Busy Night Baked Lemon-Caper Salmon
For those days when your schedule is overloaded, Busy Night Baked Lemon-Caper Salmon can be on the table in less than 30 minutes from when you open the refrigerator! We all have those days (weeks!) where the thought of making dinner is overwhelming – those days that are so busy, you barely have time to… Read more »
Poached Salmon with Cucumber Dill Sauce
Pretty Poached Salmon with a flavorful Cucumber-Dill Sauce is the perfect make ahead entrée for a spring (or summer!) luncheon or dinner party. I love serving salmon when entertaining – most of our friends and family like it, plus it’s very versatile, easy to prepare, and super delicious. In fact, I have several recipes (including… Read more »
Fresh and Flavorful Spring Menu
Spring is here, and with spring comes fresh, flavorful – and colorful – ingredients. As the temperatures rise, the grass starts to turn green and the flowers bud, I start to crave lighter foods – salmon, asparagus, carrots, radishes, avocado, and sweet peas to name a few. Recently, I created a scrumptious new spring menu… Read more »
Tips on Buying and Storing Fresh Fish
February 8, 2017
In my cooking classes, I am often asked for advice on handling fish. So, I thought I would share here my 10 tips on buying and storing fresh fish: 1. Pick the right market. Choose a fish market with knowledgeable sales people and high turnover. Makes your job a lot easier if they know what… Read more »
Roasted Salmon Steaks
Roasted Salmon Steaks – with a lemon-butter sauce. Easy and delicious! Basting salmon with a lemon-butter sauce is a traditional way to serve this fish – and it’s the first way I ever ate it as a child. Eating fresh Salmon in Alaska I have vivid memories of my family vacationing in Alaska when I… Read more »
Layered Salmon Salad with Avocado Dressing
Layered Salmon Salad with Avocado Dressing is an elegant, fresh and flexible dish that can be layered in a pretty glass bowl, or in large mason jars for a picnic. Warm summer evenings are the perfect time to serve a main dish salad for dinner, and since preparing Layered Salmon Salad with Avocado Dressing doesn’t… Read more »
Dairy Free Dinner Menu
Recently my stepson Jake was in town for a visit. One evening, we invited his long time friend Sara over for dinner, and she is lactose intolerant. So, I needed to come up with a casual dinner menu that was completely dairy free. As it turns out, our cookbook was a great place to start…. Read more »
Salmon and Vegetables en Papillote
Salmon and Vegetables en Papillote is a scrumptious, impressive and easy way to serve moist fresh salmon filets! We love cooking fish en papillote, which simply means wrapping it in a parchment paper or foil package and then baking it. For this recipe, fresh salmon fillets are combined with a medley of julienne vegetables (carrots,… Read more »
