Easy Christmas Salmon Recipes

This is really easy and requires only 3 ingredients.

1 packet of puff pastry

1 pack of 250g (9oz) smoked salmon trimmings or slices

8 spring onions finely chopped.

Roll out the pastry and cut into 2 pieces to make it easier to work with. Place the smoked salmon all over the pastry and sprinkle with the chopped spring onions. Sprinkle with fresh ground black pepper. Starting from the long side roll up like a swiss roll. Using a sharp knife cut the rolls into fairly thin rounds of about 1/4" thick. Place onto greased baking trays and bake in a hot oven (200C) for around 15 - 20 minutes or until the pastry is golden brown. Transfer to a wire rack to cool before serving. They are also good for freezing, just thaw for around 3 hours. They'll also keep for about 1 week in an airtight container. This recipe is from Mary Berry At Home

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Smoked Salmon Swizzles


1 packet smoked salmon

cocktail sticks

lemon juice

black pepper



Simply slice the smoked salmon into strips and slide onto the cocktail sticks in a concertina fashion. Sprinkle with fresh lemon juice and a grinding of black pepper.


Smoked Salmon Blini

1 pack smoked salmon

1 tub sour cream

fresh dill - chopped finely

1 packet of buckwheat blini

small jar of salmon roe

Cut the smoked salmon into small pieces. Warm the blini according to the packet instructions and place a scant teasp of sour cream onto each blini followed by a piece of smoked salmon and a little chopped dill. Finish with a small amount of salmon roe. Best served with either vodka or champagne.


I hope you give these recipes a go.

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How to Can Salmon

Here's an easy way to can salmon

Here's an interesting article from The Star Telegram. Once again it centres on whether fish is safe to eat. There's an informative table included which shows you just how much better salmon is for you than some other types of coldwater fish (such as tuna). Increasingly Omega 3 is being recognised as an essential part of our diet.read more

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Omega 3 and Alzheimers

In the News

Omega 3 and Alzheimers

A diet that is balanced and full of antioxidants is the best way to boost the immune system which in turn helps to ward off Alzheimers and cleanse potentially harmful plaques that could be building up in your brain.

Essential Fatty Acids are the number one immune system builder and Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids are necessary to promote optimal health. A fish oil supplement is the best source of fatty acids since most modern-day diets don't normally contain enough fish to provide these nutrients.

I give my 8yr old twins 1 capsule of MorEHA Junior capsules twice a day, it doesn't taste at all fishy and because it's a softgel capsule it goes down rather easier than the normal tablets - don't you just hate it when tablets start disolving in your mouth before you've swallowed them?

Shoppers Confused by the Supermarkets

As usual, the supermarkets are jumping on the bandwagon selling 'fortified' foods. Well you can't always believe everything the supermarkets tell you and here's a classic case in point. full story

Read more about the benefits of Omega 3 regarding heart conditions, Alzheimers, mental disorders and allergies in Children.

If you're thinking about taking an Omega 3 supplement Great Salmon Recipes has recommended 2 sites that sell a high grade fish oil.

Easy Chinese Salmon

A really quick and easy microwave salmon recipe, Salmon with a honey soy dressing.

Quick Salmon Croquettes

Make with canned red salmon.

Boosting The Immune System

A diet that is balanced and full of antioxidants is the best way to boost the immune system and cleanse potentially harmful plaques that could be building up in your brain.
Essential Fatty Acids are the number one immune system builder. Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids are necessary to promote optimal health. A fish oil supplement is the best source of fatty acids since most modern-day diets don’t normally contain enough fish such as salmon and tuna to provide these nutrients.


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Are Wild Salmon Labels Telling The Truth?

Consumer reports tested several packages that claimed to be wild salmon but were really not. Click here for the full story about how the public are being scammed.

King Salmon Exceed State Biologist Goal

For the eighth year in row, too many king salmon made it upstream to spawn despite concerted efforts by a legion of determined fisherman. Read the full story

Omega 3 for Schoolchildren

Want to read more about the UK Government's intentions for children? Here's the link read more

Omega 3 Uses

According to the BBC Radio 2 program yesterday the government is thinking about proposing that schools administer fish oil supplements to all pupils. Now whilst the trials that have been done so far on Omega 3 have proved really positive with aiding children's concentration and an apparent increase in reading age and ability, is it really down to the government to decide whether children get a supplement or not? Surely it is the parents duty and choice to decide for themselves what they want to give their children?

