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recipe: 15-minute Braised Salmon with Fennel

15-minute Braised Salmon with Fennel, originally uploaded by foodietots.
Salmon Recipe #3: This is a terrific low-effort weeknight dinner dish, and may just be my new favorite way to cook salmon. Braising is very quick (only 4 minutes for the fish!) and results in a moist and flavorful slice of fish.
I used Whole Foods’ frozen Wild [...]

Friday finds: natural egg dyes

Now while I generally try to avoid foods with artificial colors, I make exceptions several times a year for holidays and birthdays. I did make “brown velvet” cupcakes for my son’s first birthday, though, when an attempt to use natural red dye turned out unsuccessful. (Apparently natural dyes rarely hold up to baking.) Frankly, I [...]

Salmon Burgers

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salmon burger, originally uploaded by foodietots.
Ingredient of the Month: Salmon, Recipe #2
This is a great weeknight dinner that can be prepared in under 30 minutes. Canned Wild Alaskan salmon can be found [...]

Maple-Roasted Salmon

roast salmon and risotto
Originally uploaded by foodietots

Recipe # 1: Maple-Roasted Salmon
Our first salmon dish was a success with the toddler – he devoured his serving and a large portion of the husband’s as well.
I used this simple recipe from Epicurious.com. However, I take offense to the opening comment that alleges farm-raised [...]

Ingredient of the Month: Salmon

To get through these last, long months until our CSA harvest begins, I thought I would take one item each month and find three new ways to cook it. I tend to fall into a rut with my standby recipes, and experimentation with familiar ingredients is a great way to spice up the routine. For [...]