I have NO Groceries, it's Suppertime, it's Raining and I'm Not going to the Store!

Thursday night's supper came to be out of sheer desperation! I needed to go to the grocery store because I was  low on... well, EVERYTHING! But it was pouring rain, windy and cold and I refused to get out in it! I began a frantic search looking in every cabinet, the refrigerator and the freezer at least a 100 times for something, anything! I nearly did a cartwheel when I finally spotted 2 cans of salmon in the very back of one of my cabinets! Salmon patties!!... Yes, salmon patties...woohoo!

Now I normally fix grits with stewed tomatoes as the side for salmon patties but remember, I was out of most everything and of course that included grits and stewed tomatoes! The rest of the meal came together by using what I had on hand and let me tell you....I was a big HIT! I finished things off with my Banana Bread with Citrus Glaze...MmmmMmmm!

 Easy, healthy, quick, inexpensive, delicious and a happy family...yep, it's a keeper!

Salmon Patties with Black Bean and Tomato Salad
(Trust me, it tastes better than it looks in this picture!)

Patties

2 cans of salmon

1 egg

1/4 cup milk

1/2 cup Panko bread crumbs, divided

Salt and pepper to taste

Lettuce

Mix all ingredients together(except lerttuce), using 1/4 cup of the bread crumbs and shape into 8 patties

Dredge each patty in the rest if the bread crumbs until coated

Fry in canola oil on medium heat until golden brown and crispy

 Black Bean Salad

1 can of black beans, well drained and rinsed

!/2 cup cherry tomatoes, halved

Feta Cheese, to taste

1/4 cup onion, finely diced

Salt and Pepper, to taste

Mix all ingredients together until combined

To Serve

Place one patty on top of a bed of lettuce

Top each patty with a big scoop of the black bean salad

I served  fruit on the side....delicious!

Banana Bread with Citrus Glaze

4 very ripe bananas, mashed

1 stick of butter, softened

1 1/2 cups self rising flour

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

Stir butter and sugar together until well blended

Stir in flour, eggs and vanilla 

Add bananas and stir just until blended

Pour into a greased loaf pan and bake @350 for 50 minutes

While the bread is baking, mix up the glaze

 Glaze

1/2 cup confectioners sugar

4 tbsp. milk

1-2 tbsp. lemon juice or orange juice, according to your taste

Whisk together until smooth

Pour the glaze on the banana bread as soon as it comes out of the oven

Serve warm and enjoy! Nothing is any better than a warm piece of homemade banana bread:)