Gluten Free* Tuna Patties

After snow blowing and shoveling for almost 1.5 hours, I came in and was ready for a bit of something to eat. I had breakfast several hours before snow blowing so wanted more of a lunch type thing. I wanted something warm, easy to make and I had a craving for tuna. What to do?

Finally got online and looked at recipes for tuna cakes (or patties). Most wanted you to fry the cakes and used some sort of flour (which I don't keep in the house). Hmmm, okay, I do have plain oatmeal in individual serving packages, I'll bet that will work. I had stopped at the store yesterday and grabbed some pre-diced onions and bell peppers from the produce section (don't ask why - I was just getting zucchini spirals and saw them). Additionally, I went thru the fresh "Italian" section and grabbed a small tub of Alfredo sauce and marinara to go with zucchini spirals (thanks to Cop Car and HH for taking us out to dinner and my having the zucchini pasta - I'm hooked).

This recipe makes 3 patties and total calories = 630, or 210 calories per patty (with 1 TBL sauce and using tuna in oil)

• 1 large egg – 100 calories
• 2 packages instant oats (plain, nothing added) – 200 calories (100 each)
• 1 5 oz.  can tuna (water or oil) – well drained (smash lid until dripping stops) – 110 calories (in oil)
• Green / red peppers - diced (not enough calories to count)
• Onion – diced (not enough calories to count)
• Alfredo sauce (optional) – 40 calories per TBL

In a bowl combine ingredients (of course I just put in peppers and onions until it looked good to me) and mix well. Add salt / pepper if that is your thing (I didn't use any). While mixing, pay particular attention to breaking up the tuna flakes. Place bowl in freezer for about 6 minutes to help stiffen the mixture.

Heat up George Foreman grill while the mixture is in the freezer

Once mixture is cold, form into 3 patties

Place in hot grill and cook 4 -5 minutes then turn patties over and grill for another 2-4 minutes (depending on how crispy you want them)

Remove from grill and enjoy. If desired, add 1 tsp to 1 TBL of Alfredo sauce on top and enjoy.

* Of course if you are truly allergic to gluten, make sure the ingredients you use are gluten free. Many brands of canned tuna add wheat (weird, hu) and if you use a pre-made version of Alfredo sauce, make sure it doesn't have any products you can't use. You would also want to use oatmeal labeled as Gluten Free.

Comments

[Cop Car]

Looks/sounds good, Bogie. Thanks for the recipe. (I'll be using regular rolled oats and pico de gallo - both, staples in my kitchen.

Too, in my freezer are salmon patties. They don't say "gluten free"; but, neither do they list anything as an ingredient that I know to contain gluten - yeast? Actually, I prefer home made; but, nice to have on hand. I would not have thought to add any sauce, though.

[bogie]

Yeast should be fine. If a product doesn't say that it is gluten free, I normally look for Wheat as an ingredient since that is what I am sensitive to. However, for those truly allergic to gluten, the catch all terms of "spices" and "flavorings" can be a warning sign also. And of course, I watch for coconut, because I have a true allergy to that.