Grammie Beas Tuna Spinach Loaf Recipes

TUNA FISH PATTIES

Steps:

• Soak bread in water in a large shallow dish until softened completely; remove from dish and squeeze as much water from bread as possible.
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a non-stick skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion, spinach, and garlic in the hot oil until the onion softens, about 5 minutes.
• Mix the onion mixture with softened bread, tuna, mushrooms, zucchini, celery, eggs, dill, salt, pepper, basil, and oregano in a large bowl until combined. Form the mixture into about 24 thin, palm-size patties.
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook the patties in the skillet until cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes per side.

LARGE WHITE BEAN, TUNA AND SPINACH SALAD

Steps:

• Rinse the beans and combine with the water in a soup pot. Add the halved onion, the crushed garlic cloves, the bay leaf and the sage leaves. Bring to a gentle boil, add salt to taste, cover and boil very gently for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until the beans are tender (sometimes they take longer, about 2 hours; it depends in part on the age of the beans). Remove from the heat. Set a colander over a bowl and drain the beans. Discard the bay leaf, onion, garlic cloves and sage. Some of the beans will have slipped out of their skins and fallen apart, but most should be intact. The broth can be used for a soup or pasta sauce.
• Meanwhile, prepare the spinach and the dressing. Whisk together the vinegar, lemon juice, minced or puréed garlic, mustard, salt to taste and the olive oil.
• In a large bowl, gently toss together the beans and the tuna. Don't worry if some of the lima beans fall apart. Add the mint, half the chives and half the dressing and toss again. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Toss the spinach with the remaining dressing. Line a platter or wide bowl with the spinach, top with the tuna, and sprinkle the remaining chives over the top. Garnish with red onions and black olives if desired, and serve.

TUNA LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a large loaf pan.
• Mix tuna, cream of chicken soup, milk, cracker crumbs, bread crumbs, onion, egg, and black pepper until thoroughly combined and spoon the mixture into the prepared bread pan. Smooth top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the loaf comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.

GRAMMIE BEA'S TUNA SPINACH LOAF

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, over med. heat, cook onion in oil until tender, stirring occasionally. Remove saucepan from heat.
• Meanwhile cut lemon in half and refrigerate half. With the half you are using, thinly slice half of that lemon into slices, for garnish, and set the other piece aside until later.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease a 8 1/2x4 1/2" loaf pan.
• Drain tuna. In a lg. bowl, finely flake tuna with a fork.
• Break up bread into crumbs, and add to tuna. Mix well.
• Add onion, lemon juice from the piece left over after slicing, spinach, sour cream, eggs, salt, and pepper. Mix well.
• Spoon tuna mixture into greased pan.
• Bake for 50 mins., or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
• When tuna loaf is done, cool in pan, on wire rack, for 10 mins., for easier serving.
• Put tuna loaf on warm platter.
• Garnish with lemon slices.

SPINACH LOAF

Steps:

• Place an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter a 9-by-5-inch nonstick loaf pan. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
• Place the eggs and milk in a large bowl. Add the bread and stir to combine.
• Heat the butter in a large, high-sided skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion, 1 teaspoon of the salt and 1/2 teaspoon of the pepper and cook until soft, about 6 minutes. In batches, add the spinach and cook until wilted, about 15 minutes. Drain in a colander. Press gently on top of the spinach to release excess moisture. Set aside to cool slightly. Transfer the spinach mixture to a food processor and blend until smooth. Pour the spinach into the bowl with the bread mixture. Add 3/4 cup of the Parmesan, the remaining salt and pepper and the nutmeg. Stir until smooth.
• Spread half of the mixture on the bottom of the prepared pan. Lay the hard boiled eggs, end-to-end, in a line along the center of the spinach mixture. Add the remaining spinach mixture on top and press gently. Sprinkle the remaining Parmesan on top and bake for 1 hour. Cool 15 minutes, then run a thin metal spatula around the edges of the pan to release the loaf. Invert the loaf onto a cutting board, remove the parchment paper, and cut into slices.

GRAMMIE BEA'S SOUPER TUNA NOODLE BAKE

Steps:

• Cook noodles according to pkg. directions. Drain well. Set aside.
• In a saucepan, cook onion in butter, until tender.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Pour into a 2 quart shallow baking dish.
• Bake at 400, for 20 mins., or until hot.
• Top with sliced cheese, if desired.
• Bake until cheese melts.

TUNA LOAF

Steps:

• Break apart tuna with a fork in a mixing bowl; add remaining ingredients.
• Mix well; pour into well greased 1-quart casserole.
• Cover.
• Bake in 350 degree oven for 40 minutes.
• Uncover; bake for about 20 minutes more or until golden.
• Serve with lemon, mushroom sauce,or a tarter sauce.