Salmon Packets

This recipe is adapted from Giada De Laurentiis' Italian Fish and Veggie Pockets.

This is my quick fix meal that is super healthy. We eat this twice a month.

Ingredients

2 salmon filets {I prefer fresh}

1 red bell pepper, sliced

One time my husband freaked out when he saw the price of red bell peppers as opposed to green. He persuaded me to substitute the green. I told him it would not taste good. But he insisted. From this experience, I can tell you, without a doubt, that green bell peppers DO NOT work in this recipe.

Sugar Snap Peas {I use one handful per pack}

Salt & Pepper

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Lemon Juice

White Wine

Directions

Heat oven to 400F.

Tear off sheets of aluminum foil for your packs. Fold edges up to prevent liquid from spilling.

Slice bell pepper and put half in one packet, half in the other.

Place handful of peas in each packet.

Season with salt & pepper.

Drizzle olive oil (about a tsp) on top of vegetables. 

Pour 1 tbsp of wine on veggies.

Pour 1 tsp of lemon juice on veggies.

Place salmon, skin side down, on top of veggies.

Season with salt & pepper.

Drizzle olive oil (about a tsp) on top of salmon.

Pour 1 tsp of lemon juice on salmon.

Fold edges of tin foil in. Place on cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes or until salmon is flaky and no longer pink.

This will serve 2. You can adapt the recipe as needed.

 

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Baked "Grilled" Cheese

  

I love to cook and try out new recipes. I could cook a new thing every day and be perfectly content. On the other hand, my husband would be happy if I made spaghetti 3 times a week. But since I am the cook, he is a trooper and eats anything I make.

For his sake, I do have some go to recipes that I try to rotate in periodically.

One of our favorite Saturday lunches is baked "grilled" cheese sandwiches. This is a grown-up version of your normal grilled cheese and you can make as many variations as you care to dream up. This makes me happy.

INGREDIENTS 

Butter {I use Smart Balance}
Sliced Bread {I generally use whole wheat}
Sliced Cheese {I use Kraft 2% Milk American Singles}
Deli Meat of Your Choice
Tomato, sliced
Grated Parmesan Cheese

DIRECTIONS 

Preheat oven to 350F.
Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray.
Spread butter on one side of each slice of bread. {I microwave my butter for 10 seconds to make it easy to spread.}
Sprinkle Parmesan Cheese on the buttered side of the bread.
Place slice of bread Parmesan/Butter side down on cookie sheet.
Layer one piece of cheese, deli meat and tomato, followed by second piece of cheese and top slice of bread. Make sure top slice is butter side out and sprinkle with Parmesan. {Be creative with this. My husband doesn't like tomatoes, so I leave them off of his sandwich. I normally use ham or turkey. Another variation is pepperoni slices with pizza sauce OR roast beef with swiss cheese. Have fun with it.}
Make as many sandwiches as you need.
Bake in oven for 7 minutes. Flip sandwiches and bake for another 7 minutes.

Bon Apetit.

 

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