Weetbix, Tuna and Vegetable Patties

My kids love these and I have to say I really enjoy them too. You can make them large for burgers or smaller for toddler and mash them up for baby. You can double this recipe no problem and they’re good for lunchboxes. Only a few easy ingredients so get the kids to help you make them. Here is the Weetbix, tuna and vegetable patties recipe…

Ingredients

5 Weet-Bix (or 2 ½cups of flakes from the bottom)
1 425g tin Tuna – I use the one in spring water
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon crushed Garlic – the jar one is fine
1 Cup Vegies - I always use the Peas, Corn and Carrot Frozen Vegetables
1 Cup Grated Tasty Cheese
Salt and Pepper for seasoning. You can also use little herbs if you want. Sometimes we add Chives or Parsley – whatever is good in the garden.
Oil spray or Oil to cook with

Method

In a large bowl put the Tuna, Grated Cheese, Vegetables and Garlic mix them together.
Add 1 Egg and crush in 1 Weet-Bix. Add your seasoning to taste.
Stir it up well and then leave for a few minutes whilst you prepare the coating.
(Leaving it to rest helps the Weet-Bix go all soggy and hold it all together when you ball them up into patties.)
In one bowl whisk up your other Egg and then in another bowl crush up 2 Weet-Bix.
Roll up all your patties. Dip them one at a time in the whisked Egg and then into the crushed Weet-Bix coating. When your Weet-Bix crumbs have gone in the bowl crush up the last 2 for coating this stops them going a bit soggy from the egg mixture.
Coat them all first before you cook.
Cook them in a fry pan in batches so you’re not overcrowding. I use cooking spray to cook with you can use oil but just use about a table spoon per batch as the Weet-Bix just soaks it all up and you don’t want oily patties just crunchy.
Moderate heat. Not too hot or you’ll burn the flakes just enough so they are Crunchy on the outside and warm cheesey on the inside. ENJOY!

220 Comments

- - beagle said
  - 25 Apr 2013
    2:51 pm
Not only would these be great for lunchboxes, I think the kids could do most of the work making them too – double win!

- - jenny9761 said
  - 25 Apr 2013
    2:36 pm
Using weetbix this way would be a great way to put extra fibre into my diet without knowing it

- - snoopy said
  - 25 Apr 2013
    2:22 pm
I think this would be really nice using golden corn flakes too if you didn’t have weetbix.

- - snoopy said
  - 25 Apr 2013
    2:20 pm
Yay I love this recipe. Would love to see lots more tuna recipes, especially the child friendly type- I love tuna and my kids love it just as much as me.

- - heggsy said
  - 25 Apr 2013
    1:45 pm
i am learning so many new things on this site thanks you. going to try this recipe on my boys

- - rhasluck said
  - 25 Apr 2013
    1:20 pm
Wow! Another way to use weetbix! Gonna have to try this one 🙂

- - traceyi said
  - 25 Apr 2013
    12:58 pm
this actually does look yummy

- - freeone1 said
  - 25 Apr 2013
    12:51 pm
I never would of thought of putting weetbix in tuna patties, I put weetbix in my sausage rolls and they taste great so Ill definitely have to give this a go.

- - curlytops said
  - 25 Apr 2013
    10:52 am
do you think that this would work well with cooked ground beef too?

- - mrs-harkness said
  - 25 Apr 2013
    10:36 am
would never have thought of using Weet Bix with tuna.

- - catherines said
  - 25 Apr 2013
    9:55 am
My teenage son will love these because they included 2 of his favourite foods (Weetbix and Tuna). Thanx for the recipe – I’m going to try it tonight.

- - arthur said
  - 25 Apr 2013
    9:54 am
yummy food my kids love it

- - phantom09 said
  - 25 Apr 2013
    9:39 am
looks delicious and the weetbix should add a bit of texture 🙂

- - hopefullyheidi said
  - 25 Apr 2013
    9:19 am
I have made tuna patties using crushed up cornflakes, but we are a weetbix family so il definately give this one a go. What I love about these types of recipes are they are so economical and easy to make. I would either skip or substitute the egg though as my son has an allergy.

- - riss_whatever said
  - 25 Apr 2013
    8:43 am
These look really yummy 🙂 I’ve very unsure about adding Weetbix to dinner meals (I see Weetbix as a breakfast cereal) but after seeing a number of recipes with them being added to dinners, I really must give it a try 🙂

- - ritatoni said
  - 25 Apr 2013
    7:33 am
This recipe looks nyummy. I will take out Tuna to make a vegetarian one.