tuna

[Lucille]

are there any neat tuna recipes? I found canned white tuna on sale and got a bunch of it. I ususally just mix it with hellmans and eat it but I was wondering if anyone has any recipes for canned tuna.

[gitfiddle]

I usually eat it in a cold salad, but I like crunch. After the mayo, try adding chopped celery, chopped hard-boiled egg, chopped broccoli, shredded cheese, minced onion, a little dill weed, (not necessarily all at one time!). Have your tuna salad on a bed of lettuce. Wrap it in a low-carb tortilla.

I used to eat tuna out of the can daily because it was quick. After I got sick of it, I couldn't eat it at all for years. :p

Are there any other seafood dishes you like? Try tuna instead of the fish, shrimp, crab, etc. I'll bet it would make a chowder!

Pollock is an inexpensive fish and it cooks up firm, like lobster.

[Bellgirl]

When I'm in the mood for hot food and there's not much in the fridge, I like to make a tuna patty. Just mix a can of drained tuna with a raw egg, some mayo, and a couple tablespoons of parmesan cheese. You could add some chopped celery or onion as well; if you get carried away, it might need another egg to help hold everything together. Season to taste (salt, garlic powder, whatever you like), make into two or three patties, and fry lightly in some olive oil until lightly browned. You can even melt a little cheese over top for a tuna melt.

I seem to recall a WW recipe for a tuna patty that used mustard instead of mayo.

[Lucille]

oh wow thanks so much for the suggestions!
I just cant eat it out of the can any more...lol...it needs help. the salad sounds good. I usually just put hellmans but adding celery and other stuff sounds really good. and the tuna patties sound really good. I am gonna try that.
I love chowder but i cant imagine making it without milk. I just figured chowder is off limits. I love baby clams but have been wondering how i can eat them other than just out of the can.
I am not a very great cook i am afraid...not much imagination.

[Rhyme'n Reason]

Lucille,

If you use cream and chicken broth for the liquid (skip flour), you can do chowder. You just need to watch the quantity, because cream is not carb-free (but better than milk).

I also make tuna casserole with Dreamfields pasta. Again, you have to be careful of the ingredients you add, because the Dreamfields itself is 5 g carbs per 1/2 cup serving. Just a disclaimer--some folks don't do well with Dreamfields, but some do. It's kind of an individual thing.

Best wishes...

[Lucille]

thanks Ruth,
I will see if i can find lc pasta, we dont have many lc food items here where i live in Canada.

[gitfiddle]

Stevie, that tuna patty sounds so good I might make it for supper instead of what I had planned. My mom used to make salmon patties (with canned salmon) much the same way and I remember liking them a lot.

Lucille, I think the clams would be worth experimenting with chowder. What about Manhatten Clam Chowder? It's red, as I recall.

[Bellgirl]

My Mom did too, Carol. Sounds yummy... comfort food!

[Ammy]

Hmmm, I never thought of a tuna casserole using dreamfields...MMmmm

I'm estimating the ecc's but I did look at cream of mush, 9ecc per serving. It's lower than cream of chix

lets see,
2 big cans tuna (0ecc)
6 servings dreamfields (20 ecc)
some heavy cream (0ecc)
1 cup cheese (about 3ecc)
1 cup of cream of mushroom (18ecc)
1 cup mushrooms (2ecc)

6 servings, 9ecc per serving

I think I'll try it! My GF is a HUGE fan of tuna and noodles! and I, being a good Minnesotan, LOVE to make casseroles!

[Rhyme'n Reason]

Yep, that's about what I do. And as far as cream soup is concerned, the cream of celery (Campbell's, not the store brand) comes in at 15 ecc's for the can.

[Ammy]

Hm...never tried cream of celery...???
Is it green? :p:evil::cool:

[Ammy]

Speaking of celery (I'm a bit off the tuna topic, sorry)...our company just had a dinner at a fancy restaurant. One of the side items they offered (to dip things in) was celery foam!

It was so bizarre! It was a froth on the side of the plate, and if you put some in your mouth, it turned to air (sort of like cotton candy) but left the flavor of celery!! It was the weirdest thing I ever ate...it was a HOOT!

[Rhyme'n Reason]

Never heard of the celery foam, but it sounds like fun.

Cream of celery soup isn't green--so no help for St. Patrick's Day. It looks like all the other cream soups, kind of white, but with celery in it. I use it for all my cream soup cooking.

[Ammy]

good to know!
I bought some cream of chix and I thought my GF would be sick...she said she can't stand the color?? Too yellowish or something??
Weird-o :p

I'll get some cream of cel to have around for my many minnesotan-casseroles!

[Mal Lady]

oh wow thanks so much for the suggestions!
I just cant eat it out of the can any more...lol...it needs help. the salad sounds good. I usually just put hellmans but adding celery and other stuff sounds really good. and the tuna patties sound really good. I am gonna try that.
I love chowder but i cant imagine making it without milk. I just figured chowder is off limits. I love baby clams but have been wondering how i can eat them other than just out of the can.
I am not a very great cook i am afraid...not much imagination.

Lucille, Hood's Carb Countdown Low Carb milk is an excellent milk replacement and it actually looks and tastes like milk. It also comes in chocolate flavor which tastes really good. The white has 3 grams of carb per 8 oz. and chocolate has 4 grams. You might like to try it. It is carried in most reg. grocery stores.

BTW, I happened to look up celery foam and it said it was made with 4 oz. celery juice, 4 oz. simple syrup, 1 teaspoon of hydrolized soy protein and one-eighth teaspoon of xanthum gum. What a strange combination!:eek::tongue:!

There are many websites with plenty of simple and very good tasting lc items and this website has many tried and true items worth trying. I hope that all of you are posting these recipes in the recipe areas so, everyone can find them and enjoy them. It is so much easier to find recipes there than it is in other areas of the site. Especially, if newbies aren't familiar with how to search for recipes that are not in there proper areas. :eek::D;) These sound very good and need to be added over there Also, there are really no shortage of things to eat on lc - most recipes can be converted with a little imagination, too. As Alton Brown would say, "Good Eats"!

Sharon

[Ammy]

I tried to look up celery foam as well...but it would describe celery froth...which is much different than this...this was...like nothing was there. Froth is heavier and thicker and I can see why the syrup would be used. this was like...oh, how do I describe it...lighter and less, um, there!
there was no way there was any protein in that stuff...it was BI-ZARRE!