Thai Chili Lime Tuna

Thai Chili Lime Tuna

The reason I started this blog was because I realized the value produced by the combination of my wife and I living together and combining our resources.  As someone who has been vested in living as healthy a lifestyle as I can since first entering high-school athletics I try to shape my environment in such a way that ensures I make the best possible choices.  For this recipe it includes a combination of budgetary concerns, speed concerns, health concerns and of course my wife's added Thai taste bud's.  ? ?

We always keep a stack of cans of tuna around.  Preferably, I always go for tuna in olive oil, sustainably caught if possible with the pop-top lid.  If I can't find canned tuna in olive oil I get the kind in water.  I try to avoid cans with deep dents in them due to possible contamination of metal getting into the meat.  Small dents are usually safe enough according to USDA guidelines.

The Startup Community Helping us to Have Sustainable and Safe Tuna

Now, we have a new option with a startup company called Safe Catch, which was featured on the reality series, Shark Tank.   As of this writing the company is loosing money so I did not contact them asking for a free sample.  They are solving two problems at once by harvesting sustainable catch and somehow delivering fish with lower mercury contamination than anywhere else on earth.

I saw their pitch and had knew to throw all the weight I have behind Safe Catch with our blog.  You can see them interviewed here.  I tried to find a video of their pitch and this is the best I could do.  Tuna is a staple for both fitness enthusiast and cheapskates and their solution is brilliant if they can get past the tipping point to profitability.   If you have a blog let's help these guys help the world.

Buying the Safest Possible Tuna

If it's in your budget to buy the slightly more expensive tuna they can go to their site and buy some now.  It's only $2 per can and they are paying $1.50 so we really need to help them get their company airborne.  I am considering even setting up a monthly subscription for the product as it is something we always keep anyways.  See this video breakdown of the company here for more information.

If you can't get their tuna you can also use the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch guide to safe seafood to help you choose safer, more sustainably caught seafood here.

The Health Benefits of Tuna

Tuna has long been known to be high in lean protein making it a common item in bodybuilders pantry.  It is also high in the heart-healthy antioxidant omega-3 fatty acids.  A study that compared the life-span of different types of vegetarians found that pesco-vegetarians tend to live the longest.  Pesco-vegetarians are vegetarians that eat only plants and fish.  No wonder fish are going extinct faster than ever and we need to be increasingly conscientious in our choices!  For a more detailed breakdown on the health benefits of tuna check out this article.

I used to blend it with oatmeal for a power-lunch when I was more obsessively pursuing a shot at bodybuilding glory.  Fortunately, now I have a wife that takes my bodybuilding pantry and creates healthy recipes with her cultural knowledge by default.  Below is the recipe she made earlier this week without any prodding from me and which I captured with our badass camera before she scarfed it down real fast.

The Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 can of sustainably caught tuna in olive oil or water
• 2 sliced Thai Peppers
• 1 teaspoon of fish sauce
• 2 teaspoons of fresh lime juice

Directions

1. Combine the tuna, peppers and fish sauce
2. Spritz with fresh lime

For more on avoiding mercury and sustainability check out my article and comment to let me know what you think and or know.

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