Tuna as a eating staple
By Healthy Tuna
According to Registered Dietician Jennifer McGuire there is no better time to include canned tuna in your diet than now. “As women learn more about the health risks of a traditional low-seafood, high meat American diet, they are looking for healthy proteins to prepare. Fish, from fresh filets to convenient canned tuna, is making a making a real resurgence as a smart-eating staple.â€Prep Time:15 Minutes
Cook Time:12 MINUTES
Yield: 1 Pizza
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Ingredients:
– 1 (6-oz.) pre-baked individual pizza crust
– 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
– 1/3 cup diced Roma tomatoes
– 1 teaspoon minced shallots
– 1/2 teaspoon red wine vinegar
– 2 teaspoons fresh-chopped basil
– 1/4 teaspoon fresh-crushed garlic
– 1 can (6 oz.) Tuna in Olive Oil
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350º F. Place pizza crust on pizza pan. Sprinkle cheese over crust; bake until cheese is melted (about 7 minutes). Meanwhile in bowl, combine tomatoes, shallots, red wine vinegar and garlic; set aside. Remove pizza and flake tuna evenly over pizza. Mix. Spoon tomato mixture over tuna; sprinkle basil over pizza. Return to oven and bake 5 minutes longer.
Tuna Italiano Pizza (serves one)
1 (6-oz.) pre-baked individual pizza crust
1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1/3 cup diced Roma tomatoes
1 teaspoon minced shallots
1/2 teaspoon red wine vinegar
2 teaspoons fresh-chopped basil
1/4 teaspoon fresh-crushed garlic
1 can (6 oz.) Tuna in Olive Oil
Preheat oven to 350º F. Place pizza crust on pizza pan. Sprinkle cheese over crust; bake until cheese is melted (about 7 minutes). Meanwhile in bowl, combine tomatoes, shallots, red wine vinegar and garlic; set aside. Remove pizza and flake tuna evenly over pizza. Mix. Spoon tomato mixture over tuna; sprinkle basil over pizza. Return to oven and bake 5 minutes longer.
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Do you throw tuna oil or wash it?
I would use tuna packed in water but if it’s packed in oil I would wash it.