Showing posts with label #FishFridayFoodies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #FishFridayFoodies. Show all posts

Friday, November 18, 2022

Smoked Mussel Tapenade

This smoked mussel tapenade is a savory delight, heaped upon toasted bread or even stirred through hot pasta. The mussel flavor is subtle but super tasty!  

Food Lust People Love: This smoked mussel tapenade is a savory delight, heaped upon toasted bread or even stirred through hot pasta. The mussel flavor is subtle but super tasty!

We’ve been spoiled this year from mid-August through mid-November because, staying in the Channel Islands, the most delightful mussels cooked with garlic and cream are available at many restaurants. The island’s own farmed stocks were much depleted by an invasion of spider crabs (Who knew that spider crabs are a natural predator for mussels? Not me!) but the Scottish mussels substituted were wonderful. 

We are back in Houston now and while there are fresh mussels nearby, they are a larger variety than we are fond of. We like ‘em small, truth be told. 

So, for this month’s Fish Friday Foodies challenge with mussels as the main ingredient, I decided to go a different direction and use canned ones. I found a few recipes online that were easily adaptable and sounded tasty. And then I went to three supermarkets and couldn’t find smoked mussels in any of them. 

Trader Joe’s to the rescue! An internet search – which I admit I should have done in the first place – said that Trader Joe’s has smoked mussels so I called my nearest one. The lovely person who answered the phone actually went to look and reported back that, indeed, he had smoked mussels on the shelf. When I told him that he was wonderful, he joked, “Wait a sec while I get my wife on the line so you can tell her.” Never mind his wife, I hope his employer appreciates him! 

Smoked Mussel Tapenade

This recipe is adapted from one on Wendi’s AIP Kitchen. Nonpareil capers are the little small ones. If you are using larger capers, you might want to use more than 1 tablespoon because of the space between them as you measure. 

Ingredients
3 1/2 oz or 100g (about 30-32) oil-cured olives (Pits still in are better!)
2 cloves garlic, chopped roughly
1 can (4.02oz or 114g) lightly smoked mussels in extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon nonpareil capers
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon finely chopped green onions (just the green part) plus extra for garnish


Method
Pit the olives with an olive pitter or by hitting them with the flat side of a large knife on a cutting board and pulling the pit free. I suggest you count the olives and then count the pits afterwards. You do not want to leave a pit in an olive. 

Drain the olive oil off of the mussels and reserve two tablespoons of it. 

Place the olives, garlic, drained mussels, capers, lemon juice and most of the green onions (reserve a small amount for garnish) in a mini food processor along with the reserved two tablespoons of olive oil from the mussels. 


Process, scraping down the bowl as needed, until you get a chunky spread. 


Remove to a serving bowl or ramekin and garnish with the reserved green onions. 

Food Lust People Love: This smoked mussel tapenade is a savory delight, heaped upon toasted bread or even stirred through hot pasta. The mussel flavor is subtle but super tasty!

Serve at room temperature on toast. Delicious! This would be a great appetizer with a crisp white wine or chilled beer. We ate it heaped on the toast for lunch! So good. Leftovers were tossed with hot buttered pasta. Divine.

Food Lust People Love: This smoked mussel tapenade is a savory delight, heaped upon toasted bread or even stirred through hot pasta. The mussel flavor is subtle but super tasty!

Enjoy!

It’s the third Friday of the month so it’s time for my Fish Friday Foodies to share seafood recipes. As mentioned above, our main ingredient/theme this month is mussels. We are small but mighty this month. Check out the links below. Many thanks to our host, Sue of Palatable Pastime


Would you like to join Fish Friday Foodies? We post and share new seafood/fish recipes on the third Friday of the month. To join our group please email Wendy at wendyklik1517 (at) gmail.com. Visit our Facebook page and Pinterest page for more wonderful fish and seafood recipe ideas.


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Food Lust People Love: This smoked mussel tapenade is a savory delight, heaped upon toasted bread or even stirred through hot pasta. The mussel flavor is subtle but super tasty!

