Thursday, April 2, 2009
Cooking Salmon With a Nine Year Old
WOW, I am loving all the responses to the contest I posted, keep them coming!!!
Today I ended up sitting at Panera Bread for 5 hours, yes that’s how long they took to put new brakes on our car!!! I did actually get a lot accomplished, and I read a lot more of my new book which I will be posting about soon.
I received a call tonight about babysitting for one of my students last minuet, I had a parent in a jam and of course I said yes I love babysitting and wouldn’t mind the extra cash too. I picked up C at 5pm and we headed straight to the market to pick up something to make for dinner, C wanted to make Salmon, C is only 9! So we picked up my favorite magazine to help us make the best Salmon EVER!
Cooking Light’s Salmon with Maple-Lemon Glaze
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4 servings (serving size: 1 fillet)
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup( I used Agave Nectar)
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 4 (6-ounce) skinless salmon fillets
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Cooking spray
Preparation
1. Preheat broiler.
2. Combine first 4 ingredients in a large zip-top plastic bag. Add fish to bag; seal. Refrigerate 10 minutes, turning bag once.
3. Remove fish from bag, reserving marinade. Place marinade in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at HIGH 1 minute.
4. Heat a large ovenproof nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle fish evenly with salt and pepper. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add fish to pan; cook 3 minutes. Turn fish over. Brush marinade evenly over fish. Broil 3 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork or until desired degree of doneness.
This recipe is so easy even a 9 year old can make it!!!!
We made it with fresh asparagus, grilled in some EVOO.
With some WW rice!
Best SALMON EVER!!! The broiler made it nice and crispy and the marinade was perfect! This meal cost us a total of $10, talk about a steal, when I order just one serving at a restaurant it cost twice this much.
This is what the rest of our evening has consisted of, minus the 9 year old:)
I plan on staying up LATE, this old lady is pulling an all nighter well maybe not all night but at least past 10pm!!! LOL
When was the last time you stayed up REAL late????
P.S. If you haven’t already please vote for me here, my essay is #1.
14 comments:
Babysitting is so much fun, I miss it a lot. I voted for you! I hate staying up much past 1AM ...I often feel sick to my stomach when I'm up that late.
I love asparagus! You are such a fun babysitter!!
Does the Danskin contest apply for outside of the US of A? (fingers-crossed)
I wish I could babysit again! Looks like she had fun cooking.
Being a shift-worker I often am up at all crazy hours of the night!
Good luck with the essay competition!
Great looking dinner - something about salmon & asparagus together, it's just so right!
The last time I stayed up late, was probably Valentine's Day, as we had a party for my friend's birthday, and didn't really even realize what time it was. I think I got home at 2:30 am or so?
Best babysitter ever award goes to....... :)
Oh my gosh, your dinner looks delish!! How was the movie?
SHE IS ADORABLE! :) hehe so much fun:)
Yummm, that salmon looks delicious, and recipe is so easy, I might have to attempt it. (Do you think I can use frozen salmon filets? There is a dearth of fresh salmon in the Midwest.)
I bet you're a great babysitter, Bobbi! So fun!
Yum! Dinner looks great!!
awww bobbi C looked like she had so much fun - you must be a great babysitter and an excellent teacher for the parents to contact you for babysitting!
Great minds think alike!!!
Glad the babysitting worked out and kudos for a 9 year old ASKING for salmon!
If I stay up til midnight on the weekends or 11 on a weeknight, that is considered late.
And to think there was a time when my friends and I wouldn't even start getting ready to go out on the weekends until 10:30!
Aw, fun night of babysitting. I just got that Cooking Light. I'll have to check out that recipe!
wowsa, i definitely didn't like salmon when i was 9!!
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