The Best Salmon Recipe You'll Ever Meet

OK so my friends and I usually get together at least a few times a week and cook dinner together. It used to be that we would only make one thing: quinoa with sautéed veggies and some sort of cheese mixed in there (there's always cheese). But this summer we have been really trying to expand our culinary horizons, and what a success it's been. We've made everything from quinoa stuffed peppers and white bean stuffed sweet potatoes, to cauliflower pizza, and mahi-mahi with pineapple salsa. Last night, we decided to try our luck with a new salmon recipe and let me tell you...it's my favorite thing we've ever made. 

I found the recipe for this salmon dish on pinterest, but we modified it a bit to what I had in my pantry. If you like salmon, try it out and you won't be sorry!! 

Honey Thyme Salmon Recipe: 

Ingredients-

1/4 cup honey

2 tsp garlic powder (or 3 garlic cloves)

1 tblsp olive oil

1 tblsp red wine vinegar (or white wine vinegar)

1 tblsp dried thyme

salt and pepper to taste 

3 salmon filets 

Instructions-

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees 
• In a small bowl, mix together ingredients  
• Place salmon filets in baking dish on top of a large piece of tinfoil 
• Pour marinade over the salmon and wrap tin foil around salmon (creating almost a chamber for it to cook in)
• Place in oven and bake for 25-30 minutes

OR 

• Place in oven and bake for 15 minutes
• Transfer to grill and cook for another 7-10 minutes 

We did the second cooking option and finished off the salmon on the grill. It gave a great finish to the fish, creating an almost caramelized seared top from that honey in the marinade. 

The finished product: 

We whipped up a quinoa+wild rice mix, and roasted asparagus and portobello mushrooms as our veggie. It was truly the meal from heaven.

And just because I'm eating lunch while writing this post...

here's today's lunch: 

 TJ's whole wheat wrap with sun-dried tomato pesto, hummus, spinach, and tuna. Fresh cut apple and strawberries on the side!

Yum!! 

If you're in the B'More area and didn't know... it's restaurant week!! So tonight I'm going out to dinner with friends to Sotto Sopra! They boast "contemporary italian cuisine" and their restaurant week menu looks to die for. No clue how I'm going to choose just three things to try...but a 3 course meal at a fancy restaurant for just $30?! I'll take it. 

More updates to come!! Ciao!