Too Young To Be Grumpy

Last night I went all cheffy again (even though I wasn't really feeling like it) having decided last week I was going to buy some tuna steaks and do something cheffy.

We had a bunch of tomatoes going off in the fridge from when Daisy's Mum was down to visit (about 3 weeks ago now) and so I decided to use these to make a tomato-based sauce to cover the tuna.


The sauce consisted of:

• 6 small tomatoes chopped and softened in the microwave (going off is not a necessity)


• 2 green chillis deseeded and finely chopped (fresh from our chilli plant) - use only 1 if you're not good with hotter food


• 1/2 an onion finely chopped


• 1/2 a red pepper finely chopped


• 1 large clove of garlic crushed


• 1/2 tablespoon of Chives (I used dried)


• 1 tablespoon of Thyme (again dried)


• 1 tablespoon of Basil (again dried)

Bung all the ingredients for the sauce into a masher of some sort and blend until its not too smooth.




I fried the tuna (for slightly too long in fact - but then I'm not really a chef, so I live and learn!) and then cooked the tuna in the sauce in the pan for 10-15 minutes.



I then served it up with some boiled baby new potatoes, and some garden peas (tinned unfortunately, but there you go!)