Roasted Salmon with Soy-marmalde Glaze

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup orange marmalade
• 1 1/2 teaspoons lower-sodium soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 4 (6-ounce) skin-on salmon fillets 
• Cooking spray
• 2 tablespoons thinly sliced green onions 
• 4 lemon wedges 

Directions

1.  Preheat oven to 450°.
2. Combine marmalade, soy sauce, salt, black pepper, and garlic in a small bowl. Arrange salmon fillets, skin sides down, on a foil-lined baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Brush fish fillets evenly with half of marmalade mixture. Bake fish fillets at 450° for 4 minutes.
3. Heat broiler to high (do not remove fish from oven); broil fish 6 minutes. Spoon remaining marmalade mixture onto center of fillets. Broil fish an additional 3 minutes or until desired degree of doneness. Sprinkle fish evenly with green onions; serve with lemon wedges.

Serve with Soba Noodle Salad. Source: Cooking Light

We loved this recipe! We are salmon lovers but even if you are not I would recommend trying this one. It is so easy to make. It took only about 20 minutes start to finish. It has a nice sweet taste that balances out the fish but doesn't over power it.

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French Onion Pasta

I got the recipe off of Pinterest. The direct link is : http://stephaniecooks.blogspot.com/2009/08/french-onion-pasta.html.

Ingredients:

2 cups of uncooked penne pasta
1 to 1.5 cup of chicken stock
1 packet of Lipton's Onion Soup mix
1 shallot, finely diced
2 cloves of garlic, smashed
1/2 cup of marsala wine
4 tablespoons of light cream
1 tablespoon of flour
1/4 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese
1 tablespoon of EVOO

Directions:
1- Cook pasta according to directions, set aside and keep warm.
2- In a saucepan, heat the EVOO. Add the scallions and garlic, stir continually until soft and fragrant.
3- Add the marsala wine, scraping the bottom of the pan to remove any stuck on pieces of onion.
4- Add the stock and soup mix packets, allow to cook on low for about 20 minutes.
5- Stir in flour, whisking continually until well incorporated and thickened.
6- Add the light cream, mix well.
7- Add the pasta to the sauce, stir well.
8- Pour into an oven safe dish. Top with the mozzarella cheese.
9- Set it under the broiler until the cheese gets a little crispy.


Doesn't it look yummy!! I did change the recipe a little bit. Instead of using wine, I used chicken broth. I also added sliced mushrooms before adding the cream. I didn't have light cream on hand so I used the same amount of milk plus about a 1/2 tablespoon of butter.