I love sea food, especially any and all fresh fish!

I don't mind canned tuna - but it just isn't fun anymore.
It is such a cheap simple low fat, great way to get protein, but I am down to eating canned tuna barely once a week as I seem to dread it...

Anyone have any good ways to bury the taste in something else?
(salsa and other "spicie" tuna ideas are a bit extreme for me :p )

I actually like it straight from the can sometimes.. however, I also use:

Add a couple of tablespoons of mango salsa..(or more if you like). I fish in the pacific and we get awesome albacore tuna in late summer and fall. I can a lot of it, but we go through it pretty fast. Mango salsa is good on very rare barbequed tuna as well.
I like it with mexican salsa and hot sauce..

In my earlier iron pumping days, we just made sandwiches with plain tuna, lettuce, tomato, pickle relish and onion.. on some good wheat bread. mmmm.

Throw it on some romaine lettuce with a bit of cilantro and squeeze some lemon or lime over it.

I always found mixing it with rice and veg in a low cal/fat sauce hides the taste very well, no matter what sauce, just something to cover it. Personally I love tuna and could eat it from the tin but thats just me.

My favourite way is: Tuna (1-2 cup), diced celery (1 cup), diced tomato (1 small), dry oats (1/3 - 1/2cup), pepper, lemonjuice and olive oil (small amount).

Tastes good and getting carbs/protein in one hit.

cheers

Quick and Easy dish: Italian Tuna Pasta.

Boil up a cup or 2 of your favorite pasta. Cool pasta under cold water.

Add 1 can of Tuna, 2 tablespoons of Fat free Country Italian dressing, and a few shakes of pepper. :eat:

You can try different dressings, but I've found Italian compliments the tuna the best, IMO.

I don't know if a product called "Ajvar Relish" is available where you live, but that's a great taste giver. When I want to quickly stir down a fast lunch or whatever I usually go with Ajvar.

1 can of tuna in water (110grams here in sweden)
1 dices tomato
2 big spoons of Ajvar Relish
a few diced black olives
salt
pepper

Heat some oil in a pan and throw down the tomatos, fry for a min then down with the tuna (including the water). Add the olives, and Ajvar stir for a min or 2 then add salt/peppar.

Serve with a salad if you want to skip the carbs, otherwise go with pasta/rice

I've done the salsa before and thought it was pretty good. I've also mixed it with brown deli mustard and have thrown it in with my scrambled eggs.

I find this very easy and very good:

Pasta boiled to al dente, one can of tuna and one can of diced tomatoes. I use to add lots of basil - fresh, just because I like it and basil goes great with tomatoes. Stir well - tastes great!! :eat:

hey guys,

i often see people say 1 cup, it may just be me being dumb
but what does 1 cup mean?

Is it an American thing? :p

hey guys,

i often see people say 1 cup, it may just be me being dumb
but what does 1 cup mean?

Is it an American thing? :p
Google has a very very very nice thing that most people don't know about.

Try typing in "1 cup in deciliter" witout the quotes :)

oh
cheers
mate

Or, 1c = 8 fluid ounces

I have 2 ways of eating my tuna.

1 way i just mix it with mustard on whole wheat toasted bread

another way if you have more time.


Take tuna squish it up in a ball.
I crush 1 serving of fat free crutions.
Roll the tuna on the crutons and form a patty
Then i put it on non-stick pan and cook both sides for about 10 minutes.
Sometimes I eat as sandwhich or as a patty snack

yum :eat:

I take the tuna, a portion of rice (1/4 cup uncooked) and all the wasabi I can stand (not very much!) and mix it all together.

I'm a bit of a 'heat freak' so the wasabi makes me pretty happy :p

Mmmmmmm, wasabi... :eat:

Iceburg lettuce chop it up
one can tuna
corn
fat free dressing
mix all up
and booyeah!!!

Damn good salad

I've been using hot sauce alot lately!!

Buy the tuna in the pouch instead of the can. No more tinny taste.

Also, if you get albacore, the extreme fishy taste is muted as well.

I like to use Lowfat plain (NOT vanilla) yogurt instead of mayo when making tuna salad. I love it...I could eat it every day. Wait...I do eat it every day. :D

I've eaten tuna 3-4 times a week since I was a little kid, but this version cuts a good bit of the fat out and still tastes good.

Also, yogurt is awesome for those packets of dry dressing mix instead of cream. Tastes nearly the same, and again almost no fat - good for those who don't like balsamic or oil and vinegar dressings.

