Safe Catch Wild Tuna Recipes

The nice folks over at Safe Catch Tuna share the following recipes for your enjoyment. If you try any of them, please let know which one and how they turned out for you.  If you have any suggestions regarding ingredient substitutions or preparing the recipes, please share that, too. I'd love to hear what you have to say. Thanks!

Safe Catch Spicy Tuna Cakes

1 (5oz) can Safe Catch wild albacore tuna, drained

2 tablespoons red bell pepper, finely diced

1 scallion, finely sliced

1/2 tablespoon Dijon mustard

1 teaspoon pink peppercorn lemon thyme seasoning

1/4 teaspoon salt

Squeeze of lemon juice

1 egg

2 tablespoons panko breadcrumbs

Ghee for pan frying (or fat of choice)

Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and mix together until well combined, except ghee. Melt ghee in a large cast iron skillet over medium high heat. Meanwhile, divide tuna mixture into 3 equal portions and roll into a ball and shape into a patty. When the ghee is hot but not smoking, carefully add your tuna cakes to the skillet and sear on each side until golden and cooked through, approx. 3-4 minutes per side. Serve with sriracha aioli and lemon wedges. Sriracha Aioli, 1/4 cup mayonnaise, 1-2 tablespoons charred sriracha, to taste, Combine both ingredients in a small bowl. Adjust heat level by adding your desired amount of sriracha. Serve with tuna cakes.

Safe Catch Mediterranean Lettuce Wraps

Serves 10 as an appetizer

2 (5oz) cans Safe Catch tuna, drained

2 tbsp Vegenaise or mayonnaise

2 tbsp Vegenaise or mayonnaise

1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

1 tbsp Dijon Mustard

10 Kalamata olives, chopped

2 tsp capers, chopped

2 tbsp minced red onion

1 large rib celery, diced

2 tbsp fresh lemon juice

sea salt and pepper, to taste

Using a fork, flake tuna into a large bowl. Gently mix in remaining ingredients except lettuce leaves until just combined. Taste and adjust if necessary. Place 2 lettuce leaves on each plate. Place a 2 tbsp scoop of tuna mixture on each leaf so it looks like a dome or a football.

Jalapeno Dill Safe Catch Tuna Salad

Mix 3 cans of Safe Catch tuna with 2 minced jalapeños, 3 celery stalks diced, 1/2 cup diced red onion, 3/4 cup homemade mayo, 3 tbsp dill,1.5 tsp garlic, salt and pepper to taste. Then serve it in an avocado for some healthy fat.

Safe Catch Tuna Bites

2 cans Albacore Safe Catch tuna

2 tbsp. Diced red bell pepper

1/2 tsp. Cajun Seasoning

Dash of cayenne pepper

1/4 tsp. Onion powder

2 tbsp. Diced onion

1/2 tsp. Garlic minced

1/4 tsp. Dill seasoning

2 tbsp. Low fat mayonnaise

1 tbsp. Plain Greek yogurt

1 tsp. Fresh chopped parsley

1/2 cup Italian breadcrumbs

1 tbsp. Panko bread crumbs

1 tbsp. Low fat grated cheese

2 tbsp. plus 1 tsp. Ghee Butter

Salt and pepper to taste.

Open 2 cans of Safe Catch tuna, dump into a bowl, break up and set aside. In a pan saute red bell pepper, onions, garlic in butter over low-medium heat. Remove from heat and add to tuna. Mix in all seasonings except for bread crumbs and cheese. Form tuna into small balls and roll in Italian breadcrumbs. Press into mini, square shaped muffin pan that has been previously sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Top with panko bread crumbs and bake @ 350° for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle cheese on top of each square and return to oven and bake for an additional 5 minutes. Let cool for 15 minutes, then gently remove each square one by one by flipping the pan upside-down.

Safe Catch Tuna Cakes

1 can of Safe Catch Tuna

1 Egg white

2 TBSP Fresh Chopped Parsley

1 Tsp Fresh Chopped Rosemary

1 TBSP Primal Kitchen Mayo

1 Tsp Organic Yellow Mustard

1 Tsp Flavor God Dynamite

1 tsp Finely minced Garlic

Light butter for cooking

Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl ad form into 4 patties. Heat 2 TBSP OMGhee in a nonstick skillet and pan fry patties for about 3-4 minutes on each side (medium high heat). Serve immediately with red pepper aioli. - Red Pepper Aioli: 2 TBSP Primal Kitchen mayo, 1 tbsp Mina Harissa Red Pepper Sauce, Pinch of Flavor God Dynamite.

For more recipes, please visit Safe Catch.  Some are even Whole30 approved!

