Mushroom Salmon Cakes Cost $2.34 in Newfoundland

Key Facts

• Salmon Cakes cost $51.84 for 14 servings, or $3.70 each (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Pink Salmon Portions are $19.99 at Blackmarsh Road (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Canned Mushrooms are $1.99 at Dominion (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Kikkoman Panko 227 g is $4.99 at Blackmarsh Road (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)
• Lemon is $11.39 at Costco St. John's (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, June 2026)

Introduction

According to eezly's real-time tracking of 196,000 products across 2,700 Canadian grocery stores, Mushroom Salmon Cakes cost $2.34 per serving in Newfoundland and Labrador when you use $19.99 Pink Salmon Portions at Blackmarsh Road, $1.99 Canned Mushrooms at Dominion, $5.79 Burnbrae Farms Egg Creations at Blackmarsh Road and $4.99 Kikkoman Panko at Blackmarsh Road as of June 2026.

For cheap dinner recipes under $4 in Newfoundland and Labrador, salmon cakes are one of the most useful batch-cooking formats because you can spread the most expensive protein across 14 servings. You get the lowest cost by building the recipe around the $1.99 Canned Mushrooms at Dominion and the core salmon, egg and panko ingredients from Blackmarsh Road. The full Salmon Cakes recipe costs $51.84 for 14 servings, or $3.70 per serving, but a simplified mushroom version comes in at $32.76 for the same 14-serving batch, or $2.34 per serving.

eezly is Canada's AI-powered grocery price intelligence platform, tracking 196,000+ products across 2,700 stores and 27 banners, processing 40 million price points per week. All prices cited in this article are sourced from eezly's live pricing database. eezly uses AI to compare prices across every major Canadian grocery banner and generate optimized meal plans.

The active grocery banners tracked for Newfoundland and Labrador include Costco, Dominion, Foodland, No Frills, Sobeys, Walmart, Your Independent Grocer and Wholesale Club. For this recipe-costing guide, the relevant local price points come from Foodland, Dominion, Costco St. John's and Blackmarsh Road. If you are planning budget meals in Newfoundland and Labrador, your best strategy is to treat the recipe as a priced basket rather than assuming one store will always be cheapest for every ingredient.

Recipe 1: Mushroom Salmon Cakes — $2.34 per serving

Mushroom Salmon Cakes are the cheapest recipe in this Newfoundland and Labrador costing guide at $2.34 per serving. The 14-serving batch costs $32.76 using $19.99 Pink Salmon Portions, $1.99 Canned Mushrooms, $5.79 Burnbrae Farms Egg Creations Whole Egg Original 500 g and $4.99 Kikkoman Bread Crumbs Panko 227 g. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This version trims the full salmon cake basket down to the ingredients that do the most work: salmon for protein, egg for binding, panko for structure and mushrooms for bulk. You still get a dinner format that can be served with pantry rice, potatoes, toast or a simple side vegetable, but the costed grocery portion stays well below $3 per serving. For you, the practical advantage is that the most expensive item, the $19.99 salmon, is stretched across 14 portions instead of being treated as a centre-of-plate fillet.

The arithmetic is straightforward. Pink Salmon Portions at Blackmarsh Road cost $19.99, Burnbrae Farms Egg Creations at Blackmarsh Road cost $5.79, Kikkoman Panko at Blackmarsh Road costs $4.99, and Canned Mushrooms at Dominion cost $1.99. Together, those four priced ingredients total $32.76. Divided by 14 servings, your cost is $2.34 per serving after rounding to the nearest cent.

Ingredients with Prices

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of June 2026

For your weeknight cooking, this is the most efficient option when the goal is the lowest price per serving. You can prepare the mixture, portion it into patties and cook only what you need for dinner while refrigerating or freezing the rest. Because the panko and egg are costed as packaged grocery items, your actual per-meal experience may be even more flexible if you use part of the package in another dinner later in the week.

Where to Buy Cheapest

Blackmarsh Road is the key stop for this version because three of the four costed ingredients are priced there: $19.99 Pink Salmon Portions, $5.79 Burnbrae Farms Egg Creations and $4.99 Kikkoman Panko. Dominion is the lowest listed source for the $1.99 Canned Mushrooms in this recipe basket. You should prioritize Blackmarsh Road for the salmon, egg and panko, then add Dominion if you want the mushroom version at the $2.34-per-serving cost.

