The day before Thanksgiving Dave snagged a tuna on his hand line enroute to Turtle Bay. Our first fish aboard Crazy Love! With respect to the catch, we wanted to waste as little as possible. This is made even more difficult without refrigeration which meant we had an answer to what's for dinner?... and what's for breakfast?... and what's for lunch?

We did our best with the cleaning. We steaked most of the fish and filleted the tail. Even with our hack job we had more tuna than Dave and I could possibly eat.

I was worried about how best to keep the fish the longest and without getting sick. I'm not sure if it was the right thing to do, but I felt it would last longer cooked as opposed to raw. The day of the catch I pan fried all the fish with exception two choice steaks I kept separate for dinner. Pan fried in a little olive oil and all purpose seasoning.

Sashimi for breakfast

As part of Dave's "fishing kit" he ensured we picked up some wasabi before our departure. A little soy with a little wasabi and he was happy eating sashimi the morning we caught the fish. I must admit it was just a little too early for me to eat raw fish...and the funny thing is I introduced Dave to sushi.

Fish Burrito for lunch

For lunch we had one lone tortilla left in our "pantry". The tortilla warmed with a melted slice of american cheese, piled with the pan fried fish, some shredded cabbage, carrots, ranch dressing, a wedge of lime, and CA chili sauce was delicious! Plenty to share between the two of us.

Seared Tuna for dinner

Dinner was simple. Seared tuna steaks with olive oil, salt and pepper and my special stir fry sauce. My intention was to sear these rare, however the pan didn't quite get hot enough and they were a little more done than I would have liked. Very tasty nonetheless. I served some stir fried cabbage and carrots in the same sauce over rice.

Stir Fry Sauce In equal or almost equal amounts and to taste (I have this pre-mixed in a bottle ready to go):

• Soy Sauce
• Sesame Oil
• Hoison sauce (jarred from the asian section)
• Rice wine
• Asian Chile Sauce or CA Chile Sauce (to taste for heat)

Tuna scramble for breakfast

• Scrambled eggs, from powder
• dried vegetable mix
• crumbled cooked tuna
• asiago or parmesan cheese
• salt and pepper

I rehydrated the vegetables in the powder egg mix with water for several minutes. I then cooked the eggs adding the tuna, cheese and seasoning at the end to warm the tuna and melt the cheese.

Tuna sandwich for lunch

Pretty simple really. I make this with canned tuna as well. Sandwich bread spread with a little laughing cow cheese wedge (these are sold non-refrigerated and last quite long on the shelf). I mix the tuna with some ranch dressing (thank you hidden valley for selling individual serving sizes), mustard, and some juice of the pickled banana peppers. I threw some of the banana pepper rings on the sandwich as well. Seasoned with all-purpose seasoning and/or salt and pepper.

Tuna croquettes as appetizer to Thanksgiving dinner

I had to incorporate the tuna into our Thanksgiving meal! Course 2 it was, and you can find the recipe here.

After two days and six meals... we had our fill.