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Salmon and sardine patties

Salmon and Sardine Patties Recipe

I love salmon patties. They're quick and easy and taste great. I was trying to figure out how to get more sardines into my diet. I had a number of cans of sardines in my pantry so it made sense to use them but also sardines are supposed to be good for you. Sure, salmon is too but I find it harder to work sardines into my eating patterns. I've written about this before so I guess it's an ongoing challenge for me. This time I wanted something warm for dinner, not a sardine salad so I came up with the idea of salmon and sardine patties. Because we're doing the 2021 Veggie Challenge, I wanted to be sure to add some vegetables to this. Normally...

sauerkraut

Veggie Challenge with Sauerkraut

Yes, my entry this week in the veggie challenge involves sauerkraut. I think fermented vegetables can count for the challenge. I've certainly eaten sauerkraut before but I came up with a new way to eat it. I know this is not a pretty dish. In fact, the photo is pretty bad but it ended up tasting better than it looks. I thought of this and then I googled it. I discovered that I'm not the first person to think of it but I did think of it without prompting. We've talked about fermented vegetables before and I'm trying to add at least one serving of fermented food into my day. Sauerkraut with Sardines This is a simple recipe. Mash up some sardines and mix them with some sauerkraut. That's it. When I...

Sardine Salad

Sardine Salad or How to Get Sardines in Your Diet

The standard health message these days is to eat lots of veggies and try to get oily seafood into your diet a couple times a week. I don’t know if that’s really a healthy diet, but it sounds reasonable, though I’m not sure referring to fish as oily is all that palatable. Oily seafood includes tuna, salmon, and sardines. It seems like every diet or healthy eating book I pick up recommends eating sardines. I usually try to add protein to my salads so making a sardine salad seemed like a good idea. Sardines are not my favorite food. They remind me of eating them on a Saltine cracker, and it’s not my best childhood memory. Maybe I’d like sardines on a cracker now, but I...