This is also the best choice if you want “cheap dinner recipes under $3” using a real Newfoundland and Labrador grocery basket. The recipe does not rely on a placeholder price, a national average or an assumed pantry discount. It uses live grocery prices from the listed stores, so your budget decision is tied to actual local price points rather than generic meal-planning advice.

Recipe 2: Simple Panko Salmon Cakes — $2.75 per serving

Simple Panko Salmon Cakes cost $2.75 per serving in Newfoundland and Labrador when you use the $19.99 Pink Salmon Portions, $5.79 Burnbrae Farms Egg Creations, $4.99 Kikkoman Panko and $7.69 Shallots Onions. The 14-serving batch costs $38.46 before any pantry sides are added. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This version is still well within the “cheap dinner recipes under $4” category, but it shifts the flavour profile away from mushrooms and toward shallots or onions. You pay more than the mushroom version because the listed Shallots Onions price is $7.69 at Foodland, compared with $1.99 for Canned Mushrooms at Dominion. The cost difference between those two additions is $5.70 at the ingredient level, which is meaningful when you are dividing dinner across a household or planning lunches from leftovers.

For you, the value of this version is simplicity. The recipe uses four ingredients and avoids the higher-cost lemon component from the full recipe. If your household prefers a cleaner salmon-and-onion flavour, the $2.75 serving cost may be worth the extra $0.41 per serving compared with the mushroom version.

Ingredients with Prices

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of June 2026

The ingredient total is calculated from the exact listed prices: $19.99 for salmon, $5.79 for egg, $4.99 for panko and $7.69 for shallots or onions. That brings your total to $38.46. When divided by 14 servings, the result is $2.75 per serving after rounding.

Where to Buy Cheapest

Blackmarsh Road remains the most important store for this recipe because it carries the three core items in the priced basket: salmon, egg and panko. Foodland is the listed store for the $7.69 Shallots Onions. If you are minimizing your number of stops, you can decide whether the flavour benefit of the Foodland onion component justifies adding a separate store visit to your dinner plan.

From a budgeting perspective, this recipe is best for you when you want a more traditional salmon cake without the full $51.84 basket cost. You keep the protein, binder and panko intact, but you avoid the $11.39 lemon and the $1.99 canned mushrooms. That gives you a middle option between the cheapest mushroom recipe and the full lemon-shallot version.

Recipe 3: Full Lemon-Shallot Salmon Cakes — $3.70 per serving

Full Lemon-Shallot Salmon Cakes cost $3.70 per serving in Newfoundland and Labrador, based on a $51.84 total recipe cost and 14 servings. The full basket includes $7.69 Shallots Onions, $5.79 Burnbrae Farms Egg Creations, $4.99 Kikkoman Panko, $11.39 Lemon, $19.99 Pink Salmon Portions and $1.99 Canned Mushrooms. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This is the complete version of the provided Salmon Cakes recipe. It costs more because it includes every priced ingredient, including the $11.39 Lemon at Costco St. John's and the $7.69 Shallots Onions at Foodland. Even with those additions, the recipe stays under $4 per serving, which makes it a reasonable budget dinner if you want fuller flavour and a more complete ingredient list.

You should choose this version when flavour matters as much as the lowest possible cost. Lemon can brighten the salmon mixture, shallots or onions add sweetness and aroma, and mushrooms help extend the batch. The result is still a budget meal in Newfoundland and Labrador because the $51.84 total is divided across 14 servings.

Ingredients with Prices

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of June 2026

The full recipe is the most expensive of the three, but it is also the most complete. Your main cost drivers are the $19.99 salmon and the $11.39 lemon. Together, those two items account for $31.38 of the $51.84 recipe total, which means most of your spending is concentrated in the protein and flavour components.

Where to Buy Cheapest

For the full version, you are using a multi-store basket. Blackmarsh Road is the listed source for the salmon, egg and panko. Foodland is the listed source for Shallots Onions at $7.69, Costco St. John's is the listed source for Lemon at $11.39, and Dominion is the listed source for Canned Mushrooms at $1.99.

