Month: July 2019

Today’s links are all about tuna. 🐟

• Spicy Orecchiette With Tuna, Peas, and Lemon Recipe — Orechiette is loaded with meaty canned tuna and bright, sweet peas, then gets slicked with chile-infused olive oil in this lightning-fast, super-simple weeknight dish.
• Tuna Patties — Quick, easy, delicious tuna patties! Best thing you can make with canned tuna. Kid-friendly, Budget-friendly.
• Mayo-Free Mediterranean Tuna Salad Sandwiches Recipe — This mayo-free tuna salad is loaded with Mediterranean flavors, including plenty of fresh olive oil, capers, olives, fennel, celery, and a splash of lemon.
• White Bean and Tuna Salad — Simple tuna and white bean salad, a classic combination and so easy to make!
• Tuna and Tomato Pasta — A simple dish of pasta shells with a buttery tomato sauce, tuna and ricotta, all baked with a cheesy parmesan crust.
• Mediterranean Tuna Pasta — Quick and easy! Tuna pasta with canned tuna, tomato, red onion, kalamata olives, lemon, capers, and Mozzarella cheese
• Pan Bagnat: Le French Tuna Salad Sandwich — The pan bagnat is the sandwich version of the salad Nicoise. You can find either in various forms all over the Mediterranean coast where it is made with fresh seasonal ingredients. Here, olive oil packed canned tuna is mixed with olives, red onions, fresh herbs, and vinaigrette. The salad fills the center of a crusty French baguette. In this case “crusty” is the operative word. The bread must have a hard crust on the outside otherwise it will fall apart. Pan Bagnat literally translated is “wet bread” – the point is for the vinaigrette to soak into the bread. In my opinion, THAT is what makes this such a great sandwich.
• Sustainable Canned Tuna Taste Test — Canned tuna used to be a very inexpensive source of protein, but it isn’t necessarily anymore. The price varies depending upon where it comes from and how it’s caught. For the purposes of this review, I reviewed only sustainably caught white albacore tuna, mostly brands available at the supermarket. Generally domestic brands are more expensive than imported.
• 4 Cans of Tuna That Get a Thumbs-Up from the Seafood Industry — And 3 That Don’t — In the world of nostalgic foods, there are a few standouts: hot chocolate (with mini marshmallows, of course), macaroni and cheese, peanut butter and jelly, and the diner classic, the tuna melt. Just the thought of a homemade melt takes us back to sick days, snow days, and pretty much any other day that Mom was responsible for a hot lunch.
• 2017 Tuna Shopping Guide — We’ve ranked 20 well-known canned tuna brands that can be found in grocery stores nationwide based on how sustainable, ethical, and fair their tuna products are for our oceans—and for the workers that help get the products to store shelves.

Today’s links are all about (British) beans.

• Baked Beans — These are the perfect comfort food.  Serve with plenty of crusty bread or cornbread to sop up all the tastiness!  They are also very tasty spooned over hot buttered toast.
• British Baked Beans — Baked beans are probably one of the most common (if not the) canned items to buy in England. They are an easy, saucy side for any dish from fish and chips, sausage rolls, beans on toast (the perfect budget meal) and even breakfast.
• British-Style Beans on Toast Recipe — As a late-night snack, a light supper or even a quick snack, beans on toast make an ideal comforting meal when what you need is something warm in your stomach. Another excellent reason to love this simple, hearty dish is that it is very gentle on the wallet. Even after making this filling dish, you should have enough money left to afford a pint or two at the pub.