jebbypal

Okay, you've all heard me whine about things that I miss out on due to the corn allergy (barbeque, swiss miss cakes, etc). However, I've probably never waxed poetic to you about Tuna Salad.

I have always loved tuna salad (as long as there weren't eggs in it). As a kid, I used to freak my brother out when I made it (one of the few things I was allowed to make since my parents had huge fire fears and didn't let me use the stove until I was about 14) by taunting him about "secret ingredients". Which generally boiled down to a splash of pepper vinegar into the salad. But it was fun.

and I've always loved it and it was always easy and it's pretty darn hard to screw up. Until I couldn't use Miracle Whip (modified food starch). It took me about a year to get used to the taste of plain Mayonnaise (Had never eaten it before in my life. Just Miracle Whip.)

Then I mastered that and thought things were hunky dory. Except I started reacting to pickle relish. Good tuna fish was a thing of the past. (for real, go and try to find a pickle relish without corn syrup in it. Seriously).

However, I finally decided to experiment and figured I'd try adding apples.

OMG, sooo close to the real thing as far as getting the sweetness back into the dish. Probably 100x healthier too to combat the cholesterol of the mayonnaise.

Mmmmm.....happiness is reclaiming a recipe I thought lost.