Salmon Cakes with Lemon Garlic Aioli

The inspiration for this recipe came from a yummy Pinterest pic by A Nutritionist Eats.  I loved the idea but just can’t follow a recipe to save my life. 🙂  So I added in some potatoes, peppers, and onions, tweaked a few of the herbs and spices, and voila!

Ingredients:

3 c. baked, flaked salmon
3 c. shredded potato (squeeze dry)
2 eggs
1/2 c. bread crumbs
3 minced garlic cloves
2.5 T mayonnaise
1/3 c. chopped sweet bell pepper
1/3 c. chopped onion
1 tsp dried parsley
4 tsp dried dill weed
salt and pepper, as desired

Directions:
1. Mix all ingredients thoroughly.

2. Scoop out 1/4 to 1/3 of a cup of mix, form into 3″ cakes.

3. Pan fry for 3-4 minutes on each side (in 1 Tbsp of oil)

4. Serve with aioli (recipe below) on the side. Makes 10 large cakes.

*I used 1 lb of salmon filets from Aldi and baked them for 12 minutes at 350 before flaking. I don’t care for canned salmon, and this was ready by the time I prepped the other ingredients.

*Instead of using fresh potatoes, which can be really wet and starchy, I used frozen shredded potatoes from Aldi.

Lemon Garlic AioliMix the following together and chill while the salmon is cooking.

5 T mayonnaise
1 T lemon juice
1-2 cloves garlic, minced
salt and pepper as desired

Ingredient Cost:

Salmon – $4.00

Potatoes – $1.00

Eggs – $0.30

Bread crumbs – $0.25
Mayonnaise – $0.10
Bell pepper – $0.30
Onion – $0.05
Herbs/spices – $0.25

Total – $6.25

That’s only $0.63 per cake!