Hi Friends!
Another Monday, another day spent wishing the weekend comes quickly! I have a delicious recipe to share with you today!
Let’s talk about quinoa for a minute. I have kind of a love-hate relationship with quinoa. I WANT to love it. I love the nutrition side of it. I’m just not 100% crazy about the taste of it. Lately, however, I’ve been working on incorporating it into my diet more frequently and I threw together these cakes in hopes that they would taste mostly like tuna, with the added bonus of quinoa. Mission accomplished!
These are super simple to make, packed with protein and they taste great!
Tuna Quinoa Cakes
Prep Time: 5 min
Cook Time: 20 min
Keywords: bake pan sear appetizer burger entree salad healthy tuna
Ingredients (6 cakes)
- ½ c sweet potato, cooked and mashed
- 2 cans tuna, drained
- ¾ cup cooked quinoa
- ¼ c green onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 egg
- ¼ c plain yogurt
- 1 Tbsp mustard
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp paprika
- ½ c breadcrumbs
Instructions
1. In a small bowl, combine the tuna and sweet potato and mix well.
2. Add remaining ingredients and stir until well combined.
3. Using your hands, form into 6 cakes.
4. Place on a greased baking sheet and bake at 400 degrees for 20 min, flipping once.
*These could also be made with salmon.
These could be drizzled with sriracha and enjoyed on top of a salad to take it from bland to amazing.
The first night we ate these, we grilled up some veggie kabobs and some sweet potatoes and ate the cakes topped with goat cheese. AMAZING.
The next night, I ate the leftovers in a whole wheat tortilla topped with avocado and a little bit of cheese. Equally as good!
Whatever way you choose to enjoy them, I hope you make them soon 🙂
So tell me: quinoa- love it or hate it?
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
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I also have a love/hate relationship with quinoa, for the exact reasons you mentioned! I have some in my cupboard and always mean to take it out for another chance! I LOVE tuna so these sound awesome, thanks for sharing! 😀
I’ve only had quinoa twice, but I love it so far. These tuna quinoa cakes look so good and filling!
yay! glad you love it. so good for you!
I’ve actually never tried quinoa just yet but I’ve been meaning to incorporate it into my diet. I’ll have to give it a try with these tuna quinoa cakes. And I love that you drizzled it with Sriracha. I put that shit on everything. Oh crap, did I just steal a line from the Frank’s Red Hot commercial? 🙂
oh you should definitely try it at least once!
Like you, I’ve never been wild about quinoa, but my family introduced me to a stuffed pepper quinoa recipe, using tomatoes and cheese – it was amazing. I’ll have to post the recipe at some point because it really changed my mind about quinoa.
And this recipe sounds great, too! I am trying to get more seafood and fish into my diet. What an easy (and relatively cheap) way to do it!
ooooh yes please! sounds delish!
I love quinoa! But, it’s definitely an acquired taste. And, if prepared incorrectly, can be extremely boring and almost tasteless. I’m glad you’ve found such a delicious and unique way to prepare it though!
I get vegan quinoa cakes from the “deli” at Whole Foods all the time and I absolutely love them! I’ve been meaning to make my own but haven’t done it yet. This post definitely inspired me!
These look great Lindsay! And thank you for reminding me that I have some Lemon Quinoa in the cupboard I need to make up. Sounds like something I should be incorporating in my diet more.
it’s SO good for you! i’m just trying to find more fun ways to eat it!
I love this recipe! thanks so much. I will certainly be making these while the mother in law is here! I have been eating quinoa for years now. I had the same problem at first. two tricks I picked up from helpful folks was 1. rinse your quinoa really well before cooking to remove bitterness
2. add or create a broth (using fresh herbs) to boil your quinoa in.
Both of these things work like magic.
awesome! hope you enjoy them!
Looks amazing! I love quinoa but I never prep them ahead of time and then when I want to eat it, I’m too impatient to wait for it to cook!! lol
same! although it cooks faster than some grains, i try to remember to make a big batch when i have time!
I don’t think I’ve ever eated quinoa, but I found a recipe recently that incorporated it, so I’ve been wanting to try it. Honestly, I’m not a fan of tuna fish, but if I could sub in something else, I bet I would like these! 😉
you could definitely use another fish like salmon, or even canned chicken?
I think id like these!
When I competed i’d make tunaoatcakes 😉 they were GOOD to my mouth but not to anyone else’s 😉
Oh my gosh, I think I may have to make these!! They look awesome. I LOVE tuna :). I’m with ya on the quinoa though…I like it sometimes, but it has to be mixed with something that sort of masks the taste haha. Oh, and did you mash the potato without the skins?
normally i leave the skin on but for these i just microwaved and scooped out the insides!
I can’t get enough quinoa, so sign me up for these- YUM!