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Friday, October 21, 2022

Malaysian-style Curry Laksa

This Malaysian-style curry laksa starts with a spicy paste, made soupy with water and coconut milk and loads of add-ins like shrimp, tofu, chicken and noodles. It is a rich, wonderful seafood dish for a chilly night!

Food Lust People Love: This Malaysian-style curry laksa starts with a spicy paste, made soupy with water and coconut milk and loads of add-ins like shrimp, tofu, chicken and noodles. It is a rich, wonderful seafood dish for a chilly night!

One of my favorite dishes of all time from our many, many years living in Malaysia is curry laksa. I never had to learn to make it there since there were a lot of restaurants that served lovely or at least decent versions. 

When we moved on to Egypt back in 2012, that’s when my laksa cravings meant I’d have to figure out how to make it myself. There are tons of recipes online but it took meshing a couple together to come up with one that tastes the way I remember from my favorite restaurant, Madam Kwan’s.

It has a rich, fragrant broth that tickles your nose and delights your tastebuds. 

Malaysian-style Curry Laksa

The paste is made from a long list of ingredients but don’t let that dissuade you since this recipe makes plenty enough to freeze and you will be glad to have those little bags readily available next time the craving for curry laksa hits you. You need 3 1/2 oz or 100g paste (a rounded 1/3 cup) to serve curry laksa for four people. These ingredients are available at most Asian markets.

Ingredients
For the laksa paste (rempah):
15 dried chilies, soaked in hot water (about 1/2 oz or 15g before soaking)
1/4 cup or 25g dried shrimp, pounded to powder
7 lemongrass stalks, white parts only, sliced
30 small shallots, peeled and chopped (about 6 1/3 oz or 180g)
2.8 oz or 80g galangal, peeled and sliced 
2.8 oz or 80g fresh ginger, peeled and sliced 
10 candlenuts (available at Asian markets or substitute macadamia)
1 tablespoon ground turmeric
2 tablespoons shrimp paste 
6 fresh red chilies
8 cloves garlic 
1/2 cup or 120ml canola or other light oil


For the curry laksa:
3 1/2 oz or 100g paste (a rounded 1/3 cup)
2 cups or 480ml water
1 can (113.5oz or 400ml) coconut milk 
14 oz or  400g fresh yellow egg noodles or thick rice vermicelli (or a combo)
1.75oz or 150g bean sprouts, blanched (throw them in at the very end of the noodle cooking time)
7 oz or 200g raw, cleaned, peeled shrimp or prawns
7 oz or 200g fish cakes or balls
3 1/2 oz or 100g tau pok (deep fried soy bean curd puffs)

Garnish options: 
Curry leaves and/or fresh mint
Hard-boiled eggs, halved or use whole quail eggs
Shredded chicken
Sliced chili peppers

Method
First, we make the paste: Use a blender to combine all the ingredients until you have a homogeneous paste. 


Cook the paste in a heavy pan over a low heat for about 20-25 minutes or until the onion/garlic smell is not so prominent and the paste has darkened a bit. 


These ingredients make 4 cups of paste before cooking – about 2 3/4 cups or 700g after cooking – enough for about 7 batches of curry laksa for four people. Freeze the balance until needed in airtight bags, up to three months. 


To make the laksa, add the paste to a pot with the water and whisk till combined. Bring to a slow boil.

Add in the shrimp, fish cake or balls, tau pok and coconut milk. Simmer till the shrimp are cooked, just a few minutes. 


Meanwhile, cook your noodles to package instructions. To blanch the bean sprouts, throw them in right at the end of cooking time for your noodles. Drain and rinse noodles and sprouts in cold water. Dry the sprouts on a paper towel and set the noodles aside in a colander till ready to serve. 


To serve, share out the noodles and sprouts between four large bowls. Add shrimp, fish cake (or balls) and tau pok. 


Ladle hot laksa broth into the bowls. 


Garnish with curry and/or mint leaves, eggs, chicken and sliced chili peppers. 

