HealthyForPNG Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I'm on my 2nd Whole30, and my 5 kids are getting served mostly compliant dinners and lunches, but aren't doing Whole30 with me. Yesterday just for some variety, I made some of Nomnom Paleo's spicy tuna cakes. At least, a variation of them, as I had to use what I had on hand - pumpkin instead of sweet potatoes, no peppers, just spices. ALL of my children, including my incredibly picky 10 year old, not only liked them, but chose to take them to school for snack or lunch today. I never, ever would have tried this recipe for them. E-v-e-r. Honestly, I wasn't even sure I wanted to try it for myself, because it sounded so odd. Just an encouragement to keep trying new things, even if you are sure your kids will hate them http://nomnompaleo.com/post/91332244628/spicy-tuna-cakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmen88 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 I have a picky 3 year old and I'm going to give this a try! Fingers crossed xxx Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newwhole30er Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Yeah, it's a great recipe. My kids like it too. I just make it with very little jalapeno and no red pepper flakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ShannonM816 Posted May 19, 2016 Moderators Share Posted May 19, 2016 For a different flavor profile, there's also these salmon cakes -- the Old Bay seasoning adds lots of flavor, without a lot of heat, and if you're really worried about it, you can even leave out the bit of hot sauce it calls for, though it's a pretty small amount really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmen88 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Ugh guys, I don't know what happened - it took 3 hours for these babies to finish, and my kid hates it I even blended up the greens so he wouldn't notice the veggies inside. Sans anything spicy, they took forever to bake and while I like them, he spat it back out. I guess it's back to the drawing board for me! And while these do taste good to me, I can't wait hours for something like this to finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HealthyForPNG Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 Three hours?! That definitely doesn't sound right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ShannonM816 Posted May 21, 2016 Moderators Share Posted May 21, 2016 Ugh guys, I don't know what happened - it took 3 hours for these babies to finish, and my kid hates it I even blended up the greens so he wouldn't notice the veggies inside. Sans anything spicy, they took forever to bake and while I like them, he spat it back out. I guess it's back to the drawing board for me! And while these do taste good to me, I can't wait hours for something like this to finish. Three hours definitely doesn't sound right. Did you drain the tuna really well? The only other thing I can think of that might have made it take that long is that blending the greens up somehow brought out more of their moisture, but I don't know if that really could have made a difference or not. Even though she says in the recipe to cook them in a muffin tin, the mixture should have been fairly firm and held it's shape fairly well even if it wasn't in the muffin tin -- if it was much runnier than that before cooking, you might have needed to drain more liquid off of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaelisan Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 I just made them and they are sooooooo delicious...with mayo on top! Took 25 minutes to bake them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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