Thursday, 14 August 2008

Peppered Salmon Fillet with Minted Tomato Salsa

This is one of my favorite salmon recipes. It’s from the 1998 Cooking Light cookbook. Now you’ll notice it’s not exactly low-fat, but remember that the fat in salmon is good fat. And salmon is loaded with Omega-3, which is good for ADD and depression.

4 cups chopped tomato
1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
2 Tbsp fresh mint
1 Tbsp fresh basil
1 Tbsp seeded, finely chopped jalapeno pepper
1 Tbsp lemon juice
4 (6oz) salmon fillets (about 1 1/2 inches thick)
cooking spray
2 Tsps Dijon mustard
1 tsp coarsely ground pepper
Fresh mint sprigs (optional)

1. Combine first 6 ingredients in a medium bowl.

2. Place salmon on rack of a broiler pan coated with cooking spray; spread each fillet with 1/2 tsp mustard. Sprinkle with ground pepper. Broil 10 minutes or until desired degree of doneness. Let stand 2 minutes. Serve with tomato salsa. Garnish with fresh mint sprigs, if desired.

Yield: 4 servings

Note: Salsa can be made ahead and refrigerated for up to 1 week.

Calories: 314 (44% from fat) Fat: 15.2g Chol: 115mg Iron: 1.3mg Protein: 37.1g Carb:5.4g Sodium: 170mg

Blest’s Notes: I have used dried herbs instead of fresh before - using a lot less since dried are more potent. It’s still good -but fresh is better, of course! Oh - and I love the individually packaged frozen salmon fillets from Sam’s/Wal-Mart!

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