Food Lust People Love: This Malaysian-style curry laksa starts with a spicy paste, made soupy with water and coconut milk and loads of add-ins like shrimp, tofu, chicken and noodles. It is a rich, wonderful seafood dish for a chilly night!

Enjoy! 

It's time for Fish Friday Foodies, when my blogger friends along with group organizer Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm share our favorite seafood recipes. This month the theme is soups and stews. Many thanks to our host, Sneha of Sneha's Recipe. Check out the links below. 


Would you like to join Fish Friday Foodies? We post and share new seafood/fish recipes on the third Friday of the month. To join our group please email Wendy at wendyklik1517 (at) gmail.com. Visit our Facebook page and Pinterest page for more wonderful fish and seafood recipe ideas.


Pin this Malaysian-Style Curry Laksa!

Food Lust People Love: This Malaysian-style curry laksa starts with a spicy paste, made soupy with water and coconut milk and loads of add-ins like shrimp, tofu, chicken and noodles. It is a rich, wonderful seafood dish for a chilly night!

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Friday, September 16, 2022

Baked Lobster Roll Dip

This Baked Lobster Roll Dip is a twist on the traditional sandwich, with many of the same ingredients, plus cream cheese, it’s a fabulous appetizer! Serve it with a crusty loaf or slices of baguette. Frankly, it would be a great filling for a baked potato as well. 

Food Lust People Love: This Baked Lobster Roll Dip is a twist on the traditional sandwich, with many of the same ingredients, plus cream cheese, it’s a fabulous appetizer! Serve it with a crusty loaf or slices of baguette. Frankly, it would be a great filling for a baked potato as well.

When our Fish Friday Foodies host for this month event decided on Lobster Rolls as our theme, I was excited because here on the island of Jersey, the lobsters are lovely and freshly caught but I didn’t feel like making a plain sandwich on a bread roll. 

It occurred to me that I could take the lobster roll ingredients perhaps and serve it as a dip instead, like lobster salad. A quick google search revealed that many people had already had that idea, thousands of them in fact. Many were served cold but I was most intrigued by the baked ones, which had a variety of cheese from gruyere or cheddar to Parmesan and cream cheese. 

I could just picture the bubbling dish, hot and melty from the oven! Irresistible! And so it is. 

Baked Lobster Roll Dip

This recipe is adapted from one shared by the Lobster Council of Canada. 
lobstercouncilcanada.ca/recipes/lobster-roll-dip If you are curious about Canadian lobsters, I highly recommend a visit to their site. My cooked lobster was almost 1.1 pound or 500g which yielded 8 oz or 225g of meat from the tail and claws. 

Ingredients
8 oz or 225g plain cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup or 120ml mayonnaise
1/3 cup or 80ml sour cream
8 oz or 225g cooked lobster meat
1 rib celery, finely chop
1/4 medium purple onion (about 40g), finely minced
1 green onion - just the green part
2 tablespoons or 20g drained capers
3 tablespoons or 45ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

To serve:
Baguette, sliced in circles, toasted or untoasted, crusty bread or crackers

Method
Preheat your oven to 400°F or 200°C. Finely chop your celery and green onion top. Finely mince the onion. 


In medium bowl, using handheld electric mixer or in the bowl of your stand mixer, beat cream cheese, mayonnaise and sour cream until smooth and blended. 


Add in the celery, capers, onion, green onion, lemon juice, mustard, cayenne pepper, Old Bay seasoning, salt and black pepper and beat again until combined. 


Chop your lobster meat into small chunks. 


Fold in the lobster into the mixture.


Spread the dip in a baking dish and give the top an extra sprinkle of cayenne, if desired.


Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until it’s bubbling and hot! Serve with your choice of bread or crackers. 

Food Lust People Love: This Baked Lobster Roll Dip is a twist on the traditional sandwich, with many of the same ingredients, plus cream cheese, it’s a fabulous appetizer! Serve it with a crusty loaf or slices of baguette. Frankly, it would be a great filling for a baked potato as well.

