While my first dessert was nearly a train wreck, my first dinner on the other hand, went surprisingly well. The only curve ball was the fact that the hidden part of the salmon in the package still had scales attached, so that took a bit of finagling. Those suckers are annoyingly clear. I had to bring in backup to help me inspect every millimeter of the fish. But the rest was easy –I cooked up the sauce, baked the salmon and threw the potatoes in the microwave. Then started mixing the butter – realized I forgot to chop the nuts – chopped the nuts, finished mixing the butter, heated some broccoli and tada! A hearty, healthy meal.
It was delicious. The salmon was sweet and tender. The sweet potatoes tasted like pie! And the broccoli tasted like broccoli (disappointingly). Pretty good health wise, seeing that salmon, sweet potatoes and broccoli are three of the 10 healthiest foods. And my husband happily approved. He can’t wait until I make this dish again. See the proof below.
Sweet-Spicy Glazed Salmon
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
3 tablespoons dark brown sugar
1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
4 teaspoons Chinese-style hot mustard
1 teaspoon rice vinegar
4 (6-ounce) salmon fillets (about 1 inch thick)
Cooking spray
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Preparation:
1. Preheat oven to 425°.
2. Combine first 4 ingredients in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Remove from heat.
3. Place fish on a foil-lined jelly roll pan coated with cooking spray; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake at 425° for 12 minutes. Remove from oven.
4. Preheat broiler.
5. Brush sugar mixture evenly over salmon; broil 3 inches from heat 3 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork.
Nutritional Info: Calories: 252 (37% from fat), Fat: 10.3g (sat 2.3g,mono 4.4g,poly 2.5g), Protein: 27.7g, Carbohydrate: 11g, Fiber: 0.1g, Cholesterol: 65mg, Iron: 0.9mg, Sodium: 470mg, Calcium: 33mg / Source: Cooking Light, October 2003
Sweet Potatoes with Brown Sugar-Pecan Butter
Yield: 4 servings
2 comments:
yum, this recipe sounds great! we just ate our first sweet potatoes of the season a few days ago!
p.s. i know when i've cooked salmon, i just leave the skin on and when it's cooked the meat just flakes off the skin! saves on time trying to do it before :)
Emily, great advice. Luke actually suggested I leave them on, too. He's seen his mom do that. But I was all like, No, no no...gotta follow the recipe and it doesn't say anything about skin in the recipe. Oops. Next time!
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