3 eggs, slightly beaten
Dash of pepper
Dash of onion salt or 1 tablespoon minced green onion (the more the better, in our view)
1 tablespoon minced celery or small amount of celery seed
Crumble in a handful of crackers to help hold mixture together
Spray pan with no-stick spray (or use oil). Heat pan to medium. Pour mixture into pan and fry until nicely browned on one side. Turn cake and brown other side. Slice into 3 or 4 wedges. Serve with sliced tomatoes or other low-calorie salad.
1 can (7-1/2 oz.) albacore
1 pound spaghetti
1/4 cup cooking oil
1/2 cup chopped onion
Pinch of garlic
1 teaspoon minced parsley
2 tablespoons chopped celery
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/2 cup sherry (optional)
1/2 cup tomato sauce or puree
4 quarts boiling water to cook spaghetti, seasoned with 3 tablespoons of salt
2 tablespoons butter
Prepare sauce before cooking spaghetti. In skillet, brown onion, celery and seasonings in oil. Add tomato sauce and fish, then sherry. Simmer gently for 5 minutes. Boil spaghetti in salted water until tender, but not too soft. Serve sauce over well-drained hot spaghetti. Top with butter or parmesan cheese. (Serves 4)
4 hard crust rolls
1 can (7-1/2 oz.) albacore
3 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons flour
1-1/2 cups milk
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
Dash of
3 tablespoons sherry (optional)
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
1 can (6 oz.) drained mushrooms (optional)
Paprika
Grated cheddar cheese
Melt butter in saucepan; blend in flour. Add milk gradually, stirring constantly until thick and smooth. Add Worcestershire,
Sounded bizarre to us, but a friend made some for us and it is good!
We realized that all of the usual pizza veggies (olives, onions, peppers) and cheeses go well in tuna sandwiches and salads, so why not in a pizza?
Just use Ranch Dressing instead of the usual tomato pizza sauce and add smoked tuna and any veggies you like to the top. Everything else is the same as 'normal' pizza.
Salads: A 7-1/2 oz. can of albacore would be a generous topping for two salads. For salads with many added ingredients, one can serves four to six people.
Remember: Stir the natural oils back into the albacore when you open the can and you will need less mayonnaise or other moisteners.
Simple and Simply Delicious Albacore Salad
Albacore: open can and stir in the natural oils
Chop and add: pickles (sweet, dill or gherkin), onion (or green onion), and celery
Moisten with any of these: olive oil, canola oil, mayonnaise or salad dressing, sour cream, heavy cream, cream cheese, thousand island dressing. Pickle juice can be used for extra moisture (and flavor from its vinegar and spices)Creative Chef's Simple Salad Choices
Slice or chop an assortment of these and mix with the albacore:
apples
avocados
hard-boiled eggs
cheese
tomatoes (fresh or sundried)
olives
red cabbage (add to salad or substitute for lettuce)
Spoon onto salad:
cottage cheese
white beans
artichoke hearts
anchovies
Select and stir in complementary herbs and spices:
pesto
lemon-pepper seasoning
parsley
mustard (various flavors)
oregano
thyme
garlic
dill
salt and pepper
Sprinkle over the top:
balsamic vinegar
rice vinegar
red wine vinegar
lemon juice
hot sauce
Try serving this with albacore cakes (Main Dishes)
10 cups cabbage, shredded
2 cups carrots, shredded
1/2 cup chopped pickles or pickle relish
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dried mustard
1 teaspoon pepper
In large bowl, mix well. Best if chilled a few hours.
Dressing (blend in processor)
1 cup olive oil
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1/4 cup lemon juice (fresh)
1/4 cup onion, minced
Salt, white pepper, black pepper to taste
1 tablespoon flat leaf parsley, minced
1/2 teaspoon sugar
Salad (arrange on lettuce on plate) and garnish with sliced, hard-boiled eggs
1 can albacore, broken into small pieces (the albacore, not the can...)
1 cup green beans (if fresh, blanch them)
4 small sliced, steamed red potatoes
Whole green olives
8 each plumb tomatoes, quartered
1 pound mixed greens
1 can albacore (Jalapeno Albacore if you want a hot salad!)