Google has a very very very nice thing that most people don't know about.

Try typing in "1 cup in deciliter" witout the quotes :)

You rule dude, that is so useful and I had no idea google even did that. They really need a definitive guide to all the crap google does;)

Cheers,
Chris

:) Oh dear………..this is a rather ‘mature’ thread but then again ‘tuna’ is always ‘topical’ so with that thought in mind ………….. Like a previous poster I too always use spinach……..more “bang for the buck” so to speak……….as opposed to lettuce along with a ‘pouch’ of lemon/pepper tuna, pimento stuffed olives (and or black with jalapeños), halved grape tomatoes, celery, onions, grated hard boiled egg AND a dash of lemon juice with the ‘single most important ingredient…………balsamic vinegar and of course........ if you are of a mind………..sliced almonds……………yum, yum!

I used to squeeze a wedge (maybe 2?) of lime into the drained can of albacore.. Now, I just buy the Star Creations in a pouch.. My wife doesn't like it, but I love it.. Use it as a topping on low fat triscuits..

Probably would depend on your diet, as far as carbs go, but I find canned tuna hides very well in veggie pasta sauce. I toss it in the sauce at the end if I don't have chicken or beef around.

Another way I enjoy it is tuna cakes. same idea as crab cakes, but I use oats, an egg, whatever spices you want and broil, bbq or slow pan fry. Works well and cheaper than crab.....but so not as good as crab.

You could always take a little time to prepare..

All I do is put in some EVOO and BBQ sauce, obviously this goes in a bowl and not directly into the can.

People will always ask you what you are eating, simply inform them and let them judge.

I take the tuna, a portion of rice (1/4 cup uncooked) and all the wasabi I can stand (not very much!) and mix it all together.

I'm a bit of a 'heat freak' so the wasabi makes me pretty happy :p

Mmmmmmm, wasabi... :eat:


At work I take the minute rice quick microwave cups, 3oz of tuna and mix it with Texas Pete, though I feel the same as the author, I am kind of getting bored of this. By the afternoon it's not what I'm craving.

well the way i make tuna might just impress u ;)
mix Tuna, chopped tomato, Onion & green chilly (1 or 2), sweet corn (tastes great with tuna) & Spinach.
your Tuna salad is ready. It tastes great. have it with brown bread if you want. or eat it just like that.
for much better taste mix it with yogurt.

Have fun.... cheers.

Buy salmon. :lol:

Wow, you guys really pimp out your tuna (no pun intended). I'm too lazy to go through all the trouble that you guys go through.

I drain a can of tuna, put it on a plate, add non-fat cottage cheese to my desire, and put some salsa on top (I know the OP said he wasn't a salsa fan). Sometimes I'll put all of that on a bed of rice. I just pop it into the microwave until warm. The cottage cheese will melt a bit, too. Mmmmm....

I eat my tuna straight out of the can with basil and healthy cooking oil e.g. Smart Balance Omega. It's the closest thing you can get to real tuna pesto flavor. :neener:

How about red onion and mayo, pepper and salt to taste. Mash it all well together. Makes extremely delicious spread or tuna salad kind of deal :)

1/2 tin tomatoes
1/4tsp cinamon
1/2 tsp ground coriander
Pepper and salt to taste
--Reduce for ~30mins

Add ricotta, spinach, pamesan, tuna

Tried it yesterday without the spinach, wasn't so bad. You can add the spinach to get that in there

I love sea food, especially any and all fresh fish!

I don't mind canned tuna - but it just isn't fun anymore.
It is such a cheap simple low fat, great way to get protein, but I am down to eating canned tuna barely once a week as I seem to dread it...

Anyone have any good ways to bury the taste in something else?
(salsa and other "spicie" tuna ideas are a bit extreme for me :p )
Hi there Schteevie,.Just 2 very simple ideas, have you tried apple cider vinegar? if you havent you will be pleasently suprised with a fresh crisp salad. Also what about yellow fin tuna, yes it does come in oil but wouldnt worry 2 much about that especially if drained, it does'nt have that dry bittery taste :eat:its great, it does cost a little more but i dont mind either. Hope this is of use .

Tuna + mayo + avocado, mixed well is very nice :nod:

Also Tuna + mayo + corn relish is good too!

Tuna omlettes can be alright as well, grilled tuna, avo, cheese on wholemeal/grain bread is a treat.