However, if you are considering getting a supplement to give your child or perhaps to take yourself like I do if you click on the link above this post it will take you to a good nutrition page where there are 2 links for Omega 3 supplements, one for the UK and one for the USA. Both these companies sell a pharmaceutical grade fish oil. You have to be careful when buying fish oil, just because the label says 1000mg fish oil does not mean that it's 1000g Omega 3 fatty acids. Check for a high concentration of fish oils. The cheapest doesn't necessarily mean the best, all that will happen is you have to take more of the product and therefore buy more of the product in the first place. The company I recommend in the UK - Health and Essential Ltd has also been featured on "This Morning" and in "The Times".

For USA shoppers I've recommended


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Poached Salmon Recipes

Poached Salmon Recipes

Summer's fast approaching and my thoughts are turning to cool, summer recipes such as poached salmon with hollandaise sauce, what you could do with this is let the salmon go cold, mix with the hollandaise and a few finely chopped herbs such as chives and dill (both go well with salmon) and serve as perhaps a pate on melba toast or in sandwiches with thinly sliced cucumber. Instead of hollandaise, why not just mix with mayonnaise, salt & pepper, a squeeze of lemon and some chopped herbs if you wish. Another idea would be to pile it into a bowl and serve with a green or mixed salad so that everyone can help themselves. Here's somelinks for delicious poached salmon recipes.


Poaching Salmon
General notes on poaching salmon


Whole Poached Salmon
How to poach a whole salmon

Poached Salmon Loaf with Horseradish Sauce
An easy salmon loaf recipe, this time served with horseradish sauce.

Whole Oven Poached Salmon
If you've no room on top of the cooker for poaching a whole salmon or if you can't get hold of a fish kettle then this is the answer, poach the salmon in the oven.

Grilled Salmon Recipes

New Salmon Recipe Links

I know I've been a bit lax posting recently. The boys have finally gone back to school having spent most of the holidays playing in the nearby woods looking for fossils by the river and trying to catch fish without any success. (as they didn't have rods it may well have been difficult!) OK, enough chitchat, on with some more delicious salmon recipes. This time it's the turn of Grilled salmon recipes, I hope you like them.

Grilled Salmon with Tomato and Coriander Salsa

A quick and healthy grilled salmon recipe that could easily pass for a delicious dinner party dish. Ready in half and hour.


Grilled Salmon with Honey Dressing

Another really quick salmon recipe, easily cooked either under the grill or, now that summer's approaching, on the BBQ. Serve with a crisp salad and a nice bottle of chilled chablis.

Seared Salmon Salad

This is great whether you serve it as a warm or cold salad. Make it into a starter. Then at least it won't matter if your guests are late. (Just gives you time to have a quiet drink)


My Salmon Recipe site's growing in leaps and bounds, the traffic increases daily, and by the end of the month with have again doubled. How amazing is that! Once again, I have to say that without the hand holding of SBI I wouldn't have known where to start.

I've been looking around the web lately on other ways to build websites, but none really come close for hosting, all in one tools and help and support. If you're thinking of starting a website, maybe you should have a look over at SBI. At the moment they've got a really fabulous offer until May 1st. Go on, have a look, you know you want to and it doesn't cost to look, now does it? Here's the link

Salmon Recipes

Salmon Recipes

So now it's Easter. The boys have opened their chocolate Easter eggs and I'm going to cook a salmon recipe for lunch. Here's a few recipes to choose from:

Canned Pink Salmon Mousse
A really economical recipe that feeds loads and taste great.


Salmon Croquettes
Just right if you've got some leftover mash and want a quick mid week family meal.

Smoked Salmon Recipes

Smoked Salmon Recipes

I love smoked salmon, I remember when the boys were small I used to give them a pack of it to eat as we went round the supermarket to keep them quiet.

Here are a few smoked salmon recipes

Smoked salmon & blinis

A simple recipe for smoked salmon and blinis, perfect party food.

