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this thread is about tuna related recipes (FAO foodies)
recently for dietary reasons i've been pretty much forced to eat a tuna based meal like twice a day. what can you really do with tuna? here's a nice recipe for you to try and it's basically the only thing I've managed to make out of tuna other than a tuna sandwich. it's delish, you'll like it.
>make whole bag of macaroni and other pasta
>open two cans of tuna
>mix together in big bowl
>add a stir through chilli sauce
>you now have 3 meals, store in plastic container in fridge
>when hungry, remove from fridge, put in bowl. season with salt and pepper and dump a bunch of grated cheese on the top
>place in microwave for 2 mins, remove, eat delicious meal
>wipe your ass
really nice in a baked potato
i made a tuna pasta bake recently too and it was delicious, made my own cheese sauce for the first time ever
also on a baguette with red onion and cheese under the grill is soo good
nice on its own with a salad
that baguette sounds well good
is cheese sauce hard to make?
not really
ive taken to looking everything up and just follow the recipes.
I think it was some flour, milk and then just bring to the boil, put in some grated cheese (you can even put in various cheese, but i used a mature cheddar) until it thickens. It was really nice.
the baguette is my favourite
please try it soon. With some salad on side..
my mum can't cook and is therefore a failure of a woman
Her ovaries clearly failed her when she gave birth to you.
I think that makes you right.
mirri that was mean
show your mum the post and report back :)
Bollocks.
"Eat tuna or die!"
What?
Explain the tuna thing please. There's a gazillion types of fish more tasty and probably more nutritious.
He has a brain tuna.
yay, deceased brain-tumour friend's would-be birthday in three days!
Why do I look at his Facebook page and why don't people delete them?
:(
Why do you have to eat tuna twice a day?
In fact, is it advisable to eat tuna that often given its mercury content?
nah, it's fine
ok sorry, as mirri suggests I should've just said "fish based meal". It's just that tuna is the cheapest innit. it's just a bulk diet thing for training.
Not true.
Pre-packed mackerel with black pepper is cheap and bloody lovely. Can probably warm it up too. See also coley fish which traditionally comes in big frozen bags (people usually feed their cats with it) but is also perfectly acceptable in stew/pot-roast form. Kippers are also cheap, taste lovely but may pong your house out a little bit.
Seriously, tinned tuna is rancid. Open your mind!
I more than up for being enlightened here
enlighten me, mirri. I honestly don't think i've had any of those fish before. will pay closer attention in the fishies isle.
So is it more a protein thing then?
I'm sure it's not a great idea to eat that much tuna. Also, as Mirri suggests, there are loads of cheap fish options out there - mackrel, herring, sardines are all cheaper than tuna.
it's a protein thing yeah
I dunno, the regimen is very big on lots of tuna. it would be nice to have more variety but I can't afford the time or money to get fresh fish every day and cook it up in a sweet ass meal, nam sayin? I was definitely under the impression that it was the cheapest but you say apparently not so I'll keep a look out!
I'd question why just tuna.
The vacuum packed mackerel I mentioned lasts ages. Rainbow trout you can freeze and then defrost.
I eat the fuck out of mackerel every week
with boiled new potatoes, green beans and salad. Cheap and sexy, the same way i like my wimmin...
Also, rainbow trout.
They come pre-gutted but with heads still on; chuck a roughly diced up onion or shallots inside, some sort of herb (I like rosemary), maybe a twice-chopped clove of garlic, loosely wrap in tin foil on 200 for 20 minutes and you get a huge plate of tasty fish meat for very small dollar and little effort.
Tuna steaks with sweet red pepper sauce
It's pretty much self-explanatory, but onions/garlic/sweet red pepper softened in a pan, add passata or chopped tomatoes, sweet chilli sauce if that's your thing, and warm through.
Create a well in the pan if you've got space and put in the tuna steak(s). Cook for 3-4 minutes each side (less if you like it rare). Tasty and straightforward.
sounds great
tuna is really good in salads
All kinds, like the type with egg and potato that I can't spell, or with a can of mixed beans with some vinegarette. Also, if you go to the supermarket near closing time loads of the fish counter stuff gets marked down, and if you freeze it it'll last ages. The best tuna recipe though is a tuna and cheese toastie WISH I HAD ONE NOW
On the subject of Tuna
don't buy John Wests, and if you can get Sainsburys branded, because they're the least douche of the tuna's
Also I hear 1 can of tuna a day = mercury poisoning
what's wrong with john wests?
http://www.ewg.org/tunacalculator
Tuna spaghetti is the best thing
- Add butter and olive oil into a pan
- Cook a clove of garlic until it's getting soft
- Add half a mug of vegetable stock and a splash of vermouth, ideally noilly prat, or white wine if that's all you have
- Add half a tin of tuna
- Boil off most of the sauce, just leave enough liquid to coat the pasta
- Add to spaghetti
Yummerz. Here's a great mackerel salad recipe too, the Beyond Baked Beans books have been brilliant for me
http://www.beyondbakedbeans.com/articles/20080521
that tuna spaghetti sounds amazing
i used to make this and take it to work for lunch
i should start making it again. super tasty!
tuna, chickpea & pasta salad:
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/recipes/2005/07/13/tuna-chickpea-and-pasta-salad/
If you're gonna eat one of the most commercially unviable foodstuffs on the planet
then make sure you have a little conscience and buy the MSC certified stuff, i.e. not john cunting wests. Sainsburys do a good range of that stuff.
Should this somehow make us reconsider the ramifications of your other thread?
Tuna steaks
drizzle lightly with oil, grate on some garlic, add some chopped red chillies, squeeze some fresh lime, drop an anchovy on if you like (this is optional) wrap in parma ham and pop in the oven for around 11 minutes at approx 200. Serve with cous cous or something similar and it's well tasty. Thanks.
Sashimi
theres a nice, quick and easy tuna dish in one of nigellas books.
its bassially just red onions, tuna, butter beans, lemon and parsely. its really fucking nice tho.