How do ya'll eat canned tuna??

So since I've moved out of my parents house (and don't know how to cook) I've been buying frozen/canned food. I've figured out a good way to eat most except canned tuna. It's dry and weird texture I just don't know what to do with it! All myboyfriend and his friends drench it in mayo to make it good and creamy but Eck! No way jose.

Any good ideas? lol

Today I tried it with fat free Italian dressing (15 cals for 2 tablespoons) and chopped tomato and onion and it was great! You could add anything else you like, but I definitely recommend the Italian dressing.

Hehe. Irony! I just sat down with a bowl of canned tuna with mustard and pepper. =)

Personally, I eat it with mayo and bread.  Back when I tried lo-carb tho, I mixed it with salsa.  It sounds weird, but trust me, it's pretty good.  I think I used pace picante.

Drained and mixed with chopped onions, celery, grapes (preferably red), and chipotle peppers, with Fage 2% mixed in, and piled on Triscuits (preferably Cracked Pepper & Olive Oil flavour).  Had it for lunch, actually.  Yum!

You all rock! bipolypesca that sounds great!

Mayo, mustard, pickle juice :D Sometimes hardboiled egg...

I just eat it with light mayo, diced celery, diced pickle, and mustard. with whole wheat bread. Its also good with hardboiled egg and mayo.

 

white wine, olives, capers, artichoke hearts

sundried tomatoes, diced bell peppers & diced onions

diced celery, diced pickle & capers

mustard, celery, tomatoes (cherry - halved) & bell peppers

tapenade & spinach  

haha, I love to just eat tuna out of the can. yum.
But, when I mix something with it, I use light mayo. It really doesn't add that many calories, & you don't need to drench it.

Tuna melts

2 oz tuna topped with .5 oz cheese on a slice of bread broiled yum it's also good with red pepper hummus.

I have it in wraps a couple times a week at work. Usually a whole wheat wrap with spinach and spicy hummus. No mayonaise, just a bit of lime juice. Sometimes I throw in walnuts and raisins or apple slices.

Straight out of the can with a few low-fat crackers.  I do the same with canned salmon.  Yummmmmm.

I do olive oil and dijonnaise (5 calories).  A little kosher salt, just a tad, some pepper, and a little cayenne, and a little parsley and garlic.  Sounds pretty plain.... but trust me it's amazing. 

Another thing to do is make "tuna cakes".  Kinda like crab cakes.  Put just a little bit of mayo and flour (yes I know it sounds horrible, but just a little won't hurt ya).  Then add about a half a beaten egg if you're using a 6 oz. can.  Ya know, all that just until it binds together.  Add in maybe a little salt and pepper, maybe lemon juice and some scallions.  Make little patties out of them.  Then just brown them in a little olive oil.  Trust me they're delicious. 

Hm, I don't eat tuna out of a can or otherwise, but this thread has inspired me to go and make my chickpea sandwich spread... mashed chickpeas, a bit of yogurt, a bit of vegenaise, some chopped sweet pickles, chopped onion... YUM! Thanks for starting this thread!

Try mixing it with nonfat plain yogurt. It will give you a similar consistency as mayo.

I also always add in capers...  but I can't get enough capers.

I've seen capers before, but do you just buy them in a bag? Do you boil them or anything? I've never had a caper! Its like a pea right? lol

Mmmm capers..... One ingredient I accidentally left off my tuna salad "recipe" above. 

Capers do look like peas don't they?  But they're not at all.  They're actually flower buds from a plant found in the Mediterranean (Capparis spinosa).  The plant produces actual flowers too.  And the buds are pickled so they have a very vinegary, lemony, pungent flavor.  They're really delicious.  A good alternative to a pickle relish in say, a tuna salad.  But they're used completely differently usually.... like you couldn't put pickle relish in veal picatta because that would be preposterous.  Lol.  They're soooo good though.  They come in jars, usually in a vinegary liquid.  You can drain them, rinse them, or add them just as they are into things, even with some of the liquid.  Add them to things like you would add olives, and I mean that in the sense that they don't need to be boiled but can be a good integral part of the dish to participate in the cooking process. 

I just had some tonight actually. i eat it with vinegar and baked beans, but that's not for everyone :D

Pay attention to the sodium count on tuna - most contain 2.5 servings per can, and if you're not careful, you'll end up with like 600+ mg of salt in one sitting, not including salt in any ingredients you might add (salad dressing has loads of sodium). 

Yes there are low salt varieties out there, but they are nasty tasting. 

I gave up canned tuna and instead opt for fresh or frozen tuna steaks as an occasional treat.

its great to add to pasta, just saute an chopped onion add the tuna and then sauce, mix with the pasta and viola! Or another good one (a bit more complex but really tasty) is in one pot boil pasta in another heat some milk (about three cups and maybe 3 tbsp of flour) which you add flour and nutmeg to till it thickens and in a pan cook one chopped onion (and celery if you have it) and then when thats cooked add tuna and a can (of some defrosted frozen peas) then mix all together. Its really great, and tuna is also really cheap! so good for people living on their own!