Smoked salmon Quiche

Smoked salmon and spring onion quiche - delicious warm or cold, it makes a great picnic food idea.

BBQ Salmon Recipes

Oh Boy, it's the Easter Holidays and the boys have been off school since March 24th. The days seem to be filled with finding things to do to keep them out of mischief so I've not really had much time for blogging or doing much to the salmon recipes website. However, they've now decided to make the living room their den and have brought their duvets down. Therefore I have a couple of minutes to give you a few links to a couple more BBQ Salmon recipes. Hope you like them.

Salmon in Chinese Marinade
Marinated in a mixture including soy, ginger & lime juice.

Cajun Salmon
If you like your salmon spicy this one's for you.

Diet rich in fish may reduce the spread of prostate cancer

According to research published in the British Journal of Cancer, eating foods rich in Omega 3 may help prevent cancer spreading to other parts of the body.
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Baked Salmon Recipes

How to Bake Salmon

Salmon Fillets en Papillotes
Basically you're cooking the salmon in a paper and foil bag. This helps to keep the fish from drying out and keeps all the flavour in.

Salmon with Black Bean Sauce
Part fried, part baked salmon steaks with chinese black bean sauce simply served with rice or noodles.

Luxury Salmon Pie
Salmon with smoked mackerel, prawns, hard boiled eggs and cream under a rich pastry topping.

Wild Alaskan Salmon & Prawn Pie
Salmon, smoked haddock and langoustine with a cheesy potato topping

Oven Poached Whole Salmon
A great way to poach salmon if you don't possess a fish poacher.

Roasted Whole Salmon
A Whole Salmon wrapped in newspaper. This is can be roasted or barbequed.

Salmon with Red Wine Sauce
Salmon with an unusual red wine sauce.

Indian Spiced Tandoori Salmon
Marinated and baked in the oven. Serve with a choice of cooling raitas.

Herby Baked Salmon
A quick dish ready in half an hour. The herb crust helps to keep the salmon moist whilst giving extra flavour.

Salmon with Avocado Sauce
A cold dish, great for Summer, the avocado sauce is easy to make in a blender.

Bourbon Baked Salmon
Marinated whiskey & soy salmon baked in the oven and served with rice.

Global fishiness: Chilean Salmons

Have you wondered why Walmart's salmon sells for only $4.84 a pound?

The story behind marine industrial farming, and the Walmart effect.

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Boost Your Sex Life!

Did you know that because oily fish such as salmon, tuna and trout contain Zinc, eating them can actually help your sex life by heightening sensations and it's also supposed to increase your fertility? I don't know about you but I'm having Salmon tonight!

Salmon & Spinach Pasta
Canned Salmon is very high in Omega 3 therefore I don't feel at all guilty for opening a can of salmon. We all really like pasta and this is quick and easy.

Smoked Salmon & Potato Gratin
Simple to put together, this easy recipe for baked salmon uses hot smoked salmon, potatoes, cream and garlic to create a healthy, satisfying one pot meal that’s perfect comfort food.

Salmon Recipes

Salmon Recipes

Today, I've had great news, one of my boys - Anthony, has just passed his first guitar exam and got a distinction. So for that he gets whatever he wants to eat (provided it's not anything yucky like a Big Mac or similar)!

One of his favourite meals is Salmon Patties so I'll pop to the fishmongers and get a salmon tail (cheaper and tastes just as good) so that we can make that for tea.

My Salmon site's going really well, it's been up for 5 months and has already reached the top 1% of all the websites in the world. I have to say that that's largely due to the enormous help and support that I get from SBI, the people at that company are just fantastic. You'd be surprised just how many of their websites are in the top 1%, if you don't believe me just check out the results page.

I'm beginning to think about doing another couple of sites. I' not ashamed to say that I think I could become quite addicted to this web-building lark, it's great fun and I love sharing any information that might be useful.

Anyway, here's some more salmon recipe links

Baked Salmon with a Dill Mayonnaise
A summer salmon recipe that's fantastic served hot or cold as part of a buffet or picnic lunch.

