I received an email from Wild Planet Tuna with an interesting idea suggesting serving tuna rather than turkey for Thanksgiving. The very idea, I thought! While I couldn’t quite picture canned tuna alongside the traditional Thanksgiving side dishes, I could picture it being part of the meal in some form or fashion.
Here’s why: The average weight gain from Thanksgiving through Christmas is 1 pound, which may not sound like a lot, but try getting it off. As the old saying goes, it’s much easier to gain a pound than to lose it.
I’m not suggesting a complete menu change, just an adjustment. Say, serve some tuna as an appetizer.
Wild Planet Tuna is caught the old-fashioned way — with a pole and a fishing line, making it a sustainable source of those healthful omega-3 vitamins we all need.
The company also offered a recipe that has a Thanksgiving ring to it — tuna salad with dried cranberries served on apple slices — a very healthy alternative to all of those fat-laden appetizers, not to mention side dishes, we will be having on Thanksgiving day.