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! 

Friday night seafood night - Pan seared tuna and onion soup mix/roasted potato things:)

Happy Friday, everyone!  Usually I say happy Friday because it's the end of a hard-worked work week:)  This week I say it because I finally am feeling a little better, and even a little hungry!  Yippee!  I was able to eat about a half portion of what I usually eat for dinner, with a few "snacks" during the day - think banana chips, rice, and fat free frozen yogurt - so that is pretty much more than I've eaten all week!  Yay Yay Yay!  The husband and I were discussing how he always seems to get colds, where as I always get stomach bugs, but we never seem to give them to each other.  At least one of us is usually healthy:)

Hasn't this weather (we're in MA) been amazing??  I haven't been able to enjoy it of course, but I'm hoping to be able to tomorrow, and that the nice weather will continue!  I've got to start on my couch potato to 5k plan (eeek) and I need to be better to do that!

But anyways, enough late night blabbering - how did I make tonight's meal you say?  E-A-S-Y! 

I marinated 2 regular-size tuna steaks and 1 really small one in about a 1/2 cup of soy sauce, 1/4 cup honey, and crushed red pepper for 2 hours.  I then pan-seared it over medium high heat, in about an 1/8 cup of olive oil, for about 4 minutes per each side.  They were a little more "cooked" than I would've liked (the husband agrees) but I love pan-seared seafood!   And I always love these potatoes!!

Fingers crossed that I wake up tomorrow early (errands and mucho things to catch up on) and feel better than today!  I'd like to eat a 3/4 portion meal please;) 

 husband's first helping/plate

my sad plate - it's super close up, so it looks like more;)  I want more food!

Have a great night and weekend, everyone!  I'll be back Sunday with a new crockpot recipe for you:)

Salmon smothered in dijon mustard, dill....keep reading to find out more:)

Happy Wednesday, everyone!   Came out of work to an unexpected snow squall!  Home safe and sound and made a fabulous salmon dish like I've never made before:)  And it's also my last night cooking until Sunday, woohoo!  Not to rub it in or anything, and don't worry, I'll still blog:)

What you'll need:

• Pieces of salmon - I used one medium sized and one larger
• 2 tbsp butter, melted
• 2 tbsp dijon mustard
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs
• any other seasonings you'd like - I used dill and Salmon seasoning (similar to cajun)
  
• 1/2 cup chopped nuts - I used walnuts
• Pam spray

Preheat oven to 400.  Melt butter in a bowl in the microwave, and then mix in the dijon mustard.  Mix together the breadcrumbs, nuts, and seasonings in a separate bowl.  Place salmon pieces, skin side down, on foil and in a 9x13 baking pan, spraying the foil with Pam spray before putting the pieces down.  Season with salt and pepper.

Brush the mustard/butter mixture on the salmon pieces, then cover with the breadcrumb mixture.  Bake until salmon is cooked thru - for our 2 pieces is about 25 minutes.  Enjoy!

 

I lovedddd this recipe, one of the best "throw together" salmon recipes I've ever made!   While I was tasting the mustard, dill, and nuts especially, I was thinking how great it would probably taste with maple syrup too....that will be next, as I cook salmon a lot for us:)  I can already taste it!  Or maybe I just want pancakes....?

Have a great night everyone!  I'm off again to work up recipes for next week - any suggestions??