Salmon Steaks with Oyster Mushrooms
A rich Oyster Mushroom sauce for baked salmon steaks that will go just as easily with any grilled freshwater fish

Actually the recipe above reminds me that next week I'll be starting mushroom hunting again, for tis the season for those fabulous Morels (my other son's favourite curly whirly mushrooms). Hopefully the weather'll cheer up, it's been nice and wet so should find plenty.

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More Salmon Recipe Links

Luxury Salmon Pie
Fresh salmon combined with prawns and smoked mackerel, topped with puff pastry

Whole Roast Salmon
Here’s a fab recipe idea for a party or BBQ. Why not Roast Salmon in newspaper?Do your bit for the environment by recycling old newspaper

Grilled Salmon with Tomato & Coriander Salsa
Short of time? create a healthy food recipe and an elegant Dinner Party dish at the same time.

Great Salmon Recipes

Here are some of the promised links to the Great Salmon Recipes Website

Great Salmon Recipes Home Page

Canned Salmon Croquettes
This is an easy recipe made with storecupboard ingredients

Salmon & Asparagus Frittata
One of my personal favourites. A delicious Italian open omelette made with hot smoked salmon. Equally delicious hot or cold.

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How a newbie built a profitable website.

I've been building a website about salmon recipes and thought it might be fun to document my journey in a blog.

The Early Days B.C. (before computers!)

First, a quick background check to fill you in:-

When I became pregnant with twins my husband and I realised that we didn't want the boys to go into daycare and that we were lucky enough to be able to afford for me to stay at home and become a full time mum. (also, having checked out the cost of daycare/full time nanny against my salary we came to the conclusion that it just wasn't cost effective).

Well, the boys are now 8 years old and at school from 8.30 until 5.00pm. Obviously this has left me with a great deal of time on my hands and let's be honest there's only so much housework and shopping 1 person can do. (OK, maybe only the housework!). I've always loved browsing around on the Internet and had been looking for inspiration and ideas on what I could do.

One day I came across a site called Site Build It . I've no idea how I found it but what it said really opened my eyes and mind. Basically what it was saying was that if I had a passion for something, be it horses, music or cooking (my particular interests) then I could use that passion to make money. The more I read the more I realised that I really could build a website with a lot of help from SBI. And that was the beginning of a wonderful journey. The trip was/is incredible, not only have I learnt something new (how to build a website) and continue to learn, but I've done it without having to learn any scary HTML language, I've saved money because I haven't been shopping (well not as much as before),I'm earning money while I sit here in my own home, doing things in my own time and best of all I love it (and my husband loves it because I'm a much nicer person - or so he says!)

For me this is the start of a whole new chapter in my life and one that I can see will grow and grow.

What Subject Did I Choose?

Strangely enough (as the title suggests) - Salmon Recipes. I chose this for various reasons.

Firstly, I've always loved to cook, particularly fish. I grew up on Guernsey in the Channel Islands (the little dots on the map in the middle of the sea between France and England) where my parents ran one of the first a la Carte restaurants on the island. I remember quite clearly standing on a chair in the restaurant kitchen, "helping" my poor, long suffering mother and generally getting under her feet. The restaurant was directly opposite the fresh food market and she used to send me over aged 5, to get the live crab from the stalls, wrapped only in newspaper, still moving in a feeble attempt to break free. Those were the days of the "Galloping Gourmet" - Graham Kerr (remember him?), my mum thought he was wonderful and she spent many an afternoon off recreating his dishes. One in particular springs to mind, that of Crayfish Thermidor, a truly spectacular dish. It tooks what seemed like hours to prepare and I can still remember the wonderful taste. I was very lucky to be living such an existance, I'll bet there weren't many 5 year olds eating crayfish, scallops, salmon and the like along with beautiful freshly dug Guernsey new potatoes simply served with the rich, deep yellow Guernsey butter, a little sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. My mouth waters just with the memory of all these things.

Secondly, Salmon and other oily fish is big news just now, Omega 3 is being recognised as the essential fatty acid, not only important for the development of the brain in babies & children, but also helpful in treating depression, ADD, Rhumatism and many other ailments.

Thirdly, I want my children to know about good food, where to source it and how to cook it.

And finally, according to the research that I was able to do using SBI there was some good profit to be made on the subject. Yes, I do have to be a little hard headed about it, afterall, this is supposed to be replacing my old salary!