Weekend Supper Menu Hacks: Tuna Ceviche with Avocado and Serrano Chiles & Nightshade Napoleans

While you’re busy pondering the next moves between the Kimye vs. Taylor Swift Snapchat/Twitter feud, and the heat is on blast outside, you’ll want something that tastes great but is less filling, to paraphrase a popular beer slogan. That’s where this weekend’s menu comes in.

Ceviche is the perfect hot-weather dish—a no-cook, high protein, light but flavorful chilled dish. We chose sushi-grade tuna (seek out the sustainable species), bursting with Omega 3s, and added our favorite fregie (fruit-veggie, and yes, we will be trademarking that), the avocado. A sprightly heat comes from the serrano chile, and makes the flavor pop.

We paired that with a new take on a lasagna in the form of grilled sliced eggplant, layered with creamy protein-rich burrata cheese.  Serve this with a chilled craft beer or a cold biodynamic sauvignon blanc.

The perfect ending? Sealed with a kiss—grill some peaches “kissed” with cinnamon and chocolate. Maybe that’s all that’s needed for Kanye and Taylor to reach a detente.

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Local craft beer or biodynamic sauvignon blanc

Tuna Ceviche with Avocado and Serrano Chiles

Nightshade Napoleons

Grilled Peaches Kissed with Cinnamon and Chocolate

Step 1: Salt and drain the eggplant slices and marinate the zucchini.

Step 2: Freeze the tuna and submerge the onion in cold water.

Step 3: Drizzle oil on the eggplant and preheat the grill.

Step 4: Combine the remaining ceviche ingredients, except for the cilantro, and refrigerate.

Step 5: Grill the eggplant slices and cook the tomatoes.

Step 6: Turn the eggplant for 1 minute, then let cool.

Step 7: Assemble the napoleons with eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes and burrata.

Step 8: Add cilantro to ceviche and plate into lettuce leaves.

Step 9: Just before you sit down to eat the ceviche and eggplant, start the dessert: On the still hot grill, place the sugar-cinnamon dusted peaches and grill before topping with chocolate.

Step 10:  Serve the tuna with the room temperature eggplant lasagna, followed by gooey peaches. #yum