Is tuna ok for dinner?

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amother

Apricot

Mon, Nov 06 2017, 6:27 pm

Hi,
Dc 5 and Dc 2 are very picky eaters we have a very small food budget. Dc loves fish but most fish are too expensive she refused the chicken bottoms that I made. This has happened a few times. Tonight, I have rice, steamed carrots, can of mushrooms and chunklight tuna, apple for dessert Is that enough nutrition?

tichellady

Mon, Nov 06 2017, 6:28 pm

Tuna is ok for dinner but you shouldn’t be eating it too often since it’s high in mercury

BetsyTacy

Mon, Nov 06 2017, 6:34 pm

Chunk light tuna has 3 times lower levels of mercury than albacore. I've read that even young kids can have 1 can of chunk light tuna per week.
This article
https://beta.theglobeandmail.c.....&

mentions canned salmon as a healthier option. Removing the bones and skin first will probably improve the odds of your kids eating it.

Last edited by BetsyTacy on Mon, Nov 06 2017, 6:51 pm; edited 1 time in total

iyar

Mon, Nov 06 2017, 6:40 pm

amother wrote:

Sure. Bon Appetit!

seeker

Mon, Nov 06 2017, 10:05 pm

It's great nutrition! Great bang for the buck, too. Due to metal concerns (mercury but I think also others?) you don't want to have too much, too often, or for kids with a known metal sensitivity. But as part of your meal rotation, you are very lucky your kids are eating it! Mine used to but they've been firmly on strike against it for months now and I'm losing hope.

amother

Yellow

Mon, Nov 06 2017, 10:13 pm

My kids get tuna in school for lunch so I never serve it for dinner because of the mercury concern. But canned salmon is an excellent substitute!

seeker

Mon, Nov 06 2017, 10:26 pm

I was just going to say you should try canned salmon. It's quite good and not that much more expensive than tuna. Get the kind that comes in little cans like tuna, the bigger cans have bones and skin and all kinds of ick. The ones that look like the smaller tuna cans are the same thing as tuna just with salmon.

zaq

Tue, Nov 07 2017, 7:41 am

Keep the skin and bones. Just mash them very well so they disappear into salmon salad patties that you bake or fry. The bones are loaded with absorbable calcium and the skin has beneficial fatty acids.

Simple1

Tue, Nov 07 2017, 8:11 am

Frozen fish is less expensive. But I'm not sure about how healthy some of them are from what I heard about farm raised fish from China. Maybe Dr Pragers fish sticks are good and also kid-friendly.

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