Three Days of Salmon

After a fishing trip to Alaska last year (which I still need to blog about), we have some large pieces of salmon in the freezer. As someone who rarely cooked fish before, this has given me a wonderful opportunity to try new recipes and cooking techniques.

The large pieces sometimes mean several days of salmon.  Crafting a new meal out of leftovers is a creative exercise of which I’m very fond!  Here’s how I got three delicious meals out of one generous piece of salmon.

Day 1
Dinner: White wine-poached salmon topped with Pungent Parsley and Caper Sauce.  Green and yellow beans almondine.

Salmon SandwichDay 2
Lunch: Salmon sandwiches on 7 Stars Olive Bread spread with leftover Parsley and Caper sauce.

Day 3
Brunch:  Salmon cake benedict on 7 Stars Olive Bread with bearnaise sauce.  The leftover salmon and sauce made 5 salmon cakes when mixed with some onion, egg, old bread, and spices.

Sometimes, leftovers can be quite luxurious.

Pictured above: A salmon sandwich I made on olive bread – albiet a different one

Rhode White & Blue

My in-laws visited last weekend and we crammed as much sun, ocean, and seafood as possible into four days. This is almost the perfect Rhode Island holiday weekend, so I had to share our itinierary.

On the beach Oysters
Fried Oysters IMG_1189

Saturday

  • Sailing lesson in the morning (just J & I, it was our first)
  • Wine tasting at Newport Vineyards
  • Polo (our picnic of choice is antipasto from Federal Hill)
  • Walk for an ice cream cone

Sunday

  • Beach day! First to Scarborough. Swam in the ocean.
  • Lunch at Matunuk Oyster Bar
  • More beach time at Matunuk beach.

Monday

  • Eggs benedict at home
  • Bike ride to the nation’s oldest 4th parade in Bristol (40mi round trip)
  • Sushi
  • A drink at the neighborhood bar
  • Watched Providence fireworks from the comfort of our street

Tuesday

  • Dunkin’ Donuts breakfast (a Rhode Island tradition, ha)
  • Tennis at the Intl Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, a historic building with grass courts
  • Lunch between matches at The Mooring, where we were drawn in by the seafood donuts on the menu. They were as good as they sounded – Bag of Doughnuts: Lobster, crab & shrimp fritters with chipotle-maple aïoli

Do you have a favorite Rhode Island (or local to you) 4th of July tradition?