School is starting...yeah

My 4 year old will begin his Pre-K session next week. One of the kid's parent held a meet and greet pool party today. This is a wonderful way of getting to know one another, especially the kids. Some kids are born outgoing and some are on the quiet and shy side. If you have preschool age kids, this is a great way to let the kids warmed to their new environment. I am glad that my lil guy is very social, a bit too social though and I need to be watchful of him especially around strangers.

Most of the folks showed up and I'm glad to see that there will be mostly 4s and some nearing 5 in the class. While the kids splashed and played in the pool, we adults chatted and shared dishes we brought in. I brought two dishes to share. I should they are more like snacks. Finger food would make much sense in a gathering like this. So I made a tuna dip, to go with corn chips. And truffle brownies, a healthy version.


I used TJ's truffle brownie mix studded with chocolate chips. I substituted omega-3 eggs and olive oil for 1 stick of butter. And the result is really good. We like ours to be crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside. And you can say that you can eat it without so much of a guilt. Lower in saturated fat and heart healthy. By the way, I think everybody liked it, because the plate is empty! The truth is, I brought only half of what I baked. Here is why...LQQK.

See the hole in the middle? Nope, it wasn't a defect. My lil' guy decided to take a taste of it while it was chilling out on the counter and I had gone in the shower. He then came to me with a big smile on his face with brown crumbs around his mouth. Can you visualize that? So that's why and also because it tasted really good!

Previously, I'd make the brownies from scratch. But from time to time, using a premix can yield pretty tasty brownie, you just need to tweak it a lil.

As for the tuna dip, the picture did not turn out well, but nevertheless.

I thought it was pretty tasty. I used two cans of quality tuna in water, squeezed really dry. Two lime juice. Half an onion. Some black pepper. If you have cilantro, mince and mix in. That's all. This tuna mix goes really well with lime flavored chips, but won't go wrong with plain salted chips.