Enjoy! 

It’s Fish Friday Foodie time! Many thanks to our host, Camilla of Culinary Adventures with Camilla. Check out all of Lobster Roll related recipes below!


Would you like to join Fish Friday Foodies? We post and share new seafood/fish recipes on the third Friday of the month. To join our group please email Wendy at wendyklik1517 (at) gmail.com. Visit our Facebook page and Pinterest page for more wonderful fish and seafood recipe ideas.

Pin this Baked Lobster Roll Dip!

Food Lust People Love: This Baked Lobster Roll Dip is a twist on the traditional sandwich, with many of the same ingredients, plus cream cheese, it’s a fabulous appetizer! Serve it with a crusty loaf or slices of baguette. Frankly, it would be a great filling for a baked potato as well.

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Friday, July 15, 2022

Spicy Honey Baked Steelhead Trout

This spicy honey baked steelhead trout is topped with mustard, chili garlic sauce, sesame oil and, of course, honey, before baking in foil for a delightful, easy dish everyone will love, especially the clean up crew. 

Food Lust People Love: This spicy honey baked steelhead trout is topped with mustard, chili garlic sauce, sesame oil and, of course, honey, before baking in foil for a delightful, easy dish everyone will love, especially the clean up crew.

Occasionally I have a specific recipe in mind when I go to the grocery store but most often, I just let what is fresh and/or a good deal determine what goes in the shopping cart. 

In the case of this dish, I was actually hoping for decent salmon but the specimens on display were sad and old looking. Fortunately, the steelhead trout was not only bright and fresh looking; it was also a better price!

The flavors of the toppings complement the tender fish so nicely and since we are baking in foil, clean up could not be easier. I removed the fillets from the foil for photos but feel free to serve these just as they bake, allowing each person to carefully open a foil packet. Let the steam out first, then enjoy!

Spicy Honey Baked Steelhead Trout

Use farmed salmon or steelhead trout, whichever is available to you. You can also use wild salmon but keep in mind that it’s a much leaner fish and so it is easily overcooked. Adjust the baking time down accordingly. This recipe is easily scaled up or down to feed one or a crowd. 

Ingredients 
Steelhead trout fillets (each about 6 oz or 170g)
fine sea salt
freshly ground black pepper

For each foil packet:
1/2 teaspoon whole grain Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon chili garlic sauce or sambal
1/2 teaspoon cider vinegar
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1 1/2 teaspoons honey

Optional to garnish: 
chopped parsley

Method
Preheat your oven to 400°F or 200°C and cut large rectangles of foil for each fillet.

Rinse the fillets with water and pat dry with paper towels. Transfer each fillet to a sheet of the foil. Season lightly with salt and freshly ground black pepper.


Spread the fillets with the whole grain mustard and the chili garlic sauce or sambal. Drizzle them each with the honey, vinegar and sesame oil. 


Crimp and fold the foil lightly around the fillets and place the packets on a baking pan.  


Bake in the oven for about 15-20 minutes (depending on the thickness of your fish). The internal temperature of cooked fish is ideally 145°F or 62.8°C.

Carefully open the foil packets so you don’t get burnt by the steam.


Garnish with parsley and serve immediately hot or cool the fillets and serve at room temperature. 

This lovely fish goes well with just about any vegetable or starch but we love it with green salad, dressed lightly with a complementary vinaigrette made with whole grain mustard, cider vinegar and a bit of honey. 

Enjoy! 

Food Lust People Love: This spicy honey baked steelhead trout is topped with mustard, chili garlic sauce, sesame oil and, of course, honey, before baking in foil for a delightful, easy dish everyone will love, especially the clean up crew.

It’s time for my Fish Friday Foodie friends to share seafood recipes. This month our theme is “seafood foil packets.” Many thanks to our host Sue of Palatable Pastime. Check out all the links below.




