Salmon Casserole

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/cottage-potatoes-recipe.html
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/potato-and-salmon-casserole-102852

Salmon Casserole

This is based on a blend of two recipes. It turned out great. This is a lower fat meal, in that there is no added fat.

2.5 lbs potatoes (or blend of potatoes and sweet potatoes)
2 eggs
1 small fennel bulb (preferably with fennel hair/herb that can be removed and added to cheese mixture)
1 small onion
1 14.75 oz can wild salmon (I removed the biggest bones)
1 cup lowfat cottage cheese
1/4 cup fat free milk (optional--I'm not sure how necessary this is to the recipe)
1/2 cup chopped green onion

Dice potatoes (skin on) and boil for 20 minutes, or until soft.
Saute chopped fennel bulb and onion in a nonstick skillet, using oil free cooking technique (with water). Add chopped green onion last, and saute until onion and fennel are soft.

In a bowl blend cheese, eggs, and milk. Also add salt and pepper, and fennel herb if there is any. Add sauteed vegetables after they are cooked and mix in. Add cooked potatoes and then salmon, and mix.

Bake in extra large glass casserole dish--the size bigger than 9x13. perhaps 10x15? for at least 30 minutes at 400.

David really liked this, and I did too.

Black bean and Sweet Potato Enchiladas

Black bean and Sweet Potato Enchiladas

I made this recipe but added some pork I had leftover from another dish. It was great! It worked well with Aldi GF tortillas. I squeezed 7 full tortillas into a 9x13 pan. I also put shredded cheese on top after I took it out of the oven, but you could do it before you put it in. Then served it with sour cream and avocado. The avocado wasn't really necessary. This is another good leftover sweet potato meal after making sweet potato noodles using the spiral slicer.

Maple, Orange, Chipotle Sweet Potato Crisp

Maple, Orange, Chipotle Sweet Potato Crisp. This recipe is from Primal Cravings, p 167.

David really liked this. He thinks it would be great for a side on Thanksgiving. He generally does not like sweet potatoes or yams that much, but this recipe he liked a lot because of all the interesting flavors. I made it exactly as written.

Coconut Fish Pie

http://perfecthealthdiet.com/2013/04/coconut-fish-pie/

This was not pie-like at all. It was more like soup. The first night I served it, we ate it like soup and it was not as appetizing that way. When I served the leftovers, I served it over white rice. That improved the dish a lot.

I used cod for the fish. The flavors were all good, but the presentation could have been better. I would have preferred the fish whole with the mash on the side, for example.