It’s my birthday today! So instead of sharing my meal plan, which is limited this week with the festivities, I thought I’d share this new salmon recipe I tried last week.
Salmon is our favorite fish dish around here. When I first saw this recipe from Kraft, I knew I had to try it. It was soooo good! My husband and son ate it up and my daughter who doesn’t eat salmon (yet) liked picking at the mushrooms while she ate the mac and cheese. Yes, I often make this dish with mac and cheese (whole grain). It’s the ultimate compromise.
Instead of using the dressing the recipe calls for, I used a marinade I adapted from All Recipes.
If you try it let me know how it turned out. Happy Monday!
Baked Salmon Topped with Veggies
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 1-1.5 pound salmon
- 2-3 TBS olive oil
- 1 TBS lemon juice (fresh is better)
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tsp. basil
- ½ tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. pepper
- 2 cups spinach chopped
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 1 tomato chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Mix olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, basil, salt, and pepper in a small dish and set aside.
- Chop/slice tomatoes, spinach and mushrooms and then mix together in a bowl.
- Spray 13x9-inch baking dish with canola/olive oil spray and place fish skin down. Spoon marinade over fish and then top with veggies.
- Bake 20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
Happy Birthday!!!
Thanks Estela! My husband is taking me to dinner tonight so I’m looking forward to a nice dinner.
I love salmon and am always looking for new ways to serve it. April 19 starts my blog celebration of Earth Day. Planning ahead, check out my blog on April 21 for Macaroni and Trees! Since your daughter likes macaroni and cheese, I bet she’d like the recipe with its addition of nutritious “tree” broccoli.
Sounds great!
Hey Mare, hope you had a happy “Birthweek”. I made this salmon recipe last week and it was delicious. I reduced the salt a bit, I think I used about 3/4 teaspoon but could have even reduced it to 1/2 tsp. This week I’m trying the greek chicken pita on your mealplan. Thanks for the great ideas, my friend!
This was absolutely AWESOME!!!! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!!
I made these for my husband and I – what a hit! The salmon was such a hit that I decided to make them again as a gift for my parents anniversary! They loved them too! Thanks so much! I will definitely make this again and again!! YUMMY!
Thanks Gini. That’s funny you comment today. I just made these last night for my extended family’s Sunday night dinner and everyone loved them. I try to always make with with the veggies. I love the taste combo!
Finally got around to trying this, great success! My younger daughter wasn’t a fan of the salmon (her first time trying it) but my older toddler gobbled it up, as did my husband. I paired it with some homemade mac and cheese (also a first) and it was a surprisingly good combo. Another change I made was to use a chicken breast in place of salmon for my portion since I’m not a fish eater; a really great and easy way to accommodate my preferences without having to make a separate meal, which I avoid at all cost! Thanks for the recipe!
I made this last night, and it was delicious!!!
So glad you like it!!