Salmon Cakes with Ginger Sesame Sauce with Scalloped Potatoes and Dirty Broccoli

From my favorite cookbook Ellie Krieger "The Food You Crave". She has never let me down!

Salmon Cakes

6 slices whole wheat sandwich bread made into bread crumbs (I just buy the breadcrumbs in a container and use about 1/2 - 3/4 cup)
Three 15 oz cans of salmon, drained and picked over for skin and bones (these are cheap at Trader Joe's- brought some with us!)
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 bunch of scallions (5 or 6), chopped white and greens parts
1 can water chestnuts, finely chopped
1/4 cup fresh cilantro (optional)
1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper
3 tsp olive oil

Flake apart salmon in a bowl, add eggs and mix well. Add chopped scallions, chopped water chestnuts, pepper, cilantro and bread crumbs. Mix with your hands and shape into patties. Heat oil in nonstick skillet and cook patties about 5 min each side on medium-high heat. Serve with Ginger Sesame Sauce, below:

Ginger Sesame Sauce

1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt or 6 tbsp plain Greek-style nonfat yogurt
2 tbsp mayonnaise
1 1/2 tbsp peeled and grated fresh ginger
1 tsp toasted sesame oil (I usually skip this one because it is very expensive and this is the only recipe I use it for so it goes bad before I use it up. Tastes great without it.)
1 tsp soy sauce

Mix together and put in fridge before making patties. Can use leftovers as a vegetable dip or over baked potatoes instead of sour cream. I aslo served last night....

Dirty Broccoli

2 bunches broccoli
2 tbsp olive oil
4 gloves garlic, minced
1/3 c plain dry bread crumbs
1/4 tsp oregano
salt and fresh ground pepper

Cook broccoli how you like (I like to boil mine). Drain. Saute minced garlic in oil until slightly browned. Add breadcrumbs and toast them in pan until browned. Add salt and pepper and oregano. Toss with broccoli and serve.

Scalloped Potatoes (Family recipe)

4 large baking potatoes, sliced
2 large sweet onions, sliced
flour
milk
butter, (or soy butter substitute in our case)

Layer of potatoes, onions, 1 tbsp flour, a few dollops of butter, salt and pepper. Repeat for several layers. Our milk in to cover the whole thing. Bake at 350 for 1 1/2 or 2 hours. Put a pan under the bowl in the oven to catch the overflow as it tends to bubble.