Broiled Salmon with Balsamic Vinaigrette & Strawberries

Hello loves what a crazy week I've had I will sum up by saying baby #2 (my grandma) is still not sleeping well even with the 10mg of Ambien and she has caused me to get a whole new gray streak of hair on my left side. She is making it very difficult for me to stick to my commitment to donate for the second time to Locks of Love but that's another story for another time.

Lately I find my days blending together and my time of leisure shrinking but I did manage to squeeze in a nice lunch for myself and some reading time the other day and decided to share.

Thursday's Treat...Broiled Salmon w/ Balsamic Vinaigrette & Strawberries!

Ingredients:

-salmon

-strawberries

-olive oil

-balsamic vinegar

-red onions

-garlic cloves

-sweet peppers

-roman lettuce

-basil

Simple enough I added to my bowl 2 tbsps of Olive oil, 2 tbsps of Balsamic vinegar, 1 tbsp of Basil flakes, 2 crushed garlic cloves, 2 small sweet peppers chopped, 1/4 in ring of red onion chopped into small cubes. I mixed well and added my 3 small pieces of salmon, turned once till fully coated. I then placed my coated salmon pieces on a baking sheet with aluminum foil for easy clean up sprayed with Pam. Placed in toaster oven on broil at 325 for 10 minutes turned once.

I added my 6 med strawberries cut into cubes to my bowl and mixed well making sure to cover all my strawberries and I set aside in the fridge. I snapped off a few pieces of roman lettuce rinsed and placed on my dish. I like the brownish color the balsamic gave my salmon and after 10 minutes I removed, placed on top of my lettuce garnished with remainder of mix and strawberries. What a great combo of sweet n tart!!!! Loved it, saved some for lunch next day too.

I got in a couple of hours of nice quiet reading and then jumped in to my mommy life. Quick and easy clean up hope you enjoy!
Always stress free xo

Mari

Salmon and Steamed Veggies w/ a Glaze and Herbs

Hey lovelies today I want to share something I made a few days ago in a matter of 30 minutes while I paused a new find on Netflix. I must say I am really leaning towards cancelling my cable for good. I mean I am finding so many other ways to catch the shows I actually watch and it hasn't been through my cable.
The new show I found that has me on a marathon?...DareDevil!!! Yes I said it, not the movie version with Ben Affleck though I enjoyed that one too, this is a new series on Netflix. It's awesome very dark and it sucks you in and it has Rosario Dawson and Vincent D'Onofrio just to name a few. If you haven't seen it go give it a try.

Anyway I am so into my marathon that when I got up to make this I totally left my phone in living room so I only took pic of finished product, please give me a pass this time xo.

Thursday's Treat...Salmon and Steamed Veggies w/ a Glaze and Herbs!

Ingredients:

-salmon

-broccoli medley bag

-thyme

-rosemary

-olive oil

-salt

-pepper

-honey

-mustard 

-garlic powder

-parm cheese

This was super easy and fast. I took half a bag of Broccoli Medley mix I bought at Western beef and placed in medium pot added 1 tsp of salt and 1 tbsp of Olive oil mix and put flame on low, covered for about 7/10 minutes.
In another bowl I mixed 1/2 tsp of the following...thyme, rosemary, pepper, garlic powder and salt. I added 1 tbsp of honey and 1 of mustard. I mixed it all together till well blended then dipped my Salmon fillets till fully covered.

I broiled the Salmon in toaster oven for about 10 minutes, I love the outside to get nice color and crispy like coating from the honey. I used aluminum foil to catch any droppings and easy clean up.

My last sprinkled treat was a bit of Parm cheese over the veggies...done.
Yummy, easy peasy, healthy and fun, enjoy!!!

Always stress free xo.

Broiled Salmon w/ Sugar Snap Peas and a Spring Salad

What do they say about lemons? When life gives you lemons, make lemonade? Well today's share walks along those lines...sort of.

Hi everyone welcome to another what is Mari going to make for dinner day. I am going to share this with you Today but it actually went down on Sunday. I went out Saturday night got in pretty late and I didn't want to have to think to much about dinner. I wanted to just chill and enjoy the lingering feeling of Saturday nights great sounds. Here is my share...

I asked about lemons because when I thought about today's meal I had something totally different in mind. I went to dinner with my daughter for her Birthday and we had Edamame. What is that some of you may ask? well it's just a fancy name for boiled green soybeans. You can usually find them in Japanese restaurants as appetizers. I fell in love with these so tasty totally surprising to my palate. I told my lil mama we must try these at home. Somehow though we or maybe just me thought it was sugar snap peas. Why did I assume it was that? I have no idea other than it was green and had bumps on it. 

Ok so here is the fun part! I rant and rave to my girlfriend how I had this thing for dinner the other night and I totally want to try it at home, they are snap peas. She then surprises me a few days later with a bag full of snap peas she had picked up at the market. Today I take them out and clean them, look for ways to prepare them and when I am done they totally do not look like what I ate at the restaurant, why? well duh because the were not soybeans! I was looking for the wrong thing!!! OMG I was sooooo upset not to mention my daughter looked at me like seriously lady WTH! After I got over the boo boo I just regrouped, made adjustments and here we are. 

Thursday's Treat!

Broiled Salmon w/ Sugar Snap Peas not Soy Beans (Edamame) like I wanted

ingredients: 

-salmon

-snap peas

-seasoning

-side salad

Throughout the years I have learned to be ok with rolling with the punches and making adjustments when needed. I wasn't always comfy in that zone for sure. But here we are. I seasoned my Salmon pieces this time with Sazon Clasico but you may use what you wish. I washed the snap peas and trimmed the edges and set aside. I used my toaster oven so I placed small piece of aluminum foil on bake pan and spray with some PAM. 

I placed my Salmon pieces cut side down on bake sheet and broiled for 10 minutes, in the middle of that I took my medium pot filled with 2 cups of water set heat to medium got my strainer placed on top with my peas and covered. That steamed them for about 5 minutes. Here is where I noticed I had the wrong thing because they didn't look nice and plump. Here is where I used Google to find out where on earth i had gone wrong and got pist for a sec then moved on. I went on to remove peas from strainer, dumped them in pot to boil for a few more minutes.

When the 10 minutes were up I had my fish and peas done. I removed the peas from the water sprinkled some sea salt to liking and served with my Salmon. I made us a small Spring salad on the side just in case my lil mama didn't want the peas. Which, btw she didn't because she wanted guess what?, you guessed it the original menu of Edamame...smh.

Oh well, despite the change it was still a yummy and quick meal. A total of 25 minutes give or take. It was healthy and it was a lesson...do your research before you assume just because the colors are the same! 

Enjoy 

Always stress free xo.