Healthy Tuna Recipes

With its firm meaty texture, medium flavour and a great source of Omega 3 tuna is an excellent fish to eat all year round.

Although more traditionally people associated tuna with the tinned variety, tuna steaks are becoming increasingly popular in restaurants and homes. TV chefs have brought the publics attention to the fast and simple ways to prepare tuna dishes and promote the health benefits of eating tuna.

Tuna is very easy to cook. It should be flash grilled, griddled or pan fired rather than baked, as baking will dry the fish out and spoil the texture. Due to the meaty flesh tuna steaks are can be eaten when rare or medium-rare in a similar way to beef steak, without having a detrimental effect on health.

Packed full of protein tuna provides a hearty meal in minutes. Tuna flambe au poivre with toasted pine nuts is the ideal way to serve tuna to family or friends. Accompany the tuna steaks with asparagus tips or sugar snap peas for an exciting, healthy meal which is full of natural goodness and low in calories.

Tuna steaks can be purchased frozen throughout the year, making them a readily available source of protein. One of the advantages of buying frozen is less wastage. With all the preparation carried out for you it is simply a matter of taking out the number of tuna steaks you need to use for a particular recipe or number of people eating.

The popular salad tuna nicoise is quite often made with tinned tuna. A far more flavoursome version is to use tuna steaks. As rare tuna steaks only take one or two minutes each side to cook this classical tuna supper dish can be prepared and cooked in the same time as it takes to open a tin and provide a far more substantial meal.

As tuna can be eaten rare it is the ideal food for cooking on the barbeque. There will be no worries about the health risks associated with under cooked poultry, meat or sausages, eating tuna steaks cooked on a barbeque is a healthy alternative. Adding the juice of a freshly squeezed lime provides a tasty zing for the palette which compliments the tuna beautifully.

Tuna steaks provide an excellent source of protein, vitamins, minerals and Omega 3 oil which is needed as part as a healthy diet. Omega 3 oil can help reduce the risk of heart disease and is used to treat numerous other medical conditions including anxiety and depression. The short amount of time needed to cook tuna means that all the nutritional value is retained during cooking.




As tuna is low in calories it is the ideal fish to use for people trying to lose or control their weight. The substantial firm texture of tuna meat provides a hearty healthy meal which is low in calories. Due to the oily properties of tuna only a very small amount of cooking oil
, such as olive oil, is needed to cook it. Grilling or griddling is probably the best way to cook tuna if you are on a diet. There are various tasty tuna recipes available online if you are unsure how to cook or serve this delicious fish

Grilled Bourbon Tuna Steaks

This tuna recipe has a mixture of flavors that really compliment each other. It's spicy, yet sweet, and pungent as well. Enjoy with you favorite grilled vegetables or with rice.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:

* 6 tuna steaks, about 1 inch
* 1/3 cup hoisin sauce
* 3 tablespoons bourbon
* 2 tablespoons honey
* 2 teaspoons fresh ginger, grated
* 2 teaspoons lime juice
* 2 cloves garlic minced
* 1 teaspoon chili sauce
* 1/2 teaspoons salt
* 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Preparation:
Combine all ingredients, except tuna, in a small bowl. Preheat grill for medium high heat. Baste tuna steaks well with sauce, place on grill and allow to cook for 5 minutes. Turn steaks, baste again, and continue to cook for 5 more minutes. Remove from heat and serve.

Chicken Salad Summer Healthy

1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon honey mustard
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1 tablespoon frozen orange juice concentrate (optional)
4 cups cooked chicken breast, diced
1 cup celery, diced

1 large apple, unpeeled, cored and chopped
1/3 cup dried cranberries, chopped
3 to 4 green onions, chopped
1/3 cup pecans, chopped
1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
salt & pepper to taste

Toast pecans in a 250ºF oven. Watch carefully to make sure they do not burn. Set aside to let cool.

In a small bowl combine mayonnaise, sour cream, mustard, vinegar, orange juice, salt and pepper. Stir well to mix together. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.






In a large bowl toss together chicken, celery, apple, cranberries, onions, pecans and parsley. Add the dressing and mix together well.

Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours before serving to allow those wonderful flavors to meld.

Serves 6

Favorite Summer Salad

Warm weather brings thoughts of cool food and recipes that don't require a lot of indoor cooking. Who wants to tend a long, slow cooked meal when the sun is out and the warm weather beckons?

