Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Wicked Cheap Wednesday...kinda - Salmon cakes with broc mac & cheese!

Happy Wednesday, all!  How are you all doing?  I'm alright - I feel like I'm getting better, as I felt I could eat a little bit more today, but it's still all funny in there!  GRR!  I have to go back to work tomorrow so I'm hoping it won't be too bad - no fun to be running to the bathroom all day!  And I'm sure not that appreciated:)

Tonight I made a new recipe from my latest Kraft Magazine.  I have to say this issue looks full of promise and I can't wait to try a bunch of these recipes!  To me, tonight's was a little time consuming and at times frustrating, but worth it in the end:)  Paired with simple and mac and cheese and steamed broccoli, I felt it was a balanced meal, somehow;)

Salmon cakes - you will need:

  • 1 can, or 14.7 oz salmon, drained, and with no skins or bones ***I used 3 cans, 6 oz each, of the salmon***
  • 1 6oz pkg of stuffing mix for chicken
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 2 green onions or half a red onion, chopped
  • 1/3 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
Mix all ingredients:


Yes, it has mayonnaise, and I had to touch it!

Form into patties - I was able to get 11 patties out of this much mixture, but more egg shaped than circular - place on a plate, and refrigerate for 10 minutes.

Heat a large, nonstick skillet over medium high heat.  Spray with Pam.  Once the 10 minutes are up, cook the patties until browned on both sides.  It took me about 20 minutes, and 2 batches, to make all 11.  



So, they don't look as they did in the magazine, of course, and they fell apart a bit, but they were easy to patty-back together once cooked.  From the little I ate, they tasted great, like from a restaurant!  I would make them a little more golden all around next time (it's tough, b/c the stuffing is what seems to brown, and how do you spread that out evenly??), and try to think of a dipping sauce to go with them - what kind of sauce are you thinking to go with them??  Husband loved them, so I'm happy:)

The cost wasn't the best WCW I've ever done, but it was $7.50 for the 3 cans of salmon, $1.50 for the stuffing, and I had the rest, so not bad, because I had the other ingredients already.  It's not something I'd make every Wednesday, though:)

How was your Wednesday?  Anything exciting happen?  Hope you'll give these salmon cakes a try and/or suggest a dipping sauce!  Fingers crossed I feel better and better each day! 

7 comments:

sharyncarlson said...

Glad to hear you're starting to feel a little better!

Velva said...

You dida good job on the salmon cakes. Hope you are feeling much better.

motherrimmy said...

Boy! I sure hope you feel better soon! I used to get the Kraft magazine in the mail. They had a lot of terrific sounding recipes. Salmon cakes look delicious. I'm impressed that you can cook feeling the way to do. :)

melissa said...

i think I would try a lemon and horseradish remoulade, maybe even with a touch of avocado...or perhaps a caper one!

Suzanne said...

yum! i almost always add broccoli with my mac & cheese, it's one of my favorite comfort foods :)

hope you're feeling 100% soon!

Fun and Fearless in Beantown said...

This sounds fantastic. I wonder if you could use fresh salmon instead of canned? Hope you are feeling better soon!

Chey can cook! (and more) said...

Thanks Sharyn - it's a slow process though:(

Thanks Velva!

Motherrimmy, I don't know how I'm cooking feeling like this; it's all for the husband!

Melissa, that sounds good for dipping! All of them!

Thanks Suzanne!

F&F - definitely fresh could be used, if you have the time and patience to skin/de bone it:)