Seems like salmon is very well priced, too. Watch for specials on salmon fillets. I can usually get a pound of salmon for just over $6.00. I like to pick up broccoli at the farmers' market and can usually get a couple of crowns for around $3.00. When we steam one crown, dinner for two costs between $6.50 and $7.00. And we open a bottle of wine.
Poached Salmon with Steamed Broccoli
Salmon fillets
Seasoning, i.e., garlic salt or lemon & herb seasoning - whatever you like
1/2 cup of white wine
1 lemon
Broccoli crowns
Directions:
For the salmon - heat about 1/2" of water in the bottom of a skillet to boiling. Sprinkle in whatever seasoning you like (tonight I used Schilling Lemon & Herb Seasoning, but we also like garlic salt).
In the meantime, trim and separate the broccoli into florets. (We use a steamer basket in a saucepan, but there are other good ways to steam including the microwave.) Put about 1/2" of water in the saucepan, place the steamer basket over it and the broccoli in the basket. Start heating the water to a boil.
Carefully slide the salmon into the boiling water skin side down, turn the burner down to medium-low, pour a little white wine over the fillets, put the lid on and set the timer for 8 minutes. We buy 4-packs of small wine bottles that I use just for cooking. This time we had Sutter Home Pinot Grigio but any white wine will work. You can also use some right out of the bottle you'll be drinking with dinner.
Put the lid on the skillet over the salmon and the lid on the saucepan over the broccoli and start the timer. In 8 minutes, dinner is ready to plate. Squeeze a little fresh lemon over the salmon or make some of Eva's Dill Sauce. Just think, it was such a healthy dinner, you can have a really nice dessert!
4 comments:
I definitely need to try this meal. I have never attempted fish, but that's not saying much. I usually don't venture out of the realm of spaghetti, chili, and boxed "helpers." To illustrate my point, the other day I ran across a recipe box I could not pass up. It reads: "I only have a kitchen because it came with the house."
Oooooh - I remember this! I wrote this one down, too. Who needs PBS with you and 4BadBill? I feel like I'm back in school!
So true. Speaking only for myself ... I'm full of it! What IT is shall remain nameless.
I love that! Although I've gotten rid of most of my fridge magnets, I still have a Maxine that says, "There's a reason kitchen rhymes with bitchin'."
You should try the poached salmon. If YD reads this, I apologize, but she doesn't cook much and she can make this!
As an appetizer or snack, we've started buying those long, skinny loaves of french bread and cutting them into thin slices, then dipping them in a little bowl of mixed pesto and olive oil. Used to get this at the same Italian restaurant that had the good Caprese salad. They have since closed down. Sigh ...
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