1/4 cup Chipotle Mexican Dressing
1/2 green bell pepper
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
Mix well. Chill and serve. Garnish with chili peppers.
1 can albacore
1/4 cup cheese: American, cheddar and/or Colby
1/2 tablespoon pickle relish or sweet gherkins
1/2 cup celery, chopped
1/2 cup mayonnaise
Green bell pepper
Mix well all ingredients but green pepper. Arrange on bed of lettuce. Garnish with strips of bell pepper. Chill.
Albacore
1 can (7-1/2 oz.) albacore, flaked
Sweet (or dill) cucumber pickle slices, diced, to taste
Sweet onion, chopped, to taste
Mayonnaise to moisten. Add gradually. Add a little pickle juice to lessen amount of mayonnaise used.
Salt & pepper to taste.
Mix together. Slather on bread.
To BASIC MIX, add:
2 diced hard-boiled eggs.
To BASIC MIX, ADD:
Fresh chopped cucumber
Crushed Fritos
Lemon juice
Dash of tabasco, if desired
Salt, if desired
1 can (7-1/2 oz.) albacore, flaked
1/4 cup ripe olives
1/4 cup chopped cashews
1 tablespoon lemon juice
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
Salt and pepper to taste
Leaf of lettuce
2 cans (7-1/2 oz.) albacore, flaked
1 cup coarsely grated cabbage
1 cup coarsely grated carrot
1 tablespoon catsup
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
Dash of pepper
Lettuce leaves
6 slices toasted bread
1 sliced cucumber
Flake albacore. Combine cabbage, carrots and albacore. Mix mayonnaise with catsup, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Add to tuna mixture and toss lightly. Arrange a piece of lettuce on slice of buttered toast and put about 1/3 cup of salad on each slice. Arrange cucumber slices on each sandwich. (Serves 6)
Broiled Cheesy-Albacore Sandwich (open-faced)
1 can (7-1/2 oz.) albacore
2 tablespoons ripe olives, chopped
4 tablespoons mayonnaise
4 slices bread, toasted
2 slices American cheese
Mix albacore, olives, and mayonnaise. Toast 4 slices bread, butter them and spoon tuna mix on toast. Top with 1/2 slice cheese, and place under broiler until cheese melts. Serve warm.
Wicked variation: Before topping the sandwich with cheese, put a couple of slices of tomato and fried bacon on the sandwich, THEN top with cheese and broil!
For soups with many added ingredients, one 7-1/2 oz. can serves two to four people.
1 can (7-1/2 oz.) albacore (save natural oils to use in soup). You may want to add less albacore. As this is the last item, add slowly and taste as you go along until you get to the flavor you prefer.
1 cup diced potatoes
1-1/2 slices bacon, cut into bits
1/4 teaspoon thyme
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 teaspoon salt
Dash of pepper
1 can (No. 1) tomatoes
4 cups milk
2 teaspoons butter
1 teaspoon minced parsley
In a deep skillet, sauté bacon until crisp. Add oil drained from albacore. Stir in thyme and onion and cook until tender. Add potatoes, salt, pepper, and tomatoes, Cover and cook for 15 minutes until potatoes are tender. Add milk, then albacore broken into pieces. Bring to a boil and serve immediately with dabs of butter on top and minced parsley. (Serves 3-4)
Just kidding!
(Although if you have a recipe for an albacore dessert, I'd be curious to see it.)
#1: Save the natural oils in the can and stir back into the tuna. They are loaded with nutrition.
#2: Experiment with adding fruits and vegetables. Whether in salads, sandwiches or casseroles, we like adding a combination of any of these we may have on hand: apples, celery, onion, bell pepper, chopped nuts, olives, pickles ... crunchy foods whose flavor contrasts with the fish. Of course, the pickles wouldn't be in the cooked dishes ... at least we've not tried THAT.
#3: You may want to sprinkle vinegar or some pickle juice over a salad rather than using mayonnaise. The tuna is quite moist and flavorful on its own.
#4: For cooked tuna noodle or rice dishes, adding frozen peas is a 'must' in our house. Frozen corn is good too, but it's flavor can overpower the albacore so go easy with it until you find the amount you like.