Q.E.D.: Sardines and Greens on Toast

My friend Stacy over at Lola & Zoe recently did a post on kicking the winter blues. I have been confronting some winter blues (though they feel more like winter blahs) lately. Normally, cooking is one of the ways I solve the winter blues, but for some reason I haven't felt like doing much of that either. Even when I don't feel much like cooking, I still like to make my own food. For times like that, it's nice to have meals that are more assembly than cooking and this is one of those meals.

Notes: Haven't tried sardines? Well, why not? They're delicious. If you like tuna, salmon, and other steak-y fish, you'll like sardines. Sardines are also rich in healthy omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin D, and calcium. So not only is this meal Q.E.D., it's healthy too. Opt for the wild-caught sardines if you can find them.

This makes enough for one, so if you want to feed two people, I would double the recipe.

Ingredients:
1 tin sardines, packed in either oil or water (I used water)
Half of a large baguette or a whole small baguette
1/2 cup of cilantro
1/2 cup of swiss chard leaves (or your favorite leafy green)
The zest and juice of 1 lemon
5 drops of Tabasco
Salt
Pepper
Olive oil

Directions: Heat the oven to 350 degrees.

Finely chop your cilantro and your swiss chard leaves and add them to a medium-sized bowl. Zest your lemon and add the zest to the bowl. Season the mixture with salt and pepper. Set aside.

Slice your baguette into toast rounds. Lay them on a baking sheet, drizzle them with olive oil, and sprinkle them with salt. Once the oven is heated, bake them for between 4-6 minutes until toasted.

While the bread is toasting, drain the liquid out of your sardines. Lay them on a paper towel and pat them dry. Add them to the bowl with your greens mixture. Mash the sardines with a fork and stir everything to combine. Cut your lemon and squeeze the juice over the mixture, add the Tabasco, and stir again. When the toasts are done, spoon the sardine mixture on top and enjoy!