Dijon Salmon Cakes with Couscous
July 19, 2010 at 4:52 am 6 comments
As promised, something interesting on Left Coast Contessa!
Tonight Catie came over for our HBO night: True Blood, Hung, and Entourage. Can I just say True Blood is amazing? Franklin Mott is insane and I love it!
Before Catie some over I got cracking on Salmon Cakes, which is out of Augusts “Real Simple”. Combine in the food processor…
1 lb. of Salmon
Scallions
S&P then mix it up! Once you have mixed a little bit add…
Panko (shout out to Catie’s mom who gave me some!)
Dijon Mustard. Then combine in the processor. Mix until combined.
You take the material and make a came out of it. 1 lb of salmon will make 8 cakes (there are 2 cakes in a serving).
How good does this look?
Obviously, at this point you want to get a pan out and put some EVO in it.
Cook for about 2 mins on either side. While this is going on its a good idea to make some couscous. I made a Trader Joe’s couscous mix and I added cut up olives and basil. I also put a small dollop of goat cheese on the cakes, because goat cheese is delicious and why not?
The final product:
Fantastic! These salmon cakes are so easy to make and could be served so many ways! I already have a creative idea for my lunch tomorrow since Catie and I ate all the couscous.
One more glamor shot!
I also made cookies for work tomorrow! Get excited law clerks!
In other interesting news: school starts in one month. This summer is flying by! Today I pledged to myself that I would be seriously committed to reading a few books that I have wanted to crack all summer but still haven’t read. First is “Fly Away Home” which I started today. I am about 60 pages in. Then I want to finish “The Help”, “One Day” and “Poison Wood Bible”. Today I might have spent 2 hours at Borders. I started to read “The Lonely Polygamist”. I have to say that it was a page turner but that I didn’t buy it. I just don’t want to spend part of the rest of my vacation reading about a man having a mid life crisis. Strong female heroines ahoy.
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Tes | July 19, 2010 at 9:55 am
Wow the salmon cakes look so juicy delicious! My family is really gonna love this.
Thanks for sharing,
Tes
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leftcoastcontessa | July 20, 2010 at 4:46 am
Thanks for reading!
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Jill@MySoCalledHealthLife | July 19, 2010 at 10:29 pm
Just found your blog and I’m loving it!
How are you feeling about Entourage this season? I am a HUGE Entourage fan from day 1 so I still watch, but I def think the show jumped the shark a season or 2 back, and now it’s drowning
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leftcoastcontessa | July 20, 2010 at 4:50 am
Thanks for reading! I completely agree about Entourage. Last season was just ok but this season is for sure worse. Its lost a bit of the freshness. I still really like Mrs. Ari, but I especially dislike Scott and Vince’s plot lines are pretty stale. I’ll probably keep watching out of loyalty (and also because I love seeing LA on tv… it makes it seem way more cool than it actually is). I hope they can turn it around!
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tanyasdaily | July 19, 2010 at 10:59 pm
Salmon cakes…look really good!
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leftcoastcontessa | July 20, 2010 at 4:52 am
Thanks for your comment!