Add these awesome Baked Sweet Potato Tuna Patties to your weekly menu. They will blow away an notion of what you thought tuna patties should be!
We’ve managed to do the ol’ bob and weave to avoid the inevitable onslaught of Christmas cookies and candies. I’m taking this time to map out my plan for when friends and neighbors started dropping by plates and tins of holiday treats. Most of the treats are simply too good to resist. There has to be some sampling, or I will quickly turn from “lover of all-things-Christmas” to bitter elf.
The battle plan is simple. There will be fruits and vegetables (lots of them), there will be gallons of water and herbal tea (my munchies busters) and there will be plenty of healthy recipes. I have all of my favorites lined up, such as Slow Cooker Hoisin Chicken (we make this at least twice a month), Easy Braised Balsamic & Herb Chicken (one of my favorites) and Easy Rice Bowls with Black Beans, Avocado & Cilantro Dressing (I could drink this dressing!).
And now I’m adding these Baked Sweet Potato Tuna Patties to the list.
I wish I could claim full ownership of this recipe, but the real credit goes to Olivia of Primavera Kitchen. This week, I featured her recipe on The Pioneer Woman’s Tasty Kitchen blog and, let me tell you, these are not your everyday tuna patties. They’re tender, flavorful and healthy, thanks to both the ingredients list and the cooking method. And there isn’t a single teaspoon of mayo in these patties.
There are so many fantastic recipes on Primavera Kitchen and I encourage you to pop over there to check it out. Some of the recipes that caught my eye are Pasta Soup with Sweet Potato & Peas, Cashew Butter Cookies with Cranberry & Chocolate Chips and Eggplant Pizza Bites.
But first, you have to try these patties. They are too good to pass up.
The recipe:
Head to Tasty Kitchen for the Sweet Potato Tuna Patties recipe and step-by-step photos.
Other healthy sweet potato recipes:
Cookin’ Canuck’s Slow Cooker Vegetable Curry with Sweet Potato & Chickpeas
Cookin’ Canuck’s Sweet Potato Hash with Baked Eggs
My Whole Food Life’s Healthy Sweet Potato Chips
Running to the Kitchen’s Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes with Cinnamon Cashew Cream
Ambitious Kitchen’s Sweet Potato, Black Bean & Egg White Breakfast Burritos
Taylor @ Food Faith Fitness says
Dec 5, 2014 at 5:35 amI TOTALLY would have never thought to add tuna and sweet potatoes together, and then pattie-ize them! These sound so good, and I love the creaminess that the potato adds! Pinned!
foodwanderings says
Dec 5, 2014 at 6:55 amMmm such vibrant color and I love the combination of tuna with sweet potatoes. I wouldn’t really think of combining the two but it works so beautifully together. Hopping over for the recipe.
Martha+@+A+Family+Feast says
Dec 5, 2014 at 7:18 amI’ve been losing the Christmas sweets battle this year (food blogging is tough on the waistline for sure!) but love this combination. So healthy and delicious!
The+Food+Hunter says
Dec 5, 2014 at 8:03 amgreat idea
Paula-bell'alimento says
Dec 5, 2014 at 8:19 amI’d like to pile those up and go to town!
Kate+@+Diethood says
Dec 5, 2014 at 8:44 amWHOA! That is a delicious combination. This is probably the recipe that will make me like tuna!!
Marly says
Dec 5, 2014 at 1:59 pmThis look like a perfect weekend recipe – I can’t wait to try it out!
Ashley+@+Wishes+&+Dishes says
Dec 5, 2014 at 4:04 pmThese turned out beautifully. I love the tuna paired with the sweet potato!
Kellie+|+The+Suburban+Soapbox says
Dec 5, 2014 at 7:50 pmFantastic idea! I’ll take a giant stack of them to go, please!
Heather+|+girlichef says
Dec 5, 2014 at 7:51 pmI don’t think I would have thought to pair tuna with sweet potatoes, but these do sound tasty!
Chandra@The Plaid & Paisley Kitchen says
Dec 5, 2014 at 8:25 pmI love salmon patties and this looks amazing with tuna and sweet potatoes to boot!
Donalyn@TheCreeksideCook says
Dec 6, 2014 at 9:16 amI love the idea of these flavors together Dara – off to check out the recipe!
Erin+@+Texanerin+Baking says
Dec 6, 2014 at 9:55 amThey look great! I’ve never had tuna patties but after seeing these, I think they may be worth trying. 🙂
Meseidy says
Dec 6, 2014 at 5:50 pmTuna and sweet potatoes is new to me. These patties look beautiful!
Lana | NevrEnoughThyme says
Dec 6, 2014 at 5:54 pmI’d have never thought of sweet potatoes and tuna together, but I can just imagine how delicious these patties are! Very creative!
Melanie says
Dec 6, 2014 at 6:48 pmLove this combo! Two of my favorites mixed together. I bet my kiddos would love this too!
Kim (Feed Me, Seymour) says
Dec 7, 2014 at 6:16 amI love tuna patties! We eat them a lot in our house, with a little bit of honey mustard aioli. But I love the sweet potato spin here! So clever.
Sarah Walker Caron (Sarah's Cucina Bella) says
Dec 7, 2014 at 6:37 amI love your battle plan for the holiday season. Mine is very similar. And these patties? YUM! You had me at sweet potato!
Nutmeg+Nanny says
Dec 8, 2014 at 6:43 amI don’t eat a lot of fish but I weirdly love tuna. Love that you paired it with sweet potato.
Lauren+@+Healthy+Delicious says
Dec 8, 2014 at 8:14 amI always thought I wasn’t big on tuna, but I’ve never really seen a tuna patty before (I don’t think?). These looks so good and could totally turn me into a tuna fan!
claire @the realistic nutritionist says
Dec 8, 2014 at 1:03 pmOh what a great use for tuna!
Frances says
May 13, 2018 at 4:35 pmSweet potato and tuna are wonderful together. I also love Oasis fat free roasted red pepper hummus only 28 calories in two tabs. with this as well. It also gave me the idea of adding tuna over a sweet potato using some of the ingredients in the recipe in the tuna, plus one of the varieties of the Oasis brand fat free hummus.) A market near me that has “natural ” foods has this product that I love. Thanks for this recipe that will be made again and again.