Tin-of-tuna suggestions?

[bradm]

On an impulse while shopping yesterday, I picked up a tin of flaked white tuna (in water). Aside from making tuna salad, or spreading it on bread with cheese for tuna melts, I'm at a loss as to what else to make with it. Does anybody have any suggestion? (Note that I don't want to make a full tuna casserole.)

Aloha,

Brad

[Sarahbelle]

U can make a salad with it.. I had a spicy tuna salad in Thailand that was just some chili peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, probably some sort of oil, lime juice..it was really yum!

Also, maybe U can make some sushi with it??

One of my fav, things ever is the pasta tuna salad with Mayo, Tuna, pasta and celery...

yum... I feel like eating tuna now too!

[AdamH]

1. KD and tuna with green onions and mushrooms.

2. Better and healthier is a Salade Nicoise. Some stuffy frenchmen will poo poo you for not using a tuna steak but it's a tasty main dish salad. Here's one recipe I used last week that came out great (just toss some vinaigrette in with the flaked tuna):

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/108337

[Ms.Huxtable]

I like tuna casseroles. There's a bunch on the internet. I like the ones with egg noodles and peas.

[bouche]

I like tuna casseroles. There's a bunch on the internet. I like the ones with egg noodles and peas.

...and cheese and onion mixed in and cracker crumbs on top. Macaroni is my favourite noodle for it.

[headymamamyrna]

Don't forget the cream of mushroom soup and a bit of milk!

[bouche]

Don't forget the cream of mushroom soup and a bit of milk!

just post your recipe already.

[headymamamyrna]

Tuna CAsserole

2 cups of cooked macaroni

1 c.tuna(drained)

1c.cream of mushroom soup

a bit of milk

shredded cheese

salt,pepper

onions

Mix all this together in a casserole dish.

cover with cracker crumbs

Cook at 350 for half an hour or less.

Or if you have a microwave cook on high until heated through maybe 10 minutes.

[bouche]

I'm making that next week! Good Myrna!

[headymamamyrna]

Why wait for next week.Make it tomorrow.

Leftovers are delicious!

[Alexis]

i make my tuna casserole the easy (lazy) way

1 package of liptons sidekicks alfredo noodles

follow instructions on the package

1 can of tuna drained

add the tuna in a couple minutes before it's done

don't forget to share your tuna water with your four legged friends!

[MarcO]

take a couple of tins of good tuna and mix it thoroughly with ricotta and parmesan cheeses, anchovy paste (or chopped fillets), minced garlic and thin slices of roasted red peppers.

Then use this mixture to stuff manicotti shells. Bake them off under some good tomato sauce, or a bechamel suace, or rosee sauce, whatever.

Serve it with a salad. Yum!

[bradm]

take a couple of tins of good tuna and mix it thoroughly with ricotta and parmesan cheeses, anchovy paste (or chopped fillets), minced garlic and thin slices of roasted red peppers.

Then use this mixture to stuff manicotti shells. Bake them off under some good tomato sauce, or a bechamel suace, or rosee sauce, whatever.

Serve it with a salad. Yum!

I really want to have dinner with you now. I may combine this idea with M.O.B.E.'s idea of using rolled-up fresh lasagna noodles.

What I did last week (and what I may do again tonight) is just boil up some pennini (little penne) noodles along with frozen mixed vegetables, toss with the tuna and some flavourful oil, and eat, as kind of a tuna/noodle pasta/salad dish.

Aloha,

Brad

[Davey Boy 2.0]

that sounds awesome marco, you sir are a man of many talents

i can't say i've ever had tuna casserole but now i'm starting to wonder why

[AdamH]

I've done Brad's thing with Pesto and it's pretty good. MarcO I like how you think.

Incidentally my franco-Ontarien roommate in university would pull his shirt up over his nose anytime someone made KD and tuna. or even just opened a can of tuna for some other reason.

Another favorite of mine is to buy the really really good tuna in olive oil, add s&p and layer it on toast with sauerkraut and gruyere and broil it until the cheese melts. Kind of a Tuna Reuben I guess.

[AD]

i gotta stop opening these threads at 3 in the afternoon. damn you all, finefoodfriends.

[bradm]

I had an idea over the weekend, but I'm not sure it would work: tuna cakes. Similar to crab cakes (or what I think of as crab cakes), it would involve making a (thin, maybe 1/4" of 3/8") patty out of tuna, onions, spices, and maybe breadcrumbs + beaten egg to hold it together. Coat in flour, egg wash, and breadcrumbs, and then shallow-fry until golden brown.

I'm wondering how well it'll work. Anybody have any ideas?

Aloha,

Brad

[badams]

Tuna CAsserole

2 cups of cooked macaroni

1 c.tuna(drained)

1c.cream of mushroom soup

a bit of milk

shredded cheese

salt,pepper

onions

Mix all this together in a casserole dish.

cover with cracker crumbs

Cook at 350 for half an hour or less.

Or if you have a microwave cook on high until heated through maybe 10 minutes.

I make mine very similar but I use brown rice instead of pasta

[nattyMatty]

SPice it up with a little garlic and toasted sesame seed oil. add that mixture to some noodles or what ever ya want. Oh yea Don't for get soya sauce and pepper. Little bit of soya sauce. Not a ton.

[AdamH]

Today I did:

1 clove of minced garlic

1 green chilie

1 tsp red chilie powder

handful of mushrooms

3 green onions

can on tuna

Fry the garlic and chilie in half the butter you would normally stir into the mix at the end. reduce and add the rest of the milk and butter. Then toss with the pasta.

[bouche]

tonight's comfort food casserole madness! We're making Myrna's Tuna Casserole!

[Ms.Huxtable]

Mmmmmm. Thanks for posting that Myrna. I love mommy comfort food on a cold December night.

[headymamamyrna]

So how was it?

I didn't get a phone call for help so it must have been fine!

[bouche]

it was AWESOME! unfortunately, we forgot to add the onion. But I add some diced onion to my serving and mixed it in. It was fine that way. It wouldn't be the same without onions.