Delish Salmon Recipes

Last night I made another awesome healthy meal & forgot to take a pic for you but you'll just have to trust me!  It was the double K salmon (but I do happen to like the Ginger Glazed recipie better b/c it is sweeter) with some steamed brown rice & sauteed fresh spinach & sliced red peppers. Yes please!

Double K Salmon

2 lb atlantic salmon
1/4 c brown sugar
1/4 soy sauce
3 tbsp pineapple juice
3 tbsp red wine vinegar
3 garlic gloves
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp hot pepper (red pepper flake or hot sauce)

Marinate for 1 hour. Grill skin side down. (If you dont oil the grill first skin will get stuck to the grill.. which is good in a way b/c the fish comes right off the yucky skin.. but it was a big grill cleaning process to cook the skin off ..whew!) Cook covered for 5 minutes, then uncover and brush with more marinade and cook another 15-20 min.

Ginger Glazed Salmon

1.5 - 2 lbs fresh salmon
cooking spray
1/2 cup pineapple preserves (I have used orange marmalade too when in a pinch)
1.5 tbsp lime juice
1 tbsp dijon mustard
1.5 tsp ground ginger
1 tbsp minced garlic
1 tsp soy sauce
1/4 tsp s & p

Preheat oven to 425. Coat baking dish with cooking spray. Place fillets in and cover w/ preserves mixture. Bake @ 325 for 15 minutes or until fish flakes. (Fish thicker than 1 inch thick takes longer).

Tuesday Night Tuscan Chicken

1.5 lb skinless chicken breasts, pounded thin
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
2 tbsp EVOO
1/4 cup of white wine
1 bag fresh baby spinach (5-6 oz)
1 pack washed fresh sliced mushrooms
1 14.5 oz can of italian-style diced tomatoes, drained
4 oz Mozzarella cheese

Preheat skillet, season chicken with s & p. Add oil to pan & swirl. Cook chicken @ 4 min until browned. Flip chicken and add rest of ingredients except cheese. Cook another 5-6 min (unitl chicken is 165 degrees). Add sliced fresh cheese, remove from heat.. put cover back on and let sit until cheese is melted. Now serve :) So incredibley quick and easy.. there is no excuse not to feed your family healthy foods!!  Enjoy :)

Pan Seared Pork w/ Reisling Brown Sugared Apples

Ok.. this is seriously good! This is the second time I have made this and I still just love it! The first time I used a pork loin but this time I just used porch chops & instead of Reisluing I used Chardonay and it still turned out great!  So as for the ingredients: 4 tbsp of butter (2 for the apples and 2 for the pork) 4 tbsp brown sugar, 3-4 apples peeled & cut into 1/8 slices, 1.5 lb pork tenderloin (or chops), 1 cup Reisling (I used more like 2 cups of Chard because I used 5 apples), 2.5 cups chicken broth........................Now for the instructions: Melt 2 tbsp of butter and brown sugar in first pan until tender.. recipe said 4 min per side but I did it dbl.. you want them nice & brown and tender. In second pan add 2 tbsp butter and add salted & peppered pork fry for about 7 min per side until cooked. Remove pork and add in wine to pan to deglaze and reduce. Once reduced add chicken stock and let reduce more @ 15 min or so. Once Reduced add in apple mixture, mix and serve over pork. Sooo very good!

How Great is this!!!

I recently took the kids to a birthday party & the family had their ceiling painted like this!! I absolutely love it!!  I asked to take a pic and told them I was going to copy it once I find out what company did it!!  Isn't it great??!!