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Product Review: Safe Catch Elite Wild Tuna

Safe Catch sent us a sample pack of their tuna to try out to see what we thought.  The sample pack contained six cans: 1 can No Salt Added, 1 can Salt Added, and 4 cans of Solid Wild Tuna Steak.

The fact that we got a free sample in no way affects what we think of the product.  If we did not like it, we would tell you.  Our regular readers know this by now as we have given some products some really low marks.

The first can we tried was the no salt added.  Suzanne made up a tuna salad and made sandwiches with it.  Unlike your usual tuna, you don’t drain this tuna. This tuna comes packed in its own oil.  Not water, not vegetable oil, but its own oil.

The tuna tasted great.  We enjoyed every mouthful of this tuna.  It did not have a strong fishy smell like you get from some fish. 

Safe Catch says that by hand packing the tuna in its own oil they preserve the natural health benefits of the Omega 3 oils. This means that the health benefits are retained. 

According to Safe Catch, they test each individual fish to determine the mercury levels of that fish. As I understand it, all tuna contains some level of mercury.  Safe Catch reports that their fish has far lower levels of mercury than the FDA regulations require. 

The no salt added variety that we tried first is tested at a standard that is 3 ½ times stricter than the FDA limits.  The Solid Wild Tuna Steaks are tested at a standard that is 10 times stricter than the FDA rules.

We are trying to eat healthier and this is one way to do it.  Safe Catch Elite Wild Tuna has all sorts of awards and endorsements from places like Parent’s Magazine and Inc. Magazine.

We like this tuna and think others will like it, too.

Stay tuned for a post containing recipes to use with this tuna!

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Press Release: Safe Catch Tuna

Safe Catch Introduces First 100% Mercury Tested Canned Tuna

Expectant moms, children, all consumers can enjoy America’s favorite fish worry free

Mercury has always been a part of nature and present in trace quantities in all types of food. However, man-made mercury pollution has tripled mercury presence in oceans ultimately causing a wider variance of mercury levels in fish. Contradictory reports from the EPA, FDA and Consumer Reports range from warning about widely variable mercury levels in fish to warning pregnant and breast-feeding women that not eating seafood may be even riskier due to nutrients in fish that are vital to developing babies. Seafood has many health benefits but consumers need to know if the fish they are eating is as nutritious and as pure as possible. Safe Catch is establishing the first brand to stand for purity in seafood and is starting with the first 100% mercury tested canned tuna.

Until now, the seafood industry did not have a viable way to identify purity levels in every tuna. As a result, shoppers had to play Russian roulette when purchasing seafood. Safe Catch has solved that problem by developing the first technology solution to screen every single fish for purity. Safe Catch is the only brand to establish purity levels that are stricter than the Consumer Report’s ‘Low Mercury’ criteria limit and average set in 2014 for pregnant moms and children. Safe Catch is also the only canned tuna to be able to surpass the purity and Omega 3 criteria for “best seafood” as set by the Environmental Working Group.

In addition to being pure, one can of Safe Catch tuna has over 100% of the daily value of all 10 essential amino acids in addition to other amino acids, B vitamins, selenium, potassium and more. Unfortunately, nutrients and up to 80% of Omega 3s are often lost in most conventional tuna brands that precook tuna on racks allowing Omega 3s and nutrients to drain away during processing. These brands then rehydrate the tuna with pyrophosphates, GMO vegetable broth, soy, water or other fillers.

Safe Catch raw packs its tuna, sealing in all of the nutrients, and then cooks it in a proprietary process that yields an amazing taste. Safe Catch tuna is free of additives, non-GMO, BPA-free and sustainably caught. It is not packed in oil or water. Liquids in the can are natural juices from the tuna.

Numerous Fortune 500 companies, as well as academic organizations like Dartmouth University, have reviewed and verified the results of the Safe Catch technology used to test each tuna. Additionally, the Safe Catch technology and testing procedures have been verified by the California Attorney General in conjunction with the FDA, as well as the European Union through the ISA and the Canadian government through the CFIA.

                                            

Safe Catch Wild Skipjack retails between $3-4 per can. Safe Catch Wild Albacore and Safe Catch Wild Albacore with no salt added retail between $4-5 per can. Safe Catch Elite is also available in a soft pouch with an MSRP of $2.99-3.50 per pouch. Safe Catch can be purchased at Albertsons, Sprouts, Wegmans, Kings, and online at www.safecatch.com.

About Safe Catch

The Safe Catch mission is to provide pure seafood and protect purity in our oceans, lakes and rivers. Learn more and join the cause at www.safecatch.com.

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