Salmon Cakes with Pineapple Salsa and spicy garlic aoili

I love salmon cakes ! Salmon cakes have been a week night dinner in my family forever and sometimes we make them for an app at a get together . The way I make them has evolved over the years from the first time I made them as a kid .My aunt Mona first taught me how to make them with maybe just ,flour ,eggs,onions, salt, pepper, and cooked potato added then fried. O.K I don't know about you but I like to take out the bones and the skin when I make them I learned this from my Dad who also makes some tasty ones my sister Yas likes to leave in the skin and bones which makes sense for the calcium you get you can easily mash the bones up and you won't notice them,and it's quicker if you do it this way. and he sometimes puts in some jerk seasoning just a tad so good. And my cousin Milele makes yummy ones too. I remember when I was a kid making them sometimes they'd come out too doughy from me using too much flour or maybe they'd being too greasy from the oil not being hot enough it was a trial and error thing since no set recipe was used. Now

I prefer to bake them on lightly oiled parchment paper that way they are healthier and I no longer have the problem with them being too oily. .I have put lemon zest in them and diced cooked sweet potatoes,and if you want them extra crunchy you can bread them with Panko bread crumbs too they will be yummy there are so many variations to try . OK so the pineapple salsa and spicy garlic aoili(which also tastes awesome on fries) are not necessary but they just take the salmon cake up a few notches and you get all the flavors jumping out at you savory,sweet,sour,salty,spicy too good try it you will love them.

2 large cans of salmon

2 eggs

1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper

1 /2 cup chopped onion or scallions

1/4 cup green bell pepper

1/4 cup flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/8 tsp celery seed

1/2 tsp whosteshire sauce

1 Tbs oil to oil parchment paper

Preheat oven too 400 and place in pan with oiled paper to heat. Drain salmon take out skin and bones or make sure you mash bones up well.Mix all ingredients together in a bowl.Form into patties and place on oiled parchment paper on a baking sheet/pan in oven let brown on one side for about 5 min then flip and allow other side to brown.

Pineapple salsa

2 cups fresh diced pineapple

juice of one lime

1 tbs cilantro

1/2 tsp salt

1 diced jalephino pepper

1/4 cup diced red onion

Mix together then let sit until ready to use.

Spicy garlic aoili

1/2 cup Hellman's mayo

2 cloves garlic crushed is garlic press or very finely chopped

1/4-1/2 tsp siracha chili sauce depending on how spicy you want it

Mix together and enjoy.