'Cooking' with Cans: Crispy-Spicy Tuna Salad

Too lazy to cook, too cheap to go out or order in, and out of frozen dinners... I came up with an ingenious, tasty, healthy, and inexpensive dinner tonight.

Ingredients:
- One packet of albacore tuna
- One hardboiled egg (I recommend making these in batches ahead of time!)
- Two tablespoons of any low-fat ranch-type dressing
- Coursely ground pepper
- Dehydrated onion flakes
- Canned corn
- Crackers (I chose a delicious WASA-brand crisp-bread type)

Procedure:
- Put everything in a bowl except the crackers.
- Mash well.
- Spoon concoction onto crackers, or munch on crackers separately.

Time to prepare:
About 3-4 minutes, tops.

Serves:
One hungry person, or easily 2-4 people if used as an appetizer.

I used to hate tuna when I was a kid, but this... this tastes good! And from what I can gather, it's pretty healthy, too. Protein from the egg and tuna, good oil and vitamins from the tuna, much fat and many calories saved by substituting the low-fat ranch dressing for the mayonnaise, and at least a serving or two of vegetables from the corn. Plus the dehydrated onions give it a flavorful and crispy punch.

Downed with a glass of milk... well, then you're dealin' with the meat, veggie/fruit, and dairy categories of the food pyramid. And pretty affordably, too!