Having a fully-stocked pantry is always handy, especially when you're stuck at home and can't go to the supermarket, or when you simply need to save money and don't want to eat out or order takeout.

From crispy salmon patties to creamy salmon chowder, canned salmon recipes make some of our all-time favorite pantry meals.

Salmon patties, or croquettes as we called them when I was growing up, was the first recipe I wrote about in this column back in 2009. I wrote about my mother-in-law's recipe, which differed from my ...