Grammie Beas Tuna Spinach Loaf Food

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.

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.

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 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.

TUNA LOAF

Steps:

• 1. Note about the tuna. I used 3 cans, drained well. Weight listed on each can was 185 grams net, 140 grams drained. For fresh cooked, go with 425 grams (15 oz).
• 2. Preheat your oven to 180 C (350 F). Grease with butter or olive oil with an oil sprayer, a loaf pan.
• 3. In a large mixing bowl, add all the ingredients, seasoning with salt and pepper as desired, as well as Tabasco sauce if desired.
• 4. Use a large spoon and mix together.
• 5. Pack mixture into the prepared loaf pan.
• 6. Place in the oven and bake for about 45 to 50 minutes or until the top is golden brown.
• 7. Cool for 10 minutes before slicing. Serve with sides of your choice and enjoy.

TUNA, OLIVE & SPINACH SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Add the spaghetti, lower the heat to medium and cook for 10 mins until al dente.
• Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large, lidded frying pan over a medium heat. Cook the onion until softened, about 5-6 mins. Then, flake in the tuna and adding the olives, lemon zest, juice and spinach. Stir together and cover, then leave to cook for 3 mins. Turn off the heat, leaving it covered for 5 mins, until the spinach has wilted.
• Drain the pasta, reserving 150ml of the cooking water. Add the pasta to the tuna mixture and toss together, adding a good splash of the reserved water. Add most of the herbs, toss together and season with black pepper. Divide between bowls, and top with the remaining herbs.

GRAMMIE BEA'S BOSTON BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Clean beans of pebbles and rocks.
• Put cleaned beans in pot. Set aside.
• Mix sugars, molasses, and mustard. Add salt and pepper. Mix into beans.
• Add enough water to cover beans.
• Place salt pork down into beans. You can opt to cut it up, or leave it whole, like my gram used to do.
• You can also put the onions in whole, or opt to chop them up. She used to keep them whole, so us kids could fight over them lol.
• Bake in bean pot, at 200 degrees, all night or 8 hours If not done, finish in the morning.
• When beans are ready to be eaten, turn oven up to 450 until beans start to boil, then turn back to 200, until ready to serve.
• Note: If beans look like they are drying out, just add water as you are cooking.

GRAMMIE BEA'S SCALLOPED POTATO AND TUNA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat butter in a sauce pan, and saute onion, for about 5 minutes Blend in flour and salt.
• Gradually stir in milk, and cook and stir over med. heat, until thickened.
• Stir in tuna.
• Put potatoes in a greased 10x6x2" casserole, and stir in tuna mixture.
• Cover, and bake in a 350 oven, for 1 hours.
• Uncover, and continue baking for 30 mins., or until potatoes are tender.
• Garnish with parsley.