On a low FODMAP diet, the choice of foods you can safely include in your recipes is limited and so it’s necessary to use a little imagination when preparing meals or you will quickly become bored. So this dinner has the same good old staples of polenta, courgettes, tomatoes and fish but I have presented them differently on long plates as separate elements. This makes the food more appealing than the usual mash up of everything mixed together. This was an easy meal to create though I did make my own mayonnaise as it simply tastes so much better than anything you can buy ready-made.
I am off work this week for a break and I am busy catching up on a million and one things related to this blog and to my writing. One of the things I did yesterday was to start a new Facebook page for my novels. I would love you to drop by and like the page to help it on it’s way. You can find it here: Suzanne Perazzini – Author
- 250 gms/8.8oz instant polenta
- 450gms/15.8oz canned tuna
- Punnet of cherry tomatoes
- Mixed baby salad leaves
- 1 courgette
- 1 large egg
- ½ tsp of each - salt, pepper, dried mustard
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- ½ pint/500mls oil
- Cook the polenta according to the instructions on the packet.
- When cooked, pour it out onto a large wooden board and spread to about 1"/2.5cm thick. Leave to cool a little.
- Cut the polenta into triangles and grill on a lightly oiled grill on both sides.
- Place all the mayonnaise ingredients into food processor except the oil and process.
- Slowly add the oil in a thin stream while the processor is going.
- Mix the tuna with as much mayonnaise as you like and leave the rest to use as a dressing.
- Using a potato peeler, create long thin slices of courgette and place briefly on a lightly oiled grill to cook.
- Place the various elements of the dish on the plates in any way you prefer and drizzle with the mayonnaise.
Your author page is “liked!” And I like this dish. 😉 Really nice combo of flavors. And quite easy to make – always a plus.
Thank you, John, I appreciate you liking my page. Simple is good though I don’t always go down that path because more interesting dishes do take quite a bit of effort.
Beautiful presentation, I love the way you composed the salad!
Thanks, Laura. The presentation is a fun but challenging part of recipes.
I’m pinning it, I need to make it for breakfast!
It would be a good wholesome breakfast which would keep you going until at least lunchtime.
I love how you presented the polenta. This does look very yummy. Are you able to eat out at all? I can imagine dining in restaurants would be quite a challenge xx
Yes, I can eat out but have to choose the restaurant carefully. We don’t eat out a lot but when we do I am surprised that there are always a few things I can eat safely and haven’t had a bad experience yet. Eating used to always be a bad experience even if I enjoyed the actual moment of eating, but that was because I was choosing things that hurt me back then in my ignorant days. Eating out is much more enjoyable now.
The polenta triangles look so pretty on the platter! And, homemade mayonnaise is the best. It must have been lovely with the fish and veggies.
It was a fresh, enjoyable meal that didn’t feel too heavy but was filling.
I would have have thought of using polenta with a tuna salad but it looks amazing. I liked your new page too!
Thank for liking my page, Maureen. Much appreciated.
Hmmm yummy recipe you don’t get polenta here will have to make home from scratch…lovely dish cheer!
I’m not sure how you would make it from scratch but it would be interesting to see how you would do it.
I love using polenta in my recipes! Polenta with tuna not only sounds delicious, it looks gorgeous, too!
Thanks, Julia. Polenta is so simple to make and is totally versatile.
There is certainly nothing boring about this meal…especially the lovely presentation.
Thanks, Karen. I hate being bored, even with my own meals.
Well, it would certainly never occur to me to use polenta in salad. Great idea!
Polenta is so versatile. I use in all sorts of ways and it is always yum.
What is cougette in the receipe
cougette in the tuna salad
If you Google it, you will find a courgette is a zucchini.