Friday, January 16, 2009

Orange Salmon (aka Candy Salmon)

If you don't like fish, you might want to try this. I happen to like fish, but even my picky DD will eat this salmon. This is the original recipe.

2 pounds salmon fillet (I just buy a package at Costco -- it's a rather large fillet so hubby gets enough to eat and there are leftovers, plus there isn't skin on it, which I hate dealing with and some grocery stores leave on. ew.)
salt and pepper
1 c orange juice
1/2 c honey
1 Tbs dried dill

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Put OJ and honey in a glass measuring cup (only creating one dirty dish) and put in microwave for 1-2 minutes. Stir well. While the OJ is heating up, cut two pieces of tinfoil about 4 inches longer than your salmon and put on top of your broiler pan. Place salmon in the middle and crimp up the edges so the juices stay *in* the tinfoil (easier to clean up). Salt and pepper the top of the salmon, then baste with OJ mixture. Put in the oven for 3-4 minutes, baste, and bake again for another 3-4 minutes. Take out of the oven, turn oven to broil, baste again, then return to the broiler for a couple of minutes (until browned on top). Remove from broiler, baste with pan juices, and sprinkle dill on top. Let rest for a couple of minutes, then cut into pieces and serve.

We had this with rice and spaghetti squash. Rice was done by my husband in the rice cooker (thanks honey). I poked holes in the squash, then baked at 350 for an hour, let it rest for 30 minutes, then cut it open and scooped out the seeds and threw them away. I then scooped out the flesh (which was still hot) and mixed it with margarine (earth balance), salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and parsley. Kiddo added parmesan cheese to hers and ate two helpings.

Ta-da! Dinner. Yum. Healthy, too. Sweeeeeeeeeet ...

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