Minced salmon with broccoli

Sometimes the simple things in life can be the best. This easy recipe is proof to this statement.

Makes 4 servings.

 

What do you need?

  • 500 grams of minced salmon (I buy it in the frozen products section)

  • 2 packets (=2*400 grams) of frozen broccoli

  • salt, pepper and fish seasoning

 

How to make it?

First of all, take your salmon and broccoli out of the fridge some hours before cooking. I usually take mine out the night before or in the morning if I’m making this for dinner. 

Get cooking! Take a pot with water and get that boiling. Also, preheat a pan to medium high heat. 

Once the water is boiling, add in some salt and the broccoli. Let that cook until the broccoli is nice and soft. 

Meanwhile, your pan is ready to fry the salmon. Add in your minced salmon and season with salt, pepper and fish seasonings (I buy a salt-less herb mixture for fish at my grocery store, it should be available in most stores). Break up the salmon, so that there are no big lumps. I find that there is a lot of fat in the minced salmon and I don’t need any oil for cooking it.

Drain your broccoli and add to the salmon. Mix really well and let everything heat through for another 5 minutes or so. Now your dish is ready to be served.

Bon appetit!

 

What about nutrition?

The whole recipe is 1570 kcal, 134 grams of protein, 40 grams of total carbs (including 21 g of fiber so about 19 g of net carbs), 100 grams of fat. 

If divided into 4 servings, one serving is 393 kcal, 33,5 grams of protein, 10 grams of total carbs (including 5,25 g of fiber so about 4,75 g of net carbs), 25 grams of fat.

 

Any ideas?

If you want to increase fat-to-protein ratio of this dish and it even more LCHF and keto friendly, feel free to add butter and/or heavy cream and/or cheese as a last extra step.

Food Friday 28.03.2014

On Food Fridays I will tell you about everything I ate that day. No matter if it is a good day or not: you will see it all. 

Today I had a really simple to-do list: wake up, work out, study, go to sleep. OK, I had some tiny errands that needed to be done as well but in general a boring study day. But I was abnormally hungry all day long hence the BIG portions… Still not understanding what’s going on with my appetite, hunger and eating patterns 😦

 


 

1st meal: 10 AM

Before breakfast I went running and burned around 800 calories. I was so hungry when I got back home and ate the biggest breakfast ever. Still felt hungry. Is that normal?

Post-workout breakfast
  • 2 eggs

  • 2 slices of bacon

  • 2 slices of cheese

  • 300 grams of cabbage

and

  • 10 grams of cocoa

  • a dash of cinnamon

  • 200 grams of ricotta

  • 100 grams of buttermilk/kefir (does anyone know a normal English word for keefir?)

 

2nd meal: 4 PM

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A mountain of beans, don’t let the photo fool you.
  • 1 meat patty (125 grams of minced meat, 1/4 of an egg, 65 grams of grated cheese)

  • 400 grams of frozen green beans

  • 5 grams of olive oil  

(About 40 minutes later…)

Protein waffle. Obviously I can’t clean my waffle iron properly 😀
  • 1 egg

  • 25 grams of protein powder

  • 10 grams of olive oil

  • 50 grams of kefir

  • 300 grams of cabbage (not pictured)

 


 

Nutrition information

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Macros: liberal low-carb.

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Total protein overkill from my protein waffle. Also you can notice quite the bit of carbs…

 

A really weird day. I was hungry all day long. Was this from my run in the morning? Usually I work out in the evenings or around lunchtime. If I had eaten according to my actual hunger level today, I think we would be talking about 3000+ calories. Not normal. Or is it?!

Nike Training Day tomorrow. Ready to burn around 3000 calories or more but also eat more than usually just to survive the whole event. I have to prep 3 meals to take to Tallinn with me and then figure out when I can eat between the 6 classes there. But I’m excited! Bring. It. On!

 

Next Food Friday in a week!