That Husband and I have been trying to come up with some ways to fall in love with canned salmon the way we love canned tuna, because of the lower mercury content of salmon. So far, it hasn’t gone so well for me, although I did put together a dish I really loved by combining two recipes from AllRecipes.
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To make this I omitted the butter and bread crumbs, and used the no roll pie crust instead (which I make with whole wheat flour), and used canned salmon instead of fresh. For the chard I used just the leaves, not the stems. If you’re going to use the stems, make sure you use them longer than the leaves so they cook long enough to get soft.
Right now is a great time to make this too, as gardeners/farmers have overflowing baskets of chard and sweet corn, and this is just as delicious served cold, making it perfect for a summer picnic.
August 22nd, 2011 on 8:53 am
Wow, Jenna that looks soooo great!!
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August 22nd, 2011 on 9:14 am
i love your food pictures!
Just curious – why canned salmon? I love the salmon we get at costco and I know you shop there too — is there something I should know about the fish they sell?
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Jenna Reply:
August 22nd, 2011 at 1:29 pm
I *love* fresh salmon, but we don’t eat it very often because we don’t often visit the stores that sell the sustainable kind I want to buy. If I were to have fresh salmon I most definitely wouldn’t put it in this dish as I’d want to cook it very simply and really enjoy the flavor, you know?
We try to keep canned goods on hand as part of our belief that having a food supply is important for “living providently” (as the LDS church puts it). That way if we ever experience some sort of hardship (environmental disaster or financially hard times) we’ll have food to fall back on. I think this also means it’s important to learn to cook and use those things in our cupboards, so if we have to rely on them we can enjoy our food. Does that make sense?
Anyway, Costco actually recently joined a movement to promote sustainability in seafood in grocery stores. http://www.justmeans.com/Costco-Commits-Sustainable-Seafood/45771.html I’m always a bit wary of these things (I get frustrated when I find out the milk in the grocery store isn’t actually grass-fed and the chickens that produce the eggs actually don’t really spend any time outside) but it’s a step in the right direction for sure!
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Married in Chicago Reply:
August 24th, 2011 at 8:15 am
I love salmon too. My favorite way to cook it is just to sprinkle a little dill on it and pop it in the oven for ten minutes.
Thanks for that link about costco – very interesting!
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August 22nd, 2011 on 9:39 am
Looks great! I’ve been looking for different chard recipes, since as you said it’s been abundant at my CSA!
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August 22nd, 2011 on 9:42 am
My friends dug up two of their chard plants and brought us a huge brown grocery bag overflowing with it. Needless to say, I’m putting chard in everything. It’s one of my favorite veggies though, and I so miss it when it’s gone, so I’m just trying to roll with it
Thanks for the link to the no-roll pie crust, I’ve been looking for a recipe.
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August 22nd, 2011 on 9:43 am
We’ve been getting so much chard in our CSA! I like wilting it quickly in a pan and serving over pasta.
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August 22nd, 2011 on 12:20 pm
Try making a sandwich with just canned salmon and apple cider vinegar drizzled on top of the salmon. This was one of my favorite sandwiches growing up. Also, I make salmon patties with canned salmon that are delicious.
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August 22nd, 2011 on 1:07 pm
Yum! I like having the canned, wild salmon from Costco in the pantry at all times.
We like salmon sandwiches, made just like tuna with mayo (or whole milk greek yogurt plus salt), mustard, s&p, and some dill relish.
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August 22nd, 2011 on 1:11 pm
Have you tried making salmon cakes with canned salmon? They’re not the most ‘formal’ food in the world, but still taste great! They were one of the staples of my diet during university-while other people were eating KD and ramen, I was eating salmon cakes and oven fries! They’re most satisfying when served with garlic mayo.
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August 22nd, 2011 on 2:20 pm
This looks delicious. I am still trying to figure out if I like chard or not. I’ll have to give this one a go.
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August 23rd, 2011 on 10:35 pm
Wow. That looks so delicious. Will have to file that one away until I make it to a place with some chard! Thanks for sharing.
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August 25th, 2011 on 3:08 pm
Your pictures of this have been taunting me for the past couple of days as they look so good AND I even have had all the ingredients at home, but I didn’t get the chance to actually make it until last night (ok…so I guess it was taunting me for all of 2 days).
It turned out great! I sprinkled the top with grated jack and parm ~10min before it was done…super yum. I wasn’t a huge fan of the crust but it was ok. I did make it with wheat flour too, but I don’t think I would have liked it any better with white…I’m not a big crust person. My husband liked it though and was more than happy to take my unwanted crust.
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August 28th, 2011 on 4:56 pm
I like the idea of salmon cakes as mentionned above.
Also as we just got back form Alaska… the only way to truely enjoy canned salmon is to get the good one… We tried some canned salmon in Ketchikan and brought back 4 cans that I plan to enjoy on crackers with maybe a little cream cheese. It really doesn’t need much. It was amazing to see the difference of the sea food quality.
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December 6th, 2011 on 12:15 pm
I didn’t have any Swiss chard but did have spinach and it turned out great
My egg-hating six year old had three helpings!
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