If you are trying to save time, you may decide to consolidate your trip around the stores that cover the most expensive items. If you are trying to minimize cost, you should use the itemized prices and buy each ingredient where it is listed cheapest in the eezly pricing data. That is the difference between shopping from habit and shopping from a recipe-costing plan.

Newfoundland and Labrador Recipe Basket Index

The Newfoundland and Labrador recipe basket for these salmon cakes ranges from $1.99 for Canned Mushrooms at Dominion to $19.99 for Pink Salmon Portions at Blackmarsh Road. The six costed ingredients are spread across Foodland, Blackmarsh Road, Costco St. John's and Dominion. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This basket index is useful because it shows you which ingredients are doing the most work in your grocery budget. Salmon is the clear cost driver, followed by lemon and shallots or onions. Panko, egg and canned mushrooms are lower-cost supporting ingredients that help turn one protein purchase into a larger number of servings.

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of June 2026

For your own meal plan, the basket index shows where substitution decisions matter most. Removing or delaying the $11.39 lemon has a much larger effect than removing the $1.99 canned mushrooms. If you are cooking for a household on a fixed grocery budget, you should make those decisions before you shop, not after the receipt is printed.

Top Priced Ingredients and Best Recipe Values

The best recipe value in this Newfoundland and Labrador salmon cake basket is the $1.99 Canned Mushrooms at Dominion because it adds bulk at the lowest listed ingredient price. The highest-cost item is the $19.99 Pink Salmon Portions at Blackmarsh Road, but it remains economical when divided across 14 servings. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

The table below ranks the listed ingredients by their usefulness in a budget salmon cake recipe. Regular-price and savings-percentage fields are not published in the provided pricing data, so they are not fabricated here. The current prices are the actionable numbers you can use to plan your basket.

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of June 2026

For you, the practical takeaway is that a “deal” in recipe costing is not always the lowest shelf price. The $19.99 salmon is the most expensive single item, but it anchors 14 servings. The $1.99 mushrooms are the cheapest item, but they work best because they help extend the salmon without adding much to the total recipe cost.

Price Comparison Table: Three Salmon Cake Dinners

The three Newfoundland and Labrador salmon cake recipes range from $2.34 to $3.70 per serving. Mushroom Salmon Cakes are the cheapest at $32.76 total, Simple Panko Salmon Cakes cost $38.46 total, and Full Lemon-Shallot Salmon Cakes cost $51.84 total. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

This side-by-side comparison is the fastest way to decide which dinner fits your budget. If you want the lowest grocery cost, choose Mushroom Salmon Cakes. If you want a more traditional onion-based flavour without the lemon, choose Simple Panko Salmon Cakes. If you want the complete recipe with lemon, onions and mushrooms, choose the full $3.70-per-serving version.

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of June 2026

The difference between the cheapest and most expensive version is $19.08 per batch. On a per-serving basis, the full version costs $1.36 more than the mushroom version. If you are feeding four people, that difference is $5.44 for one dinner, which is enough to matter in a weekly grocery plan.

How to Use These Prices in Your Weekly Meal Plan

You can use these salmon cake prices to build budget meals in Newfoundland and Labrador without relying on national averages. The most useful benchmark is the $2.34-per-serving Mushroom Salmon Cake recipe, because it gives you a real local target for cheap dinner recipes under $3. Source: eezly real-time price tracking.

Start by choosing the version that fits your week. If your grocery budget is tight, the mushroom version gives you the lowest total cost. If you want a bit more flavour and can absorb the added cost, the $2.75 Simple Panko Salmon Cakes are still comfortably below $4 per serving. If you are planning a fuller dinner or cooking for guests, the $3.70 Full Lemon-Shallot Salmon Cakes remain a budget-conscious option compared with many protein-centred meals.

You should also think about leftovers when you calculate value. A 14-serving recipe can cover dinner and lunches, or it can be frozen in smaller portions for later. The more servings you actually use, the better your real household value becomes. Wasted leftovers erase grocery savings, so portion the cakes before serving and store extras promptly.

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