Salmon Salad

Yes, this is another Pinterest recipe! Recipe can be found here. I will also list it below as to how exactly I made it (I left some ingredients out). 

Ingredients:

6 C water (hopefully you have this)

1 lb asparagus, trimmed & cut into 3-inch pieces

1 C uncooked orzo (rice-shaped pasta)

1 (1 & 1/4 lb) skinless salmon fillet (or you can get the salmon with skin like I did & peel it off!)

1/4 t salt

1/4 t black pepper

cooking spray

1/4 C thinly sliced red onion (I used a white onion)

lemon-dill vinaigrette (I used oive oil vinegar & lemon juice)

Steps:

1. Preheat broiler (setting on your oven!)

2. Bring water to a boil in large pot. Add asparagus and cook for 3 minutes. Remove asparagus from water with tongs & plunge into ice water. Drain & set aside.

3. Return remaining water on stove to a boil. Add orzo and cook according to package (leave out salt & fat). 

4. Sprinkle fillet with salt & pepper. Place fish on foil-lined pan coated in cooking spray. Broil 5 minutes.

5. Break fish into large chunks. Combine fish, orzo, asparagus, onion and lemon-dill vinaigrette in large bowl (I did not have dill on me so I left it out -- I would recommend trying it with the dill for more flavor). 

6. Enjoy! 

Summer Fixings

When I get a day off from work I enjoy baking and cooking. I have been making dinner for my aunt, uncle, and myself once a week. It has been a lot of fun. The first meal I made for them was zucchini bread, couscous salad, and sauteed chicken in mustard-cream sauce. It was a lot of fun to make and tasted delicious! 

The zucchini bread recipe I used was from Glorious Treats. The bread was insanely delicious! I couldn't stop eating it. The recipe makes enough for 2 small loaves. We ate one loaf and I took the other one into work and it was gone within minutes. 

These are all the ingredients I used to make the zucchini bread. The only ingredients out of the ordinary that I had to buy were zucchinis and nuts. Pretty simple ingredients besides those two things! I used my aunt's Cuisinart food processor to chop up the zucchini into fine shreds. The Cuisinart was wonderful. 

I blended the zucchini bread batter in my aunt's KitchenAid mixer. Someday hopefully I will have my own KitchenAid mixer and Cuisinart food processor! 

This is what the zucchini bread batter looks like when it is ready to be baked! Doesn't look to appetizing now but trust me it will be when it is done! 

I got my couscous recipe here. I did not add red pepper, parsley, or feta. Feta can be very expensive! It tasted wonderful without it. 

I made sauteed chicken in a mustard-cream sauce. I got the recipe from Martha Stewart here. I used chicken broth and did not have tarragon so I used another spice instead. Hope you enjoy these recipes. The zucchini bread was by far my favorite!!

Glorious Treats - Zucchini Bread

Food Network - Tracie's Couscous Salad

Martha Stewart - Sauteed Chicken in Mustard-Cream Sauce