It was funny because I made quinoa for dinner before going to the show!
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| Quinoa salad, salmon, sautéed spinach with bacon, and asparagus |
Here's the delicious recipe adapted from Cooking Light, June 2015.
Quinoa Salad
1/2 cup uncooked quinoa
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 cup quartered cherry tomatoes
1/4 cup finely diced red onion
1/3 cup chopped fresh basil leaves
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons capers, rinsed and drained
1/2 English cucumber, quartered lengthwise and thinly sliced crosswise (I use regular cucumber, quarter it lengthwise then cut the seeds out before slicing crosswise)
1. Cook quinoa according to package directions and pour in a large bowl.
2. Combine 3/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper, cooked quinoa, and remaining ingredients in a large bowl; toss gently to combine. Taste and add more salt if needed.
3. If desired, gently stir cooked flaked salmon into salad.
salt
pepper
olive oil
1. Sprinkle salmon evenly with salt and pepper.
2. Heat a medium skillet over high heat. Add 1-2 tablespoons oil to pan.
3. Add fillet, skin side down; cook 2 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-high; cook 4 minutes or until skin begins to brown. Turn fillet; cook 2 minutes or until desired degree of doneness.
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 cup quartered cherry tomatoes
1/4 cup finely diced red onion
1/3 cup chopped fresh basil leaves
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons capers, rinsed and drained
1/2 English cucumber, quartered lengthwise and thinly sliced crosswise (I use regular cucumber, quarter it lengthwise then cut the seeds out before slicing crosswise)
1. Cook quinoa according to package directions and pour in a large bowl.
2. Combine 3/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper, cooked quinoa, and remaining ingredients in a large bowl; toss gently to combine. Taste and add more salt if needed.
3. If desired, gently stir cooked flaked salmon into salad.
Pan Seared Salmon
2 - 6 oz. salmon fillets with skinsalt
pepper
olive oil
1. Sprinkle salmon evenly with salt and pepper.
2. Heat a medium skillet over high heat. Add 1-2 tablespoons oil to pan.
3. Add fillet, skin side down; cook 2 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-high; cook 4 minutes or until skin begins to brown. Turn fillet; cook 2 minutes or until desired degree of doneness.
Easy Broiled Salmon
2 - 6 oz. salmon fillets with skinsalt
pepper
olive oil
1. Set oven to broil.
2. Cover a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil for easy cleanup.
3. Prepare salmon: sprinkle salt and pepper over both sides of salmon fillets. Drizzle olive oil over both sides of fillets and place fillets skin side up on prepared baking sheet.
4. Cook on top rack of oven about 6 in. from broiler for 4 min. Turn fillet skin side down and cook 4 min. Test that fish flakes easily with a fork or for your desired degree of doneness. For salmon to fully cook through, you may want to cook a couple of minutes longer. Salmon is delicious on the rare side and is done if it flakes even if the inside is translucent. It will cook a bit more after removing it from the oven.
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