Cocktails toothpick

1. Wash and slice a cucumber thickly then quarter it. Do not remove skin. Japanese cucumbers are best here. You might need 1 or 2 or even more cucumbers depending on how many guests you are inviting.
2. Wash some blueberries and strawberries. Cut some of strawberries into slices and rest of strawberries into cubes, for variety.

Yellow pineapples, red strawberries, blue blueberries and green skinned cucumbers provide your cocktail sticks with a pretty array of colors. Now you need meats.

Sliced canned sausages, halved fishballs,  fried prawns, sweet meats, ham, cubes of spam, grilled mushrooms or whatever you fancy would do nicely.

1. Get ready pretty plates to present your cocktail sticks in.
2. Poke toothpick into a berry, a slice of tomato, a pineapple cube or a cucumber piece. 
3. Then poke toothpick into

• a halved fishball,
• or a slice of sausage
• or a folded piece of ham
• or a slice of spam,
• or a grilled mushroom
• or a fried prawn
• or a sweet meat

Get creative. Make interesting things like sail boats with these sticks.

For a sailboat, ham could be sail, half a fishball, sausage or a slice of strawberry could be boat. A berry, pineapple or cucumber in between adds color to that creation.

When you can, invest in a set of beautiful dinnerware. These can be used over and over again and are a worthwhile investment if you entertain often. You might want to consider floral dinnerware for feminine touch or crystal dinnerware for very classy elegant touch. Whatever you serve on expensive looking dinnerware looks even more lavish.

Ingredients:

1 (12 ounce) (350g) can white tuna packed in water, drained and finely flaked

3/4 cup seasoned bread crumbs

1/4 cup minced green onion

1 egg

1/2 cup skim milk

1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel

Lemon Dill Sauce:

1/4 cup nonfat chicken broth

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1/4 teaspoon dried dill

Directions:

In large bowl, combine tuna, breadcrumbs, green onion, egg, milk, and lemon peel. With lightly floured hands, form mixture into patties. Spray a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium heat. Cook patties, until golden brown on both sides, about 3 minutes per side.

Sauce: combine all ingredients in a small saucepan and heat over medium heat until warm. Add a small amount of flour and mix with a whisk to thicken sauce. Spoon sauce over tuna patties and serve.

Makes 4-6 Servings

Approximate Nutrients per serving:

Calories: 190

Total fat: 1

Saturated fat: 0 grams

Cholesterol: 72 mg

Sodium: 34 mg

Carbohydrate: 18 grams

Protein: 29 grams

Dietary fiber: less than 1 gram

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