I played with these recipes I found and here are my final versions. One recipe was for 12 servings, and the other was for eight, so I had to change some numbers around. I ended up making half of the original tuna patties recipe, and adapting the stuffing mix to fit that. Not exact, but it tasted great, and worked well. My recipe made 4 LARGE patties. You probably could double the recipe, and make some of the patties smaller to feed everybody. You might have to triple. I just divided the "batter" up into quarters since there are 4 of us, but the kids could have gotten by on a smaller portion.
Homemade Stove Top Stuffing (makes enough for 1 recipe of tuna patties below)
2 c bread (homemade, of course), cubed
1 t parsley flakes
1 t chicken bouillon granules
1 T dried onion flakes
1 T dried celery flakes
1/3 t thyme
1/4 t pepper
1/4 t sage
1/4 t salt
(they say to brown the bread, then cube, but this just makes toast, which has to be softened back up when you mix up the tuna patties. So you can just cube your bread, I think. also saves time and energy)
toss all ingredients together in a bowl (or ziploc if you're not going to use immediately.)
can be frozen
Tuna Patties (Single Recipe)
1 can light tuna in water, drained well
above recipe of stuffing
1/4 c cornmeal (I added this)
1/2 c shredded cheddar (mighy need more - we could not really taste it)
1/2 c water
1 egg ( theirs called for mayo, but we don't keep it)
1 T sweet pickle relish (I omitted this)
beat egg slightly, mix in other ingredients. refrigerate 10 minutes to help it stick together. (I forgot to do this, but it still worked)
heat skillet,medium heat. spray with cooking spray (they used ice cream scoop to put 1/3 c portions onto skillet.) then mash flat with spatula. cook 6 minutes, turning to brown on other side halfway through.
This tastes like the traditional salmon patties, but with alot more flavor. My whole family loved it (which is unusual). Hope yours does too!