Salmon Salad

I made the soaked brown rice last Friday and it was pretty good. Everyone except for Ethan loved it, but he's picky and wouldn't even touch it. The big problem was there was a ton left over!

About 10 years ago or so, there was a big thing with rice salads around here. Generally you took rice, dumped salad dressing and some vegetables in it and voila, you have a rice salad. I think it was Kraft's way of getting people to buy their stuff.

I decided to make a healthier version of their rice salad.

Salmon Salad

4 cups leftover brown rice

1 can wild salmon

1/4 cup mayonaise of choice (more or less to taste, preferably homemade, but I used the last bit of my Hellmans with Olive oil; it's made with canola oil in Canada, which is still an unhealthy fat in real food circles)

2 or 3 whole green onions, chopped

Other vegetables to taste

Break up the brown rice and wild salmon in a large bowl. Add the mayo and onions and stir well until everything is well mixed. Chill until ready to serve

This would taste great with sliced peppers or on a bed of greens. I didn't have either so I had it as is and it was very good! I used a lemon pepper herb blend to season it, but it tasted good even without it.

Egg Salad Sandwich

Last week, I was really craving fast food. I wanted to go to KFC so bad! I live practically across the street and can always smell it when the wind is blowing. I know it smells better than it tastes so I tried to resist.

Instead, I decided to make an old favorite, an egg salad sandwich. I had some fries with it to kill the fast food crave (it is on a little plate so it looks like more food than there is! The ketchup is in a silicone mini muffin liner).

I love eggs. I really love egg sandwiches. At an event where there are sandwiches, I always go for the egg. I especially love onions in my egg salad. I know many people don't but that yummy crunchy biting taste is just so good!

For this sandwich, I mashed a couple of eggs, a heaping tablespoon of real mayo, a couple teaspoons of drained salted onions and a sprinkle of salt and pepper. I mounded what I could on a slice of homemade bread (then I ate the extra), put the top piece of bread on, cut in half and served with some fries and ketchup. Simple but good!