Pecan Crusted Salmon

I'm not a fan of salmon. So I dressed it up. This I very much enjoyed.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease cookie sheet with olive oil.

Serve with side salad. Mine was Italian blend greens with dried cherries, onion straws, kalamata olives, feta and a blush wine vinaigrette.

Place three salmon filets on cookie sheet. In small bowl, mix equal parts (I used about two teaspoons):

- extra virgin olive oil

- local raw honey 

- lemon juice

- Dijon mustard

Brush filets liberally with half the sauce.

In a second bowl, mix:

- about 1 cup finely ground pecans

- garlic pepper

- about 1 tablespoon parsley 

- about 1 teaspoon paprika

Coat the top of the filets and drizzle remaining sauce on top. Bake about 20 minutes.

Salmon with garlic cheddar spinach sauce

I took some butter, half and half, four color pepper and unsweetened soy milk. I added spinach, cooked slowly until bubbly hot and added about one-quarter pound garlic cheddar from Klein Farm.

Delightful sauce for our salmon filets.

Mixed up ravioli

Last night I had a delightful dinner with friends at Valenca in downtown Easton. I brought home a lovely piece of salmon that I recycled into the following hot lunch:

- dairy free roasted red pepper ravioli
- Wegmans feta spinach peorogies

In a sauce just slightly warmed in the cast iron skillet:
- Extra virgin olive oil, cold pressed, imported from Beirut
- garlic pepper
- Italian seasoning
- a teaspoon of lemon juice
- zaatar spice

Alaskan Sockeye Salmon with herbed butter

Last night after work I spent $19 at Target. Some discounted stirfry beef, a quart of half and half, a bag of very veggie salad, blueberry breakfast bread and three Alaskan wild caught sockeye salmon fillets.

Daughter is making salmon with herbed butter (recipe on the back of the Archer Farms salmon package), red potatoes and brussel sprouts (both will probably be sautéed in the skillet with the same herbed butter).

The salmon, according to the package, should be broiled 12 to 16 minutes.

The herbed butter (enough to serve on three filets) is:
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon herbs (basil, chives, and/or parsley)
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- dash pepper