Here are three warm weather salads that have become some of my favorite summer salad recipes.

None of them require you to be any where near an oven or hot stove except to boil some water, and all are perfect for even the hottest summer days.

Serve them as side vegetable dishes or as a light lunch with a green salad and crusty bread.


Shrimp and Avocado Salad

This is a lovely salad recipe that is great as a side salad or as a light luncheon recipe. Serve it in lettuce cups for lunch along with some fresh crusty bread and a great dessert. Just perfect!

1 pound frozen cooked shrimp, thawed
1 cup celery, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons Italian salad dressing
4 tablespoons mayonnaise
salt and pepper to taste
1 avocado
2 teaspoons lemon juice

Combine the shrimp, celery, Italian dressing and mayonnaise. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Chill, covered until ready to serve.

When ready to serve, peel and dice the avocado. Mix immediately with the lemon juice to prevent the avocado from going dark. Add to the shrimp mixture and mix gently.

Serves 6


Cucumber Salad

This recipe is delicious, but oh so easy. It's a great recipe to serve company at a barbecue because it gets made ahead and sits in the fridge for a few hours until you are ready for it. The best summer entertaining recipes are ones that don't require the host and hostess to be in the kitchen cooking while guests lounge outside.

3 large cucumbers, peeled and thinly sliced
1 1/4 cups red wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon celery salt
1/2 head of lettuce, shredded
1 tablespoon honey
good pinch black pepper
1/2 teaspoon fresh dill, chopped
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

Toss all the ingredients thoroughly in a large salad bowl. Chill for 2 hours before serving.

That's it!




Lime Jello Cottage Cheese Salad

This is a lovely light salad recipe that is perfect for a summer barbecue but also works well all year on a buffet table. The addition of cottage cheese may sound odd, but it is a great flavor mix with the Jello. The crunch of the celery and green pepper add another layer of flavor and fresh taste.

1 - 3 ounce package lime jelly powder
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup cold water
1 teaspoon vinegar or lemon juice
1/2 cup mayonnaise
salt and pepper
3/4 cup chopped celery
1/2 onion, chopped
1/2 green pepper, chopped

Blend with beater and chill until firm 1" from edge of dish. Turn it into a bowl and beat it until it becomes light and fluffy. Fold in 1 cup cottage cheese, celery, onion and green pepper. Chill fully before serving.


Don't forget that most of your favorite summer salad recipes are great all year round too.

Healthy Salad Recipes

Healthy Salad Recipes are a work of art. The thing that I like about this artsy model of eating is that salads can be made with many different things in them, they can have or not have meat in them, they can be whipped up in no time, and generally speaking; they consist of healthy foods.

The only time that a person may run into trouble is at Salad Bars. Many offer a wide variety of greens,fresh vegetables, fruits; certainly, consumer may create his own salad, BUT, the problem arises when the temptation of too many foods offered to eat; foods are often over-exposed to flies and other disease carrying pests; and there is a risk of food poisoning from salad items allowed to stand at room temperatures for more than an hour or two. I say stay away from salad bars. The dressings are high in calories and one tends to use much to much dressing. What is our option? Eat a home-made healthy salad recipe.

Home made healthy salad recipes are so much better; we can choose to buy organic lettuces, and salad ingredients. If we use eggs, once again, range free organic eggs. Fresh fruit salads, once again do your best in purchasing local healthily grown organic fruits. A person will find they use less dressing than usual if the salad tastes good! And we can make our own dressings, vinaigrette's, using fresh herbs and spices and a good extra-virgin olive oil.

The healthiest salad is likely one with dark green lettuce leaves, well washed and patted dry and place in the refrigerator until ready to make the actual salad, as this little secret will give you crispy lettuce. Break into smaller chunks when ready to use. Add remainder of ingredients. Just before serving,
pour your dressing (vinaigrette) onto the salad and toss gently until lettuce leaves and salad is covered. Serve your salad . Always use an attractive salad bowl, as it makes the food more appetizing.



Should you want your healthy salad recipe to be the main course, then there are a multitude of healthy additions you can add to the salad. Nuts, grains, almonds slices, sunflower seeds unsalted, artichoke, avocados,parsley, In some healthy salad recipes, deli meat is added, cut into small pieces, or even chicken pieces - the healthy salad recipe is at your fingertips!