I am a huge salmon fan. Like my fanaticism surrounding the sport of hockey, I find new and delicious ways to serve salmon all the time. My favorite is simple and grilled on cedar planks.
I have also done salmon with lentils in a crock pot. The lentils cook all day and the salmon goes in on top of parchment paper to steam when you get home from work for 25 minutes. It is a wonderful recipe and tastes delicious.
This past week I wanted salmon and just couldn’t justify the current market price for fresh salmon. I always keep a can of salmon available, just in case of power outages and such in the winter months. So, I went in search of a salmon patty recipe that I had all the ingredients on hand. This in itself is no easy task.
As I do with many recipes, I modified this one I found on AllRecipes.com slightly as I did not have dill weed or celery salt available. My version is below.
Ingredients
- 1 (14.75 ounce) can salmon, drained and flaked
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1/4 cup garlic and herb seasoned dry bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup dry potato flakes
- 1 medium onion, minced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Directions
In a medium bowl, mix salmon, eggs, garlic and herb seasoned dry 
bread crumbs, dry potato flakes, onion, garlic, salt, and pepper. Form the mixture into 2 inch balls, and flatten into patties about 1/2 inch thick.
Heat olive oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. In batches, cook patties about 5 minutes on each side, until lightly browned.
And the final product 
January 20th, 2010 at 8:51 am
Did you serve it with some kind of sauce or just au naturel? And salmon (if you refuse to buy the farmed kind which I started doing a while ago) is, indeed, pricey!!
January 20th, 2010 at 8:55 am
I ate mine with just a squeeze of lemon juice. The kids put them between bread with a variety of different stuff on them – tartar sauce, honey mustard, who know what else.
January 20th, 2010 at 9:00 am
Sounds good! I will try the Lentil recipe! I’m always looking to use the crock pot in ways other than stew. My boys are not big crock pot dinner fans, but I am!
I used left over salmon and made a salmon bisque using a crab bisque recipe. It was delicious!
January 20th, 2010 at 9:09 am
If I manage to find where I tucked that issue of Clean Eating magazine with the salmon and lentils in the crock pot recipe, I will post it. It was delicious. It also was great as I served two seatings of dinner – the kids early as there were evening activities, a friend and I a bit later.
January 20th, 2010 at 10:31 am
That sounds good!
I like to make veggie burgers using mashed lima beans. Black beans are also good to use. LOL There’s ample seasoning, onion, a lil’ egg and some filler and whatnot. They’re really pretty good! I’m going to try your recipe next! 
January 20th, 2010 at 11:28 am
Never tried one with mashed limas before but black beans – all the time…yum!!