Sunday Salmon Cakes

Salmon Cakes

- 2 strips of bacon, cooked and crumbled

- 1 small onion, diced

- 1 egg

- 1/2 cup mayonaise

- 3 cans of salmon (I used the Starkist brand), drained

- 1 baked potato

- 1/2 cup bread crumbs

- 2 Tbsp. grated Asiago cheese

Fry the bacon until crispy and then remove it from the pan and allow to cool. Crumble the bacon. With the remaining bacon fat in the pan, saute up the onions until tender. Peel the baked potato and smash up with a fork. Combine the egg, potato, onions, mayonaise, bacon and salmon. Then add in about 1/4 cup of bread crumbs. (At this point, I check to make sure the mixture will stick together fairly well on its own before deciding if I need to add any more crumbs.) Mix together the remaining crumbs and cheese. Heat some oil in a skillet and test for readiness with a bread crumb. If the oil is hot enough, bubbles will form around the crumb. Putting the cakes in oil that is not hot enough is a waste of your time... don't do it. Anyway, coat eat cake with the cheese/crumb mixture and place in the hot oil. Brown the cakes on both sides and serve with a green salad. Ranch dressing is a wonderful sauce for them if your 2 month-old decides to not let you make something fancy before you serve.

** This recipe is a wonderful way to meet nutritional requirements if you are pregnant and trying to get all your daily requirements in.**