So pretty…. and you used sweet potato! This makes me wish I was a seafood-eater…
OMG these look UNREAL. I am totally pinning these and I PROMISE I’ll try the recipe soon!! Hehe
PS. My lunch features quinoa today, leftover from dinner the other night – I made mine with chicken stock, diced jalepeno, garlic and onion. SO GOOD that way, and tastes great leftover on salad later on 🙂
Yum! I definitely want to make these!! And I love quinoa. M doesn’t, for some reason, so I tend to make it for myself only 😉 The lentil quinoa salad I made is my fave so far (using quinoa!).
These look SO good! Might have to make these Friday 🙂
love quinoa! i seriously pin almost an quinoa recipe i see – brad even likes it, which is a HUGE bonus!
wowzers. yum. I’m making tuna for dinner tonight and this looks yummier.
These look great! I love quinoa and am always on the hunt for new ways to use it. I am going to pick up some green onions… have everything else!
Thanks.
These sound awesome & are going on my “must make” list for this week! I believe I’ll do the salmon version & probably swap almond meal for the bread crumbs. Thanks, Lindsay! 🙂
I love tuna and quinoa! Looks good, lady.
I LOVE quinoa. Now that I’m working I make a big match of some kind of quinoa salad every week and take it to work for lunch. Mmmm… And I don’t know why I have it in my head that fish cakes are only for crab. They’re such an awesome way to eat fish. Thanks for the reminder.
I love tuna AND quinoa so this sound perfect to me! Plus the addition of sriracha, too!
I made quinoa cakes a while back and loved them, but I bet they are really good with tuna! I’ll have to try that next time I have some quinoa!
Vishnu would love this! I’m going to send him the recipe ASAP.
Have you had quinoa flakes? Maybe you would love those more easily 🙂 This is a cool recipe. I’m not super partial to quinoa cakes myself but my mom lives off them.
Love quinoa! Such a blank canvas – you can do anything with it!
first of all…LOVE the new site look! It’s fantastic. I actually just had a quinoa cake on Saturday and realized that I must recreate it!
I like this a lot!! I’ve made something similar before … but I love your addition of sweet potato! I’m a quinoa lover 🙂 just used some leftovers in my wrap for lunch!
Mmm, looks nice and crispy on the outside! Good recipe.
Mmmm! QUINOA? LOVE IT! But you know this already. 😉 And anything involving sweet potatoes rules!
P.S. – Love the new layout!
I know what you mean! I like quinoa, but it’s definitely not my favourite grain. I prefer brown rice, millet or bulgur!
These cakes look fantastic though! And I love that you used sweet potato in them. 😀
These look fantastic! I would never think to combine them. Haven’t had quinoa in quite some time, so I’ll have to try making this! Also is sriracha really spicy? I’ve heard it’s good, but am afraid of it burning my mouth off!
these look AMAZING! i am saving this recipe! Unfortunately i am on the palaeolithic diet so know gluten/wheat or dairy for me. If you have any recipes that fall into that category i would love to try them out!
I subbed chia seed gel for the egg and totally skipped the bread crumbs to make this dairy/gluten-free. Turned out great!
What a great mix of flavors, love that you added sweet potatoes:-) I love love quinoa, but my favorite way to work with quinoa is baking with it! Yum! Hugs, Terra
Hello,
Really enjoyed your recipe. One thing I changed up was instead of using bread crumbs (as I am wheat intolerant) I used 1/4 ground flax. It was amazing! I will definitely try it again.
Hello,
Really enjoyed your recipe. One thing I changed up was instead of using bread crumbs (as I am wheat intolerant) I used 1/4 cup ground flax. It was amazing! I will definitely try it again.
Thanks again!
awesome! glad you liked them!
Hi,
Great recipe, I have also used Salmon, works well too!
yes it does! delish!
Loved this recipe! I always make big batches of quinoa in my rice cooker and this was perfect for the final cup in my fridge. Subbed leftover butternut squash puree for the sweet potato, added sautéed garlic/peppers/onion, subbed chia gel for the egg and skipped the bread crumbs. So good and ended up with a dairy and gluten-free dinner!
Would the recipe still work if I omitted the yogurt? If not – what are some substitutions?
Thanks.
you could try adding something like hummus or something of a similar texture!
What is the purpose of the yoghurt?…
I see similar recipes without yoghurt. I want to try this one because it has added sweet potato for health!
Thanks!
it helps keep it moist and hold together
I just made the tuna Quinoa cakes they are absolutley delicious. i have had packets and packet of all types and styles of Quinoa sitting in the pantry since we had a lass working with us who was Gluten intolerant, she introducted me to Quinoa and I have loads of cake receipes now through her but not many heathly recipes. I will definetly be using Quinoa more ofter now, I will be looking for healthy recipes using it.
I made these last night and they were delicious!! My family really enjoyed them. I will have to make a double batch next time!
So glad to hear that!!