Salmon and Broccoli Fritters
Another easy freezer stash recipe for you...these savoury fritters are a wonderful breakfast or snack option!
We LOVE salmon for the taste, but also the incredible nutrition boost it gives these fritters. Adding in salmon offers protein and energy alongside omega 3, vitamin A, D, B6 and B12. Salmon is also a fish that is low in mercury- you can learn more about the best fish to pick for bub here.
Did you know.... that once you introduce a common allergen you should continue to offer it twice a week to reduce risk of allergy developing? So these fritters also help you with ongoing exposure to fish, egg, wheat and dairy! If you wanted to tick off another allergen you could also add a teaspoon of tahini to the batter before cooking.
Age Recommendation - 6+ months. This recipe requires you to mash the salmon and veggies you add in. For babies just starting solids we recommend you mash everything very well so there are no large or hard pieces. We also recommend you serve the fritters in strips- these make a great finger food options for BLW!
Allergens: this recipe contains wheat, egg, dairy and fish.
- You can swap egg for flax eggs or mashed sweet potato
- You swap the flour for gluten free flour or chickpea flour
- You can swap out the cow's milk for a plant milk
- We haven't tried to make this recipe without the fish. The salmon is the star! If you haven't introduced fish yet or your bub can't eat fish, then check out our recipe library for something else to whip up.
Salmon and Broccoli Fritters
Ingredients
- 1 small 95g tin of salmon (in spring water or olive oil and drained)
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup of self raising flour
- 1 cup of well cooked broccoli drained and mashed
- 1 tsp of dijon mustard
- 1/2 tsp minced garlic
- 1/4 cup of milk
- optional: for 12+ months add in 1/4 cup of frozen peas! For younger bubs you can add peas but they will need to be blended for 6-9 months and mashed/flattened 10-12 months before mixing into the batter.
Directions
- Mix everything together in a bowl
- Heat your pan on the stove top and drizzling with olive oil
- Add a generous spoonful of your batter into the pan and cook for 2-3 minutes or until lightly golden on one side before flipping and cooking the other side
- Remove from the heat and allow to cool before serving
- For younger bubs slice before serving and consider add a topping to moisten like greek yoghurt.
- Before freezing any left overs allow to totally cool.
I batch cooked these for my baby and then froze them. I found when I defrost them and reheat them in the microwave they smell very fishy. this seems to put my baby off and he won’t eat them. Do you have any tips on how to reheat and defrost?
Hey Sally! The microwave can do this with fish. I would suggest the oven would work better.