What to do with tuna

I mix one can of 50% less sodium water-packed tuna with one boiled egg (chopped up small), two tablespoons of Mayo with Olive Oil (reduced fat), and one wedge of Laughing Cow cheese (my favorite flavor is the Mozzarella with sun-dried tomato and basil).....then I use half of the mixture on two slices of whole wheat bread for an AWESOME sandwich! If I remember correctly, it comes out to 148 calories per serving of tuna salad (doesn't include the bread). Delicious lunch!

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Ok I'm totally trying this! I buy miracle whip once a year b/c I get the idea to make some new recipe and I go through less than 4tbsp by the time it expires. It really sucks they don't sell it in smaller jars (even the smallest and lowest cal 'dressing' jars 15cals are too big). I love granny smith apples and always have them around so this works perfect. All except the cheese though, HATE CHEESE! We are an anti-cheese household, lol!

Why don't you just take a couple of mayo/miracle whip packets from your store's deli when you're shopping? Even if the store were to make you pay for them, it'd only be 30 cents or so, probably. While expensive to buy like that individually, still cheaper than a couple of bucks a jar, that you then throw away.

Tuna and Creamy Mushroom Sauce, Serves 4 - Calories: 482, Sat. Fat: 2g, Sodium: 951mg

10 oz. pasta - shells, radiatore, or wagon wheels
2 Tsp. olive oil
3 Tab. coarsely chopped Canadian bacon (or reg. lean bacon)
6 oz. mushrooms, halved and thinly sliced
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 Tab. flour
1 C. chicken broth
1/c c. evaporated skimmed milk
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
Two 6 oz. cans water packed tuna, drained and flaked
1/3 c. grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 c. chopped fresh parsley

Cook pasta and drain.
In a large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add bacon and cook until crisp, then add garlic.
Add mushrooms to pan and cook until tender. Sprinkle flour over the vegetables and cook, stirring to coat, for 1 minute.
Gradually stir in the broth, evaporated milk, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce to a summer, and cook until the sauce is slightly thickened and no floury taste remains, about 3 mins.
Add the tuna and cook until heated through, about 3 mins. Stir in Parmesan and parsley.
Divide the pasta among 4 bowls, spoon the sauce over and serve.

Recipe is from Time Life Books - Great Taste - Low Fat - Pasta Sauces

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This thread is making my mouth water. Tuna has been a favorite food of mine since I was a kid

This is a recipe I have been meaning to use from allrecipes.com. Tuna salad with a mexican twist!
Ingredients

* 4 (6 ounce) cans tuna, packed in olive oil
* 1 red onion, diced
* 1 orange bell pepper, diced
* 1 red bell pepper, diced
* 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained
* 1 (4 ounce) can green chile peppers, chopped
* 1/4 cup mayonnaise (optional)
* 2 teaspoons ground cumin
* salt and pepper to taste
* 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro (optional)
* spicy salsa verde to taste (optional)

Directions

1. In a mixing bowl, combine tuna, red onion, orange bell pepper, red bell pepper, black beans, canned chile peppers; mix in mayonnaise if desired. Season with cumin and salt and pepper; mix in cilantro, and salsa verde if desired.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Julians-Festive-Tuna-Salad/Detail.aspx#

If you like spicy foods you can cut up jalapenos, tomatoes, and onions (pico del gallo) and eat it with crackers. Super yummy and full of flavor......plus, no mayo.

Oooh- I never thought of cottage cheese. I'm so trying this for lunch tomorrow! Thanks!

I like to add some low fat blue cheese dressing instead of mayo. It is a low fat tuna sandwich with a differnt taste.

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Tuna wiggle: My Niece loves this
(Make a roux)
2TBL lite margarine melted
Stir in1/3c flour - cook slowly ....sometimes leave 1tbl out and mix with warm sauce after milk added (make smooth flour slurry) then add back in pot, helps to thicken sauce....must cook slow and through to take flour taste out.
Gradually ADD 2 cups 1/2 % milk
Stir on med. low heat til thickens (make cream sauce)
ADD in 1c. peas (Drain peas if canned...I used frozen)
ADD one 5 oz can drained tuna.........continue stirring so does not stick on
Add own seasonings....... garlic/onion powder and sprinkle salt & pepper
Heat through
Serve over choice of crackers or toast........we prefer saltines or wheat ritz crumbled ....sometimes eat plain
Approx 305 cals /serving makes 2 servings ( without crackers or bread)

I like my tuna with onion which gives it zip, dill pickle, the white part of the hard boiled egg. I love to grill it with light margarine or between two pieces of lettuce with tomato. You can put it on some whole wheat crackers. Don't forget to season it with Mrs. Dash or something similar.