It has been a long time between posts, for that I apologise. It has been a crazy 8 weeks that has seen my family move from our home in Perth, Western Australia, to the Kingdom of Bahrain, in the Middle East. Filled with excitement and butterflies I packed our home up and flew the long distance with my three children to meet up with my husband who was already here setting up our new home.

Our new home awaits the arrival of my prized kitchen equipment but good food for good health in this time of change is still important so improvisation is the key. Finding a supermarket that is well stocked, discovering the best days and times for shopping and learning to safely drive on the opposite side of the road is a process that takes time. Lucky for us the little shop in the apartment building is surprisingly well stocked with things to make a whole meal from, and supermarkets are not too far. Miss L and Miss B started school yesterday so I felt a meal for their dinner that was fun and homely and healthy was important, as well as having food leftover for my husband’s lunch the next day. So dinner was tuna patties and salad.

Tinned tuna and fresh, washed salad leaves have been very easy to find. The easy thing about this meal is my kids and husband can make the patties in to a burger, in a wrap (pita bread is everywhere) or just eat it with salad (my personal preference). You don’t need to use tuna, tinned salmon is just as tasty, and I used potato only as I wasn’t able to find sweet potato like back home. Use which ever herbs you have available to you, I had coriander and dried herbs, but you could use basil, parsley or even mint.

The patties can be made ahead of time and put in the fridge, then cooked when it’s time for dinner.

I hope you are loving easy food

TUNA PATTIES

2 potatoes peeled and diced

2 X 200g tins of tuna (I used tuna in spring water)

1 cup breadcrumbs (I used rye bread, but you could use whatever you have), mixed with 2 Tbsps chopped coriander 

2 beaten eggs

Salt to taste

20g butter

Flour for dusting, with 2 Tbsps mixed dried herbs

Oil to shallow fry

Salad to serve

Cook the potatoes in boiling water until they are cooked. Once cooked, mash with the 20g of butter and add salt to taste

In a separate bowl add the drained tuna, breadcrumbs and coriander and the beaten egg and mix

Add the mash potato to the tuna mix. If you feel the mixture is too wet then add some more breadcrumbs or get some flour

Once combined make in to patties and place in the fridge to chill. The size of your patties will depend on how you want to serve them. I made 7 out of the mix

Before you are ready to cook the patties place the flour and herbs on a plate and coat the patties with this mix

Heat the oil in the frypan and fry each pattie until they are browned on each side

Serve hot or cold, with salad or as a burger or wrap