So I don't eat any type of seafood. If it comes out of the water, I don't eat it. DD loves seafood, I try to cook it for her on a regular, using recipes I find in cooking mags. I have no idea how to season it, cause I won't taste it :P. Anyway I see sliced smoked salmon in the store a lot now. It looks like deli meat, but it's salmon.
My question is how would you make it into a sandwich? Something tells me slapping it on sandwich bread with mayo would be nasty!
Also, what would you put with it? I usually do a PB and J sandwich with fruit, yogurt, chips or something like that. What type of stuff would go, lunch type stuff? I think she would like something different.
Thanks all!
Smoked salmon is generally eaten with bagels, cream cheese, red onion, salt and pepper, fresh dill, (cucumber-optional) and capers. Yum-my mouth is watering!
smoked salmon is good with cream-cheese on a toasted bagel. or as a wrap with lettuce & tomato-maybe thinly sliced cucumber. might be hard to pack for a school lunch though. my youngest likes it on ritz crackers, maybe you could pack it separate and let her assemble it at school.
Our 4-year-old loves it on a bagel with cream cheese. We usually serve it with fruit, yogurt and/or baby carrots on the side. Don't know how old your daughter is, so hope this helps!
One of the best things in the world is Bagels, Lox, Cream Cheese.
Heaven.
If it's smoked salmon, however (harder/ dryer), it's best all by itself... with cheese and crackers.
(Lox is soft/wet, Smoked salmon is harder/dryer. It's 2 different processing techniques. Both are fairly salty... so pack extra water!)
Keisha - Oh my gosh - you're a Maryland girl and you don't eat seafood!!! You are in the land of the Chesapeake Bay and no steamed crabs or crab cakes. You're kidding right?
smoked salmon is good on crackers. Bagels with cream cheese and smoked salmon. It is good on top of a green salad
Lox is cured and smoked salmon is smoked. Lox is "cooked" by using cold wet ingredients while dry smoke "cooks" the smoked salmon. I don't know the ingredients used.
There is a difference. They do taste similar, tho.
smoked salmon works great with cream cheese, tomato , and lettuce. I always like smoked salmon even when I was little. its true that its not really meant for a sandwich (and can be really salty). But I'm one who eats foods in nonconventional ways all the time, so why not put lox in a sandwich? But yes the cream cheese will temper the saltiness then add some crunch because it mushy- cucumbers or something. Or just serve it up with crackers and let her assemble it herself (cream cheese, salmon, cucumbers, olives......)
We eat smoked salmon on triangles of Naan or Pita bread and we put down cream cheese, spicy mustard, red onion, capers...sometimes tomato..It's WAY yummy!
You could slice up some and pack her what you think she would like and she can assemble it at school?
It has a very strong flavor, and a strong smell! Much stronger than the fresh stuff. Lox has a raw texture, but smoked salmon is very flaky. I personally love both, but I love all food! Buy a little first and let your daughter try it using either Jane or CrazyLady's preparation. (or stir smoked salmon into cream cheese for cracker dip).
My favorite salmon dinner recipe, one that might work for you because it is so simple, uses salmon steaks or fillets. Put your thawed salmon in a baking dish. Maybe use a bread pan because you are just cooking a piece or two at a time. Add equal parts maple syrup and balsamic vinegar. You will probably need less than 1/4 cup of each; probably 2T of each for each piece of fish. Bake at 350 until done (test at 10 minutes, if it is flaky and no longer opaque inside, it is done, it will not take more than 20 minutes). The sauce is tangy and sweet, and no other seasoning required!
I think smoked salmon may be what you are seeing and it's called Lox and people like to eat it with bagels and cream cheese or with their eggs in the morning.
It almost has a raw texture. I don't know if it's something a small child would like.
