I as many others don’t eat enough fish so I try to get a can of tuna in my system every other day. But it really kills me how dry and boring it tastes.
Anyoke got a good way to make it taste good? As low calorie as possible but I am willing to forfeit a bit of my dinner if I necessary.
I’m going to make a really weird suggestion: I don’t like fish except salmon. Then I tried canned sardines in oil. They’re actually quite good and not fishy at all. I’d recommend trying to choke them down once. The Calorie count is high for the weight, but they’re very filling due to the protein and fats. I ate them on a 1200 calorie diet.
Umm, you might want to consult this article (https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/how-worried-should-you-be-about-mercury-in-your-tuna-a5041903086/) before continuing with your plan.
Cheatcode for flavor is chicken bouillon. Powdered chicken stock has almost no calories but packs a ton of non-specific savory flavor (umami) that you can put into any savory dish. If you feel like a dish is bland, you salt it and it still feels not salty, try adding chicken bouillon and the flavor pops out. It’s why Australians go mad about their “Chicken salt” which is mainly bouillon and salt. (If it still taste bland after this point, you probably need some form of acid like a vinegar in the dish.)
Tuna itself is pretty generic in flavor so just go ham with spices and seasoning. I like to mix my tuna into scrambled eggs (1 whole egg + 200g of egg white), mix it with gochuchang red pepper paste for big flavor, mild heat, and slight sweetness. You can also use Laughing Cow cheese wedges for about 45cal. Mix that into the pepper paste with a little bit of water to turn it into a creamy consistency. You can use the cheese wedge trick or cornstarch slurries to make creamy sauces/gravies for whatever dish you want with minimal calorie cost.
There’s a lot of exercise programming you can do to optimize your fitness, but when we know diet is like 90% of the aesthetic outcome, leveling up cooking skill is probably much more important for creating tasty lean food you have no problem adhering to.
Careful with powdered chicken stock (or any stock) from supermarket brand. They may have nearly no calorie but a lot of fat, salt and other generally un healthy stuff.
Making chicken stock yourself take time but you can make big batches and use it through the week.
A Little olive oil, some herpes or spices…some vegetables…Well I described a salat :D
You can mix the tuna with some low fat creme cheese or some low fat Greek yoghurt (watch for added sugar)
I put it on a slice of bread with a thick slab of butter.
Or mix it into mashed potatoes with lots of butter.
mmmmh, butter…
