Veggie nights & what to do with tinned tuna?

MrsE_2

I've increased my veggie nights from 1 to 2 a week:D Trying to cut down on animal fat:A

DD is not a fish lover but does like tuna (tinned), apart from jacket pots what else can I do (low cal/healthy) with tinned tuna?
I tried a JO pasta & tomato dish, but I hate tuna & tomato, its just a wrong combo:eek:

I did a pasta bake years ago (from a colemans packet) with tuna, sweetcorn & pasta, I might try & recreate that (old style).

I do jacket pots, risottos & JO pasta dishes for my veggie nights, but I'm running out of ideas for these too:o

What do you eat for veggie nights, not processed veggie burgers/bangers/not load stuff.

phizzimum

sometimes we have savoury pancakes filled with tuna and grated carrot, served with cheese sauce. also nice with spinach and ricotta cheese with a tomato sauce (bit like cannaloni, however you spell it)

another veggie meal I do is a kind of refried beans - fry up an onion and garlic, 2 tsps garam masala and 1 tsp chilli powder, chopped red pepper, tin of baked beans and tin of pinto beans. simmer for about 20 minutes - tastes even better the next day!

sandraroffey

fish cakes?? always put tinned tuna in mine.

MrsE_2

I should have said, I'm on slimming world, so very little cheese.

MrsE_2

sandraroffey wrote: »

fish cakes?? always put tinned tuna in mine.

My fishcakes are never that sucessful, but I will try them with tuna:beer:

MrsE_2

phizzimum wrote: »

also nice with spinach and ricotta cheese with a tomato sauce (bit like cannaloni, however you spell it)

Mmmmmmmm, that sounds really nice.

phizzimum

oops, forget the cheese sauce then! sometimes I mix the tuna/carrot with natural yogurt if I can't be bothered to make a sauce - but not sure if pancakes are allowed on slimming world?

the chilli would be very low fat though (and high fibre!)

Pink.

Hi MrsE,

What about tuna and pasta bake? Cook the pasta shapes and drain. Add cooked broccoli, sweetcorn or other veg of your choice. Add in tinned tuna, season with a little salt, lots of black pepper and herbs of your choice. Put into an ovenproof dish and pour over a white/cheese sauce. Top with grated cheese, breadcrumbs or crushed crisps and pop into the oven until piping hot.

For more ideas using tinned tuna have a look at this thread:

In need of 1001 things to do with tuna !!


There are also some lovely vegetarian recipes on these threads that should give you some inspiration:

Easy, cheap Vegetarian recipes?

Gingham's Vegetarian Meal Planner

Gingham's vegetarian meal planner - SUMMER

Gingham's vegetarian menu planner SPRING

Vegan and vegetarian food on the cheap

A vegetarian meal planner, please

Vegetarian OSers

Cooking for the freezer - vegetarian


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HariboJunkie

We often have tuna and mixed bean salad with crusty bread and french dressing or tuna nicoise.

I agree about tuna and tomato sauce but I just make tuna pasta bake with low fat cheese sauce, mushrooms, brocolli and sweetcorn.

ceridwen

Veggie and okay with Slimming World diet too - would be a stirfry of whatever interesting veg. you can find. Instead of generous splash of oil - use a spray mister to spray on a teeny bit of oil and a little hot water you have dissolved a bit of vegetable stock powder in. Serve with noodles. Counts as Free Food.

sarahsarah

Can I just say that fish is not veggie!

If you are including fish you could say its a pescetarian night..