easy salmon with herb butter or dijon vinaigrette

Although I'm all about ease, I also like healthy quality meals. Salmon is the healthiest easiest meal, perfect for a warm spring night, and especially great for a weeknight meal as it's done within 10 minutes! For this salmon you can choose to make an easy herb butter or whip up a dijon vinaigrette (or both) for a nice finishing touch.

Ingredients (for 2 dinner-servings):
Herb butter:
palm-full of fresh dill, chopped
large pinch of salt & pepper
3 tbs softened butter

Dijon vinaigrette:
1/4 cup dijon mustard
1 tbs olive oil
1 tbs fresh lemon juice
salt & pepper

Salmon:
1 lb wild-caught salmon
salt & pepper

Directions:
1. Prep the herb butter by combining the dill, salt, pepper, and butter on a plate, and rolling it all around to incorporate all of the bits. Get your hands dirty and fully meld the flavors.
 

 

2. Scrape all of the butter into a ball on a sheet of tin foil, cover the ball in the tin foil and roll out into a log. Freeze the butter for about 10 minutes or until needed.
 

3. When ready for dinner, line a baking sheet in foil. Lightly grease and lay salmon skin-side-down. Divide 1.5 tbs of the herb butter along the salmon, or regular butter for dill-haters out there (T). Sprinkle a pinch of salt & pepper over the salmon.
 

 

4. Pop in oven and broil for 9 minutes, until flaky.
 

 

 

5. For the dijon vinaigrette, whisk together the dijon, olive oil, lemon juice, and another pinch of salt & pepper. Drizzle over cooked salmon. 

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apricot-dijon glazed salmon

This recipe for apricot-dijon glazed salmon keeps your taste buds intrigued while remaining healthy. Perfect for a weeknight dinner (if you have salmon on hand or nearby), this main dish can be whipped up within 15 minutes.

Ingredients (for 2):
1 lb wild-caught salmon filets
2/3 cup apricot marmalade
1 tbs dijon mustard
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp ground ginger

Directions:
1. Cut filets into two portions. Line a baking sheet with foil and lightly grease or spray cooking oil to coat. Place salmon on the foil.
   

2. Create the glaze by combining the apricot marmalade, dijon, salt, pepper, onion powder and ginger.

 

3. Coat the salmon with 1/2 of the glaze mixture, reserve the other 1/2 portion.
 

4. Broil salmon for 6 minutes.

5. Coat salmon again in the remaining glaze mixture and pop in oven for another 3 minutes on broil.
 

6. Remove from the oven, plate, and enjoy along-side some healthy veggies and some rice pilaf or a baked potato.
 

 

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