Would you like to join Fish Friday Foodies? We post and share new seafood/fish recipes on the third Friday of the month. To join our group please email Wendy at wendyklik1517 (at) gmail.com. Visit our Facebook page and Pinterest page for more wonderful fish and seafood recipe ideas.


Pin this Spicy Honey Baked Steelhead Trout!

Food Lust People Love: This spicy honey baked steelhead trout is topped with mustard, chili garlic sauce, sesame oil and, of course, honey, before baking in foil for a delightful, easy dish everyone will love, especially the clean up crew.
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Friday, June 17, 2022

Crunchy Oven Baked Butterflied Shrimp

These crunchy oven baked butterflied shrimp are dipped in a flavorful batter before being coated with panko. Tender inside, crunchy outside! And so, so good!

Food Lust People Love: These crunchy oven baked butterflied shrimp are dipped in a flavorful batter before being coated with panko. Tender inside, crunchy outside! And so, so good!

A couple of years ago, I was looking for a recipe for oven baked chicken tenders and I came across one on Recipe Tin Eats that sounded wonderful. I made them that night and ever since, I’ve used a variation on the dipping batter for chicken tenders and various other things like my salt and vinegar chip crusted cod fingers and these butterflied shrimp. 

The first time I made the shrimp, the little tails stood straight up when I baked them so I said to my family that I really had to make these again for a blog post, they are so cute! Maybe I butterflied the shrimp a little deeper this time because, although they are just as crunchy and delicious, they aren’t as perky. 

But it’s taste that matters, right? 

Crunchy Oven Baked Butterflied Shrimp

These shrimp can be made a few hours ahead of serving up to the point where they are in the refrigerator. I like to serve them with either my easy homemade tartar sauce or when I’m feeling lazy, a mixture of 2/3 ketchup and 1/3 ABC Extra Hot Chili Sauce, which can be found in many Asian markets. 

Ingredients
1 lb or 450g peeled shrimp, tail on (about 22 extra large)
3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Ground cayenne pepper

For the batter: 
1 egg
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

For the breading:
1 1/2 cups or 120g panko-style bread crumbs

For baking: Olive oil cooking spray

Method
First clean and butterfly the tail-on shrimp. Pop them in a bowl. 


Dry them well then season with salt and pepper. Stir gently to make sure the whole bowl is seasoned. 


Add the batter ingredients to a large plate with sides and whisk till combined. 


Measure the panko into a mixing bowl. 

Coat the shrimp with the batter, allowing any excess to drip back on the plate. 


Dredge the coated shrimp in the panko.


Put them on a baking pan lined with silicone or foil, for easy clean up. Continue till all shrimp are coated and dredged. 


Preheat your oven to 400°F or 200°C and put the shrimp pan in the refrigerator while it preheats. 

 When the oven is hot, spray the shrimp lightly with olive oil cooking spray.  

Bake the shrimp for 8-10 minutes in your preheated oven, or until the outsides are crispy golden and the little tails turn up a bit. Turn the pan around halfway through to make sure the shrimp brown evenly. 


If you’d like a little more crunch and color, you can turn the oven to broil for the last couple of minutes but do watch like a hawk so you don’t end up burning the shrimp, especially any upturned tails. 

Serve immediately with the dipping sauce of your choice.  

Food Lust People Love: These crunchy oven baked butterflied shrimp are dipped in a flavorful batter before being coated with panko. Tender inside, crunchy outside! And so, so good!

Enjoy!  

It’s the third Friday of the month so that means it’s time for my Fish Friday Foodie friends to share seafood recipes. I’m hosting and our theme is battered and crusted! Check out all the links below. 



Would you like to join Fish Friday Foodies? We post and share new seafood/fish recipes on the third Friday of the month. To join our group please email Wendy at wendyklik1517 (at) gmail.com. Visit our Facebook page and Pinterest page for more wonderful fish and seafood recipe ideas.

Pin these Crunchy Oven Baked Butterflied Shrimp!

Food Lust People Love: These crunchy oven baked butterflied shrimp are dipped in a flavorful batter before being coated with panko. Tender inside, crunchy outside! And so, so good!

