Friday, September 5, 2008

Salmon with Peach Jalapeno Salsa

Tonight for dinner I made a delightful little low-fat, high protein, high carb meal: Salmon with Peach Jalapeno Salsa and a side of rice pilaf and pan steam fried squash. The best thing is that the whole meal took under 30 minutes to prepare and cook.

Preheat your oven to about 350 degrees Farenheit.
First, start with an Uncle Ben's 10 minute rice pilaf. Easy enough.
Then start chopping the squash. When you have enough chopped, chuck it into a small frying pan that has about 1.5-2 Tablespoons of olive oil in it. Make sure the pan is pretty hot when the veggies hot. Cover and let cook for about 15 minutes. The cover will help the veggies to get steamed. Stir or toss occasionally.
Rub the salmon fillets (skin on) with a touch of olive oil and sprinkle with a dash of salt, a good turn of black pepper, and a little garlic salt. Place the fillets in a hot frying pan, skin down, for about 4-6 minutes. You will start to see the pan side of the salmon start to turn cooked color. Now place the whole pan, uncovered, into the hot over for between 10-15 minutes.

While everything is cooking, toss a few slices of jalapeno (more if you like it hot!), a chopped peach (or two, depending on how sweet you like things), a tablespoon (or so) of honey into the magic bullet. Blend until a smooth chunky consistency. Spoon over hot salmon and serve extra in a bowl alongside the main dish in case people want to put on extra salsa.

Easy, low-fat, high protein, high omegas, etc dinner in 30 minutes or less!

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