Tuna, spinach, and rhubarb!
By Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
San Jose, California
February 27, 2018 9:24pm CST
The other half had to work a closing shift tonight and wouldn't be home for dinner, so I took this opportunity to cook some things that he doesn't particularly like, but that other people do.
He's not crazy about fish in general, but definitely can't stand the smell of cooking tuna. Tuna patties are inexpensive and my two girls like them, so I made a batch for dinner (with some leftover for tomorrow's lunchboxes) with some sauteed spinach (which he's also not crazy about).
I also had a package if rhubarb that's been sitting in the freezer for a while and taking up valuable real estate, so one of the other adults made a crisp with the rhubarb and the remaining pears we had left.
A tasty dinner that he's happy he missed! 
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@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
1 Mar 18
@spiderdust This is what I thought. I buy fresh tuna time by time to make sushi, or to grill like a steak.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
1 Mar 18
@LadyDuck Exactly! I do like it when it's seared on the outside, but still rare in the middle.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
28 Feb 18
Canned tuna. If I had fresh, I'd prepare it very differently.
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@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
11 Mar 18
Sounds like a yummy dinner. I haven't made tuna patties in a long time.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
11 Mar 18
It was quite good. We're doing curry tonight since he won't be home.
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
12 Mar 18
@thislittlepennyearns Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Last night I used plain Greek yogurt and milk.
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
12 Mar 18
@spiderdust do you use coconut milk in your curry? I know a lot of people who do, and I was wondering if there was a way to do it without,or substitute something else- because I am deathly allergic to coconut.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17240)
• China
28 Feb 18
You are a good hand at cooking.However I have never eaten the rhubarb whose root is a herbal medicine here that has properties of purgation and so on .
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
28 Feb 18
This was the stalk part. It's usually sweetened and eaten as a dessert here.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
28 Feb 18
The fruit crisp was really good! Both girls asked to have the leftovers for breakfast, and the oldest girl is looking forward to having the leftover tuna patties in her lunch.
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@teamfreak16 (43602)
• Denver, Colorado
8 Mar 18
Is that him? Yes to a Fez! That rocks!
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@teamfreak16 (43602)
• Denver, Colorado
8 Mar 18
@spiderdust - It's a great picture!
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
8 Mar 18
Yes, he's the guy in the fez. My youngest daughter is next to him (along with another friend that's not quite in the shot). It's an older picture, but I've always liked it.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
28 Feb 18
I thought it was a great dinner! I had some Creole mustard with mine, although the kids ate theirs with ketchup.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
28 Feb 18
Do you make the tuna patties like salmon patties?
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
28 Feb 18
Yeah, exactly like that. My mom always made it with tuna since tuna is often cheaper, but I've occasionally made it with salmon.
@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
27 Mar 18
@spiderdust
I have made salmon patties and maybe tuna ones too.
