These are both recipes that use storecupboard ingredients, take minutes to make and are nutritious and tasty for adults and children alike. We often have the fishcakes for breakfast but they can be served at any meal, adjusting the quantities appropriately. If I’m making mashed potato for another meal eg. with sausages or on Shepherd’s Pie, I often make a bit extra and pop it in the fridge ready to make these Fishcakes or Martian burgers the next day. I call them Martian Burgers, by the way, because they’re green and it’s a sneaky method of making the youngest of The Boys want to eat something with spinach in it. Such is the perversity of children that, even though he likes spinach, he won’t eat it if he’s told what he’s eating. These are fiendishly healthy (Omega 3, low fat protein etc) so you can enjoy them with a sense of smug self righteousness, whilst still acquiring a full tum.
Serve them with salad, peas, green beans or any vegetables you like. They can also be made in batches and frozen, but make sure you slip a little bit of greaseproof paper in between them to stop them sticking.
FISH CAKES
Utensils:
Frying pan
Mixing bowl
Fish slice or tongs
Ingredients: Makes about 6 large fishcakes
3 large tblspn mashed potato
1 x tin tuna – drained
1 x tin mackerel – drained
1 egg
1 tblspn parsley (half if dried)
1/2 tsp paprika
Wholemeal flour for coating
1 tblspn oil and 2oz butter for frying
Method:
Put all the ingredients in a bowl and mash them up thoroughly with a fork.
Divide the mixture into 6 and shape into cakes
Coat in the wholemeal flour
Heat the butter and oil in a frying pan until hot but not going brown.
Place the fishcakes into the frying pan and cooking, turning occasionally until golden brown.
MARTIAN BURGERS
Utensils – as above
Ingredients:
3 large tblspn mashed potato
1 small tin sweetcorn
1 egg
3 tblspn spinach – defrosted and as much water squeezed out as possible
3 oz (75g) cheese – grated
1 tblspn parsley (half if dried)
Wholemeal flour for coating
1 tblspn oil and 2oz butter for frying
Method – as above
If I wanted to make fresh salmon fishcakes, how much salmon would you suggest?
I would think about 1/2lb ish / 300g to 3 heaped tablespoons of mashed potatoes. May I recommend a little bit of dill if you’re using salmon.
You may…good suggestion. Thanks.
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