These are tasty tasty!! I am so happy to share this spin off on salmon patties with you. They’re tuna patties that are bulked up with shredded zucchini so we are calling them . . .
Tuna Zucchini Cakes!
If you love salmon patties you will love these tuna zucchini cakes. 🙂
Update as of 11-9-17:
We are so excited about this new toy we have been using in the Hughes kitchen! I am even more excited to tell you that one MPM reader is going to win one of their own!
Check out this super cool Cuisinart SSL-100 Prep Express Slicer, Shredder and Spiralizer!
This thing does it all, and it super easy to use and clean. By using 4 different cutting cones and 2 different feeding tubes (provided with the shredder, slicer, spiralizer) you are able to slice, ribbon, crinkle cut, thin shred, wide shred, and make spaghetti sized noodles out of vegetables!
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You will definitely want to come back during our “12 Days of Christmas” giveaway series, where I will be reviewing products like this one and giving you the opportunity to enter to win one for yourself! During the first 12 days of December we will be giving away a new popular product (or set of products) each day on Meal Planning Mommies. I promise you are not going to want to miss out on this!
This machine does it all.
Let me just tell you… you will LOVE the simplicity of this “machine”. It’s electric, so all you have to do is put the vegetables in and push down on the feeding tube down as it does all the work for you. It was great because it made something like shredding zucchini and chopping onions a lot of fun, and completely safe, so that my eight year old was eager to help.
Okay, so let me show you what we were able to do with the vegetables in this recipe using our Cuisinart shredder cone and the angled feeding tube. (The maroon cone, if you are using the same product as me)
We chopped up onion in seconds…
And we shredded zucchini in seconds too!
Isn’t that pretty? There is something strangely satisfying about seeing vegetables cut perfectly, don’t you think?
Alright, let’s get to this great recipe!
Here is what you need:
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup finely chopped onion
2 (6.5 ounce) cans OR 1 (12 ounce) can light water-packed tuna, drained and flaked
3/4 cup Italian seasoned breadcrumbs, divided
2 cup shredded zucchini
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 egg whites, lightly beaten
1/3 cup minced fresh parsley
2 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon canola oil
Here is what you do:
In a large saucepan, heat butter over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender. Remove from heat.
While the onion is cooking shred the zucchini. (If you haven’t already)
Combine onion with tuna, 1/2 cup breadcrumbs, zucchini, eggs, egg whites, parsley, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Mix well. Using hands shape into 10 patties ( about 1/4 cup of the mixture for each).
Coat with remaining breadcrumbs.
In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add patties; cook 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown and heated through.
Makes 5 servings.
One serving is 2 patties.
2 patties are 5 Green, 4 Blue, and 3 Purple Points.
Super yummy!
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- 1 T. butter
- 1 c. finely chopped onion
- 2 cans (6-1/2 oz.) light water-packed tuna, drained and flaked
- 3/4 c. Italian seasoned breadcrumbs, divided
- 2 c. shredded zucchini (about one medium zucchini)
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 egg whites, lightly beaten
- 1/3 c. minced fresh parsley
- 2 t. lemon juice
- 1 t. salt
- 1/4 t. pepper
- 1 T. canola oil
- In a large saucepan, heat butter over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender. Remove from heat.
- Combine onion with tuna, 1/2 c. breadcrumbs, zucchini, eggs, parsley, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Mix well. Using hands shape into 10 patties (1/4 cup of the mixture for each). Coat with remaining breadcrumbs.
- In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add patties; cook 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown and heated through.
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Diane says
You forgot the tuna in the recipe steps.can’t wait to try these, they look yummy!
Alisha Hughes says
Oh my! Thank you so much for catching that! I made the correction. Hope you enjoy them. 🙂
Katy says
This was really good! It’s another one my picky two year old ate without too much of an argument. I love these with the extra veggies in them. I didn’t have regular eggs so I just used egg whites and it still turned out great and ended up being only 5 points a serving. Yay!
Alisha Hughes says
Perfect Katy! 🙂
Lanie N. says
I made these tuna cakes tonight and they are great! Thanks!!!!
emkay says
8 Grams of SALT!!!!!
Alisha Hughes says
418 mg. Sorry. I use myfitnesspal.com to find the nutrition facts for our recipes and for some reason it makes me adjust the “salt” to say “table salt” in order to get the right sodium count. This was something I did not realize when I first started using their nutrition fact tool. I have made the correction on this recipe now. Thanks!