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Friday, May 20, 2022

Baked Crawfish Rangoon

These baked crawfish Rangoon are not just pretty to look at; they are tasty too with a garlicky, spicy cream cheese crawfish filling and crunchy baked outsides. 

Food Lust People Love: These baked crawfish Rangoon are not just pretty to look at; they are tasty too with a garlicky, spicy cream cheese crawfish filling and crunchy baked outsides.

Here’s the recipe I promised you in last month’s Muffin Monday post, made with leftover boiled crawfish that we cooked and peeled ourselves. You can substitute frozen crawfish or even chilled cooked shrimp if you can’t get those. 

These little guys are super tasty with or without the dipping sauce but the sauce does add a welcome extra hit of chili pepper to spice them up. 

Baked Crawfish Rangoon

The final step of prep before baking is a spritz of oil to help the rangoon brown in the oven. You can use baking spray but I prefer a mister of just oil, if you have one. This recipe makes 3/4 cup or 180ml dipping sauce and about 40 rangoon. These can be made a day ahead and chilled until you are ready bake and serve. They are best served freshly baked for utmost crispiness. 

Tip: If you do happen to have leftover rangoon after they are already baked, simmer them in a little stock or broth for a delicious light soup.

Ingredients 
For the crawfish rangoon:
1 (8 oz or 226g) package cream cheese, at room temperature
2 cloves garlic
2 green onions
1 red chili pepper (optional)
1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
1 egg, divided
7 oz or 200g cooked crawfish
40 wonton wrappers
Oil spray

For the sweet chili dipping sauce:
1/2 cup or 120ml plus 1 tablespoon water, divided
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 medium cloves garlic, minced 
3 red chili peppers, minced
1/3 cup or 66g sugar
3 tablespoons rice vinegar
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt

Method
Preheat oven to 350°F or 180°C. Line a large baking pan with a silicone liner or baking parchment. 

Whisk the egg white with a teaspoon of water in a small bowl. 


Finely mince the garlic cloves, green onions and red chili pepper, if using. 


In a medium bowl, stir together the cream cheese, garlic, green onions, soy sauce and egg yolk. 


Chop the crawfish roughly. Fold them into the cream cheese mixture. 


Arrange the wonton wrappers on your work surface then spoon 2 teaspoons of the crawfish mixture (about 14g) into the center of each wrapper.

Dip your finger or a pastry brush in the beaten egg white and run it around the edges of each wonton wrapper. Fold each of the corners up and toward the center of each wonton wrapper, pinching to seal each edge and top shut.


Arrange the crawfish rangoon in a single layer on the baking sheet, spacing them 1 inch apart. 


Spritz the rangoon with oil spray. (This is optional but will help enhance the golden brown color and crispiness.)

Bake the rangoon until they are golden brown and crispy, 15 to 18 minutes. I managed to fit 24 in one pan so I baked the second batch of 16 when those were done. 


While they bake, make the dipping sauce. In a small bowl, whisk together 1 tablespoon water and cornstarch. Set aside.

In a small pot, mix together the remaining 1/2 cup or 120ml water, garlic, peppers, sugar, vinegar and salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat, reduce heat and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes.


Stir cornstarch mixture to re-combine, then whisk into simmering sauce and cook until thickened, about 1 minute more. Remove from heat, let cool, and use immediately or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.


Remove the rangoon from the oven and serve them with the dipping sauce.

Food Lust People Love: These baked crawfish Rangoon are not just pretty to look at; they are tasty too with a garlicky, spicy cream cheese crawfish filling and crunchy baked outsides.

Enjoy!

Today my Fish Friday Foodie friends are sharing Seafood in Small Bites. Make sure to check out all the links below. Many thanks to our host, Camilla from Culinary Adventures with Camilla


Would you like to join Fish Friday Foodies? We post and share new seafood/fish recipes on the third Friday of the month. To join our group please email Wendy at wendyklik1517 (at) gmail.com. Visit our Facebook page and Pinterest page for more wonderful fish and seafood recipe ideas.


