Yummy, Healthy Tuna Cakes

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I don’t know about you, but I never even knew crab cakes existed until I was an adult.  Don’t get me wrong, we’re a total seafood family and grew up eating stuffed crab, but the only seafood cakes we knew about were Mom’s healthy tuna cakes.  She would serve them to us anytime she was looking to change up our meat heavy diet for a quick and easy, lighter meal and they were delicious.  I know I’m biased, but If you’d like to try a tasty, budget friendly, meatless meal, I suggest you try her healthy tuna cakes recipe.  The best part is that it’s a great way to get rid of those last odd and ends you may have lingering in your fridge or pantry.

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Here’s a run down of the ingredients I tend to add in, but feel free to mix and match any other veggies and/or spices that move you. 

Ingredients

  • 2 6oz cans tuna
  • 2 Tbsp finely chopped cilantro
  • 2 Tbsp finely chopped onions
  • 2 Tbsp finely chopped bell pepper
  • 2 Tbsp finely chopped tomatoes
  • 2 raw eggs
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 Tbsp oil (olive oil, coconut oil, ghee, or your fav)

Tuna Cake Ingredients - yoursassyself.comDirections

Drain the tuna and place in a medium mixing bowl

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Now add in the finely chopped cilantro, onions, bell pepper, tomatoes, eggs, salt and pepper to taste and mix together.

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Place your large non-stick skillet over medium heat, pour in your oil of choice ( I used coconut oil), allow it to warm and pour in 2 Tbsps of mixture, per cake (Space evenly in skillet. You can usually get 4 cakes in your skillet).

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Cook until nicely browned on each side – depending on cake size it may take anywhere from 3-4 mins (don’t flip before browned or your cake may fall apart ).

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Cooked Tuna Cakes - yoursassyself.comEnjoy!

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We usually served ours with boiled eggs, topped with hot sauce.  But you can serve yours with lemon wedges, a tarter dipping sauce and/or even on buns as sliders.  The options are endless. 

What are you favorite tuna and/or meatless recipes?

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14 Comments

  1. That looks gooood!!!! We like to make a vegetarian dish pretty often, a chickpea spinach curry. It’s super easy to make, very filling and delicious. Plus it’s a lot healthier with fewer calories. Recipe is online.
    Try to save/freeze some of those tuna patties for me. 😉

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  2. These look yummy and I think I’m making them tonight. I have never tried anything like this but everyone loves tuna at my house so I think they will be a hit.

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  4. Oh I love tuna cakes, yours look so yummy! You know what else I freak over Salmon patties, you can do them the same way. Some people use canned but I like to do a big Salmon filet and then make the left overs into patties the next day for lunch.

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