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Lemon Herbed Salmon

Posted by busymomblogs in Salmon, Seafood and tagged with , , , , ,

Our family loves fish, especially Salmon! Normally my husband grills it and it is delicious but he was at work so I decided to try this recipe for Lemon Herbed Salmon. I really enjoyed this recipe! The crumb topping with the herbs and lemon zest gave the fish such great flavor and texture. I will definitely be making this many more times to come. I found the recipe in my cookbook Taste of Home 30-Minute Cookbook. I changed it up just a tad.

The ingredients are:

  • 2-1/2 cups fresh bread crumbs
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 6 Tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2 teaspoons fresh lemon zest
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 6 Tablespoons butter, divided, melted
  • 1 salmon fillet (3 to 4 pounds)
  1. In a bowl, combine bread crumbs, garlic, parsley, Parmesan cheese, lemon zest and salt; mix well. Add 4 Tablespoons melted butter and toss lightly to coat; set aside.
  2. Pat Salmon dry. Place it in a greased baking dish. Brush with remaining butter, cover with crumb mixture.
  3. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

6 servings

*Note: I made fresh bread crumbs in seconds with my food processor. It took about 4 pieces of bread to yield 2-1/2 cups fresh bread crumbs. I love my food processor, It was given to me by my grandma and grandpa who had to have had it for at least 50 years! It still works great and I think of them every time I use it.

Along with the Salmon I served a medley of colorful fingerling potatoes and green beans. I was at Costco (like I often am) and I came across this bag of fingerling potatoes. When I saw that there was purple potatoes in the mix I knew that I had to have it. I knew they would make a beautiful side dish. Here is what I did to make this dish:

I washed and cut the potatoes and green beans and chopped up some onion and garlic. Then I saute the onion and garlic first and then added the potatoes and green beans. Cook until the veggies are tender and the potatoes have a nice seer on them. Season with salt and pepper to taste. I have to say my not so health conscious side of me wanted to fry up some bacon and then cook the veggies in the bacon grease and top it off with the bacon, but my health conscious side thought it would be much better for us if I just used olive oil. I have to say that my healthy side won and it did still taste very good but next time I might try the bacon.

Flavored oils and vinegars

Posted by busymomblogs in Christmas, Homemade food gifts and tagged with , , , , ,

I was looking through my, the best of Martha Stewart Living Holidays book and I came across directions on how to make flavored oils and vinegar. I have been wanting to try this for a while now, so today I gave it a shot. I have yet to find out how the oil and vinegar are going to taste ( seeing that they have to rest for about three weeks), but I think that they are beautiful!

I plan on making and giving a lot of homemade gifts this Christmas and I think these will definitely be one of the many that are given. If I can part with them! They look so pretty up on my counter!

It says in the book to buy decorative new containers, or reuse old bottles. I bought these bottles new, they came three in a pack and were $6.99. I don’t know if that is a good price or not but the bottles are fairly large. Then it says to clean the bottles, put in two Tablespoons of uncooked rice, add hot soapy water, and shake vigorously. Now I’ve seen other recipes saying to boil the bottles first but I wasn’t sure if that applied to these decorative type of bottles so I just went with Martha’s directions. Next it says to Wash and dry herbs, and place three or four generous sprigs in each bottle. Using a funnel, fill bottles with oils or vinegar until herbs are completely submerged. Cork or seal bottles; they’ll be ready to use in three weeks.

In my bottles I used:

  • rosemary, pink peppercorns, and olive oil. The pink peppercorns really look pretty in the bottle with the rosemary.
  • Garlic, green onions, lemon zest, and red wine vinegar. It says to only use garlic with vinegar as it can cause bacteria to grow if used in oils.

These combinations are my own, since I like these flavors, but you could also use:

Hot peppers, tarragon, thyme, sage, dill, and black peppercorns.