Fish Diet

[cecil39]

My dear one has been advised to try a diet using more fish than he's used to, to start with I have got him a tuna steak for tomorrow, but what to serve with it, he wont take kindly to salad, but I have to fill him up something, any idea's please?

[ummmm]

Be nice with a noodle dish.

[woofgang]

With fresh tuna, I eat veg and a carb, same as i would with meat. What veg does he like?

[dzug2]

Potatoes and vegetables is one possibility. Most veg would go with it.

[BlackadderV]

Fresh cod in parsley sauce with potatoes and peas/French beans is my idea of luxury. Same with smoked cod, except drop the parsley sauce and top with a poached egg. If I ever were to face the electric chair that would be my last meal.

[jourdain2]

Tuna is very like a meat, so treat it the same.

[ummmm]

Don't over cook it though otherwise it goes really dry.

[Tilly2]

I'd go for rice and stir fry vegetables.

[Peaspeculiars]

A tomato based cous-cous dish goes really well with seared tuna, mix in some chick peas and cooked chopped french beans for extra texture (I normally use a big dollop of red pesto mixed through the cous-cous)

Failing that, how about some healthy boiled new potatoes, chunky carrots and baked onions with a splash of lemon & Thyme dressing.

[BlackadderV]

My mother used to tell me the tale of when they were recently married and before I was born, at the end of the war, meat was severely rationed but suddenly whale meat appeared on the shelves, with the instruction , just cook like beef. My mother did so, served up the Sunday dinner. Dad took a bite, Mam took a bite. he looked at her, she looked at him, and without a word being spoken the lot went in the bin and they had to settle for cheese on toast.

[cecil39]

thanks everyone, he likes most veg so should be ok (but not many spuds allowed) might try some pasta, though its not something I do much of, is it less fattening than spuds or bread?

[ummmm]

BlackAdder....My OH would have eaten it and told me it was horrible afterwards and not to buy it again.

[ummmm]

If you opt for pasta opt for brown pasta. That's better than the white stuff.

[AlwaysConfused]

try tuna steak with jacket potato and salad, lightly drizzled with a sweet chilli sauce. I'm also adding more fish to my diet. I am enjoy kippers with poached eggs for breakfast, or sardines or tuna with salad for lunch. We got Young's fish portions in parsley sauce today from the supermarket. I plan to have those with boiled potatoes and plenty of veg. Being naughty tonight and tucking into a burger :)

[Peaspeculiars]

Oooh... kippers....

[Old_Geezer]

I don't like salad but I have a lot of veg I like provided it's cooked enough not to be anything like salad any more. A large pile of green beans is an decent option. But it depends on what your dear one likes.

[ummmm]

What is it about salad you don't like, OG?

My partner loves salad and would happily eat it all year round.

[Old_Geezer]

It depends. Some of it tastes absolutely revolting and I do not understand why some folk pretend otherwise. The bearable stuff has a texture that is unpleasant and makes you want to spit it out. Raw leaves, raw roots, foul tasting "fruits", this isn't food fit for human consumption.

[BlackadderV]

Must disagree with OG. I could happily chew my way through a big bag of radishes.

[Old_Geezer]

[shudder]

[ummmm]

Lol, OG. I also love salad. Some nice seared scallops and salad is one of my favs. If I lived alone I would probably live on food like that....but alas, I have the menfolk to feed.