Pin these Baked Crawfish Rangoon!

Food Lust People Love: These baked crawfish Rangoon are not just pretty to look at; they are tasty too with a garlicky, spicy cream cheese crawfish filling and crunchy baked outsides.

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Friday, April 15, 2022

Artichoke Tuna Bean Salad

This tasty Artichoke Tuna Bean Salad is easy to toss together but it’s full of flavor and makes a wonderful starter or light meal. 

Food Lust People Love: This tasty Artichoke Tuna Bean Salad is easy to toss together but it’s full of flavor and makes a wonderful starter or light meal.

One pantry staple we are never without is tuna in a can. Many an afternoon I hear the snick-snick of the can opener and either my husband or daughter is opening a can to eat with fork, straight from the can. It’s one of my favorite things to eat as well. 

That said, often of a morning you will find me boiling eggs in the Instant Pot, just to make my southern-style tuna salad. Where I come from, tuna salad has to have boiled eggs in it! I love to eat it on soft sandwich bread or piled high on Triskets. 

Back in my college days, what I called tuna surprise was one of my favorite meals. It required just three ingredients: noodles, cream cheese and a can of tuna. 

Bonus Tuna Surprise recipe: Just boil the noodles and drain. Add the cream cheese to the hot pot of pasta and stir till melted. Add tuna and stir again. This is seriously delicious and a relatively cheap, warm bowl of comfort food. If you want to get fancy, pour the whole pot in a casserole dish and bake till browned on top but that step is not really necessary.

Artichoke Tuna Bean Salad

This recipe is adapted from one in New York Times Cooking. According to the original author, it’s a mainstay in her house since it uses ingredients she usually has on hand for an easy light meal. I added a few ingredients but would still wholeheartedly agree.

Ingredients – Serves 4-6 as a starter
1 jar (6.5 oz or 185g) marinated quartered artichoke hearts, drained and 1/4 cup or 60ml marinade reserved
1 small or 1/2 medium red onion, peeled and very thinly sliced 40g
1 small red chili pepper, minced
2 teaspoons cider vinegar 
1 tablespoon plain Greek yogurt
½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 (12-oz or 340g) can water-packed albacore tuna, drained
1 (15-ounce) can cannellini beans or borlotti beans, drained through a strainer and rinsed
Several sprigs Italian parsley leaves, chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Baby spinach to serve, if desired

Method
Place the onion and chili pepper in a bowl and add the vinegar. Leave to marinate. 


Pour the vinegar into 1/4 cup or 60ml of the reserved artichoke marinade and then whisk in the Dijon mustard and yogurt. Add a pinch of fine sea salt and a few good grinds of black pepper.


In a large bowl, combine the artichoke hearts, beans, onion and chili pepper.


Add the tuna and pour on the dressing. Toss gently to coat. Garnish with parsley. 


Serve as is or put a small handful of baby spinach on each plate then top with the artichoke tuna bean salad. 

Food Lust People Love: This tasty Artichoke Tuna Bean Salad is easy to toss together but it’s full of flavor and makes a wonderful starter or light meal.

Enjoy!

It’s the second Friday of the month which means it’s time for my Fish Friday Foodies to share recipes. Today’s theme is Fish from a Can. I love this theme! Canned fish is tasty and convenient. I always have sardines, tuna, anchovies, smoked oysters, salmon, etc. in my pantry so I can’t wait to see all the other canned fish recipes. Check them out below. Many thanks to our host, Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm. 



Would you like to join Fish Friday Foodies? We post and share new seafood/fish recipes on the third Friday of the month. To join our group please email Wendy at wendyklik1517 (at) gmail.com. Visit our Facebook page and Pinterest page for more wonderful fish and seafood recipe ideas.

Pin this Artichoke Tuna Bean Salad!

Food Lust People Love: This tasty Artichoke Tuna Bean Salad is easy to toss together but it’s full of flavor and makes a wonderful starter or light meal.

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