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Cooking time: 25 minutes for menu Cooking schedule: see below for instructions
This is a fairly quick, almost pantry, dinner to start the weekend. If your weather permits, do the salmon on the barbecue grill, brushing with oil and vinegar before grilling.
Pan-Fried Salmon, Warm White Bean Salad Preparation and cooking time: 25 minutes
Salmon cooks quickly and is done when just barely opaque, and starting to flake easily.
2 salmon fillets, 12oz (350gr) total weight
1 tbs olive oil
1 tbs Balsamic vinegar
1 1/2 cups (15oz, 450gr can, drained) white beans
1 small - medium carrot
2 shallots
1 rib celery
2 cloves garlic
1/4 cup Greek olives
1 tsp basil
1 tbs oil
1 tbs Balsamic vinegar
2oz (60gr) spinach
The salmon: Heat the oil and vinegar over medium heat in a large skillet. Add salmon, skin side up, and sauté 3 minutes. Turn, skin side down, and sauté another 3 - 5 minutes, until done. Slip the salmon off the skin and serve.
The Salad: Roughly chop the shallots, carrot and celery. You should have about 1/3 cup of each. Mince the garlic. In a medium skillet over medium heat, sauté the carrot, celery, shallots and garlic in olive oil until tender, 5 - 8 minutes.
Pit olives if needed; cut in half. Open, drain and rinse beans. Add olives, beans, basil and vinegar to skillet. Heat through. Serve salad on a bed of spinach, next to the salmon.
Barley with Green Garlic Preparation and cooking time: 25 minutes
Barley is a hearty, nutritious grain; easy to cook and flavorful. Here we dress it up for spring with fresh chives and green garlic.
1/2 cup quick-cooking barley
1 cup (8oz, 240ml) chicken stock (or more, depending on type of barley)
2 green garlic substitute 1/2 cup sliced leek or 2 green onions and 1 clove garlic
2 tbs fresh, snipped chives substitute dried chives
2 tsp olive oil
Trim green garlic and slice, using as much of the green tops as reasonable or trim, slice leek and mince garlic. Sauté green garlic (or leek and garlic) and chives in oil in a small saucepan for 2 minutes. Add stock, barley, cover and simmer until done, stirring occasionally. Fluff and serve.
Cooking Schedule: 35 minutes for menu |
Add barley, stock to green garlic, cover, simmer |
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