Friday, October 21, 2011

Easy Salmon Dinner Recipe


Unsure how to incorporate salmon into your diet? Try this easy recipe for your family tonight.

Ingredients
Salmon
(2) 4 oz Wild Salmon
Marinade (we like to use a carribean sauce)
Olive oil
Salt, pepper to taste

Quinoa
1 cup of quinoa
2 cups of chicken stock
To taste:
Salt
Pepper
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Paprika

Vegetables
Vegetables - any kind you have ... tonight we used zucchini, red pepper, broccoli, and green beans
1/2 cup chicken stock (or enough to cover about 1/2 inch of the pan)
Olive oil
Spoonful of Minced garlic
Salt, pepper to taste

Directions
Salmon
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Drizzle olive oil on the bottom of a medium glass pan.
3. Put salmon in pan (skin side down) and season with salt and pepper.
4. Pour marinade over salmon and cover with foil
5. Bake for approximately 15 minutes and take the foil off.
6. Bake for an additional 5-10 minutes.

Quinoa
1. Bring all ingredients to a boil. Stir.
2. Cover and turn down to a low simmer.
3. Quinoa should absorb all liquid and will be ready in about 15 minutes.

Vegetables
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Put all vegetables in a small glass pan
3. Pour in chicken stock and drizzle some olive oil on top of the vegetables
4. Season vegetables with minced garlic, salt and pepper
5. Cover pan with foil and bake for approximately 20-30 minutes.

(You can cook both the vegetables and salmon in the oven at the same time.)

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