A Cheap Healthy Meal That's Fast

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Both hubby and I are unemployed and I'm always trying to prepare cheap tasty meals. The other day I was thinking of what we had for dinner when I was a kid. Mom was always frugal because money was tight. At that time we had salmon patties, pork butt, and chipped beef. Well as you know those are all fairly pricy now. But I thought "tuna" is cheap, tasty, and healthy. So I took a small 5-6 oz. can of tuna. Drained and flaked it. Put it in a bowl, added 1 egg, a small squirt of mustard, a small amount of chopped onion, bell pepper, celery. Some garlic powder and enough bread crumbs to hold it all together. Aprox. 1/4 cup or less. Mix well. Makes 2 hamburger size patties. I cook these in my iron skillet with just a drop or 2 of oil. Cook for a few minutes on each side until brown. Serve with veggies and a simple garden salad. The patties are also good as sandwiches on sandwich rolls. You can also top them with cheese or make a sauce to go over them. Hubby and I really enjoy these and have them atleast once a week. Tuna goes on sale regularly or can be purchased cheap at such stores like Aldi's. I do prefer the tuna packed in water instead of oil.