Healthy Tuna Cakes Recipe (Sort of like Crab cakes or Salmon Patties)

I don't like strong tasting fish so instead of making crab or salmon patties, I use tuna fish. Here is my recipe if you want to try it. These are probably much healthier than what your mom and grandma make!

4 cans of tuna fish
3 pieces of wheat bread
3 sticks of celery
1/4 of onion (more or less to taste)
dash of parsley
dash of salt & pepper
1/4 package of onion soup mix
1 tbsp mustard - yellow, Dijon or creole, whichever you like
jalapeno powder (if not available use 1/2 jalapeno & grind in processor with other foods. More than 1/2 a jalapeno will overpower the dish) (OPTIONAL)
Shredded cheese or Parmesan cheese

Grind bread, celery, onion & jalapeno (if desired) in food processor until its the texture of bread crumbs.
Add salt, pepper, parsley & onion soup mix to taste. (if using jalapeno powder add it here. Be careful! It is very strong and it doesn't take a lot to overpower the whole dish! You can add but you can take back to go slow here)
Add finely shredded cheese of your choice. Hard, medium and soft cheese work well in this dish.
Add mustard. May need more or less. The mustard in this recipe is used rather than egg to bind so you may need to add more or less.

Spray non-stick pan with cooking spray and fry on medium heat. Cook for about 2 minutes on one side before cooking to prevent the cake from falling apart. If you like more firm cakes you can brown in a pan on the stove and finish in the oven.

Makes 4 medium sized cakes.

Just thought I would share! I use cheddar cheese, but different cheeses can really make this a "new" dish so this is a good recipe to experiment with! Hope you all like it.