QUICKish Salmon Gumbo?!

We had salmon for dinner last night.  Costco sells huge fillets, so I baked one with miso-ginger dressing and the other with mayo and Tajin seasoning ("The ultimate fruit & vegetable booster"... yummmmm...).

Tonight, I received a special request for gumbo.  The recipe I found via Google was going to take well over an hour, and I didn't have a third of the ingredients on hand, so a surprising concoction was born.  The makeshift gumbo was delicious!  And was ready to eat in less than an hour.

Salmon leftovers... transformed!

I didn't want a repeat of our miso salmon/spinach salad dinner from the night before, so I gave the leftovers the good ol' crab cake treatment and made salmon cake.  

Salmon Can Be Simple

The sauces I use will vary, but the cooking is the same!  I like to spread butter or oil on the bottom of a glass baking dish, add salmon fillets skin-side-down, drizzle them with sauce, and bake them in the oven at 350 degrees (Fahrenheit), about 10 minutes per inch of thickness, but keep an eye on them.  I know my salmon is done when it flakes easily and resists slightly when I gently press on the flesh.