2010 March 24 | FitFeat

Good morning friends!

Welcome to Wednesday, where winter is in full swing in Colorado.

Crab cakes make me think of beachy, summery weather – which I am DEFINITELY CRAVING at the moment. I adore crab cakes, especially crab cake benedicts for breakfast when we eat out. When I saw this photo and recipe in this month’s House Beautiful it inspired me to get bring some summer into my kitchen.

The original recipe is by Dawn Welch (Dollars to Donuts). These are the salmon version of crab cakes and I just happened to have two cans of salmon in my pantry that have been there forever.

Here is my adapted version, which has been substantially changed from the original.

Ingredient gathering mission:

Summoning Summer Salmon Cakes

(2) 7.5 oz cans Whole Foods Wild Alaska salmon (remove bones before mixing)
1 cup sprouted grain bread crumbs (dry your Ezekial heels and store till needed, then grind in blender or food processor) divided into 1/2 c and 1/2 c
1/4 cup fat free Nayonaise
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 to 3/4 tsp (or to taste) seafood seasoning – I used Phillips
1 egg white
sprinkle of sea salt & pepper to taste
extra virgin coconut oil for pan frying

Put salmon, 1/2 c bread crumbs, Nayonaise, onion powder, egg white, S & P together in a bowl and mix with large fork or fingers until all ingredients are well distributed and almost ‘creamy’.

Shape into small patties (my batch made 7).

Pour 1/2 c bread crumbs onto plate and press each side of patty onto crumbs to coat.

Heat a generous amount of coconut oil over medium to medium-high heat and fry your salmon cakes on each side until crispy. You may need to add additional oil even when you flip them in order to get a good brown crisping effect. Fry 4-5 minutes per side.

I plated mine with a side spinach salad with Goddess dressing. If I’d had lemon wedges I’d have plated with those too. But Realemon squeezes would have to do.

These ROCKED!! I ate two and can’t wait to eat the leftovers today for lunch or dinner. It felt like SUMMER inside even if it was blizzarding like mad outside.

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Today’s weigh-in for the Spring Slimdown was unchanged from yesterday so still sitting a a loss of 1.2 lbs from the starting weight. Feats and Eats from Day 2 have been posted.

Guess what else today is?