Salmon Burgers

It feels like it's been a year since I last made these. I didn't know where the recipe was, but I was pretty sure I could wing it. That wasn't the best of plans.
"Are you sure you want all that work?" LV asked. The first two times I made these, I was very meticulous in the way I removed all the little pieces of bone from the fish. And the patties held their shape. These became almost like tuna salad sandwiches. But considering how long it's been and how little fish we have around here, they were good.

Chocolates and Salmon Burgers

After my success with free handing the butterfly wings for cupcakes in December, I started to think about making special "Yay, It's a Boy" candies. I was able to find some molds that could work and some colors I thought would be good. But I had no idea how long I would be hunched over, carefully filling the trays.

In addition to the large suckers, I made small bottles, letter blocks, cradles and other baby related shapes.

Then, for some bizarre reason, I decided I was still okay to keep hunching over to pick out the bones from canned salmon...

Grilled Salmon

The grocery store had really big, fresh-looking cuts of salmon. I decided they would be good to grill up. The Foreman wasn't so cooperative, though. I think the cuts were too thick. And then the whole apartment reeked of fish. At least the salmon tasted good.

Salmon Burgers and Salad

The amount of enthusiasm Scrappy and LV show for eating these burgers makes up for the pain in the neck it is to pick out all the little bones. Mmm... Salmon burgers.

Salmon Burgers and Broccoslaw

When LV saw me reading a sidebar about 5 Things You Can Do with Canned Salmon, he turned up his nose at the idea of canned salmon. Most of the ideas sounded pretty good to me, though, so I bought a can when I spotted it on sale that same week.

After all the work I put in to remove the bones and skin (the manufacturers basically turned the fish inside out and shoved it into the can), it was nice to have LV and Scrappy so thoroughly enjoy the finished product. (Although, I have my suspicions that LV was really loving the mayonnaise more than anything else. (I added strawberries instead of mayonnaise to the broccoli-slaw.))

Salmon and some other stuff

Grape tomatoes were on sale and the salmon looked good. Hence, this dinner. Served with rice and lots of garlic. (I saw too many chefs on TV doing it...)