Salmon in Parchment Paper

I must be in a fishy kind of mood.  I've made this a few times, and seeing as it's Paleo, I figured I ought to blog it out.  It was very satisfying last night.  :)

Ingredients:  (serves 4)
4 salmon filets (about 6 oz each)
4 Tbsp tarragon chopped
4 scallions thinly sliced
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
2 Tbsp olive oil
2 lemons halved
1 lb asparagus cut into 1 inch pieces

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Place the each salmon filet in the center of a piece of parchment paper (15inx15in).  Put salt, pepper, and oil on the filet.  Then cover the top with the tarragon, scallions and asparagus.  Finally, squeeze the half lemon on top and place the lemon on top of it all.  Pull the sides of the parchment over, folding several times to seal.  Place the salmon pouches on a baking sheet and cook in the oven for 20-25 minutes.

I have also made this recipe with dill instead of tarragon.

I've served the fish with roasted potatoes, rice and more steamed veggies.

Mmmm, mmmm, good.

Salmon Filet with Roasted Root Veggies

After much talking with fellow blogger Nicole, I decided to roast some veggies for dinner tonight.

Ingredients:

Vegetables
1 small butternut squash seeded and cut into pieces
2 small turnips cut into pieces
2 parsnips cut into pieces
1 sweet potato cut into pieces
1 yellow onion
1 Head of garlic
Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper to taste

1 6 ounce salmon filet

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
I cut up the butternut, turnips, parsnips, sweet potato and onion and put them into a big bowl.  I added about 3 tbsp of olive oil and some salt and pepper and tossed it to coat all the veggies.  I then wiped two baking dishes with oil and dumped the veggies in equally. I pulled apart all the cloves of the garlic and peeled them.  These I set aside for later.

I put the veggies into the oven for about an hour.  After the first 30 minutes, I added the garlic cloves.  Stir the veggies every 20 minutes or so.

For the salmon, I put a little salt and pepper on the filet.  In a small pan heat olive oil.  Cook the fish on each side for 3 or 4 minutes.  Serve.

This made A LOT of veggies which I saved for future meals.  Veggies could easily serve 4-6 people.