These AIP salmon cakes with fresh nut free pesto are seriously to die for! You cannot even tell they are AIP friendly. The fresh basil pesto combined with lemon, nutritional yeast and dill are delicious. This recipe only takes 10 minutes to prep and is great for meal prepping.
If you enjoy this recipe, you will also enjoy my AIP Turkey Breast in a Maple Garlic Sauce as well.
What makes these AIP salmon cakes so good:
- First, the fresh pesto. It was so delicious! The nutritional yeast in the pesto adds a cheesy touch.
- They are super simple to make. You can use fresh or canned salmon.
AIP Salmon Cake Key Ingredients:
- Wild caught salmon-I get mine from Butcher Box but you can for sure use canned with this recipe. I love Butcher Box because they send me a month’s supply of all of my favorite meats and seafoods. All I have to do is defrost the night before. If you use my link HERE, you can get free bacon for life.
- Dill-This compliments the fresh pesto so well.
- Cassava flour-This is my go to flour for baking and cooking. I love it so much and only use Otto’s. Not all brands are equal so I have only tested this recipe with this brand.
- Red onion-To give these salmon cakes a nice crunch!
Fresh pesto-I always like to have a large fresh batch of this on hand.
- Nutritional yeast-This is a great alternative for cheesy. It really gives these salmon cakes that cheesy flavor.
- Fresh garlic-This is a must!
- Lemon juice-To add a citrus touch.
How to make:
For the pesto:
- Place all ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth.
For the salmon cakes:
- First, preheat the oven to 350.
- Then, place all ingredients into a bowl and mix until smooth.
- Using a 3 ounce cookie scoop, scoop the mixture onto a baking sheet.
- Bake for 25 minutes.
- If you like your cakes a little crispy, at the end turn the broiler on for 2 minutes.
If you like this recipe, you will LOVE my other AIP fish recipes:
- Thai shrimp soup
- Gluten free shrimp scampi
- Whole30 scallops
- Pan seared chilean sea bass
- AIP Shrimp Pesto Pasta
- Gluten Free Fried Shrimp
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AIP Salmon Cakes
Servings 10 cakes
221kcal
Cost $7
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Equipment
- Large bowl
- baking sheet
Ingredients
- 1 cup shredded salmon canned of fresh. I like to get my salmon from Butcher Box. If you use my link HERE you can get free bacon for life.
- 1 tbsp dill weed
- 1/3 cup red onion chopped
- 1/2 cup cassava flour
- 5 cloves garlic minced
- 3/4 cup pesto
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350. Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Using a 3 ounce cookie scooper, scoop the filling on to a cookie tray. Flatten off the cakes with your hand and bake for 30 minutes. Turn on the broiler on the end for 2 minutes if you want the top crispy. Serve with remaining fresh pesto.If you enjoyed this recipe it would mean the world to me if you rated it and left a comment below. It helps others find it on google.
Quick and easy salmon cakes that are allergy friendly.
Serving: 1cake | Calories: 221kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 181mg | Potassium: 136mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 639IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 57mg | Iron: 1mg
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Marla says
These are so quick and easy to make, and delicious on their own or on a salad! I don’t like to make really complicated meals so this made healthy meal prep so easy for me.
Allianna Moximchalk says
Yay! I am so glad you like them as much as I do.
lori says
Love these salmon cakes. Great make ahead recipe for the week and the pesto is delish
Allianna Moximchalk says
Glad you enjoyed!