or green onion... or get creative, but do garnish them! Enjoy!

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Today was a good day. We started it by Jack going for his speed walk and my doing my Wii workout. We showered and then went to the railroad show at the fairground. We were both disappointed in this show. There were a few train layouts that were nice, and a lot of train parts and components for sale. But .. $7 a person? Hardly worth it.


We came home and assembled the tuna cuke cups and went to the party. It was a Thanksgiving in March party, with great food and even better company, and everyone loved our cuke cups! :)