Salmon Recipes Star in a Healthful Holiday Buffet
Salad of smoked salmon
1 / 2 pound of smoked salmon, cut into bite size pieces
1 16-ounce can small beans, drained and rinsed
1 small yellow onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 cup orange juiceTangerine and Clementine sections in one bite firms
1 cup frozen peas (no need to thaw)
1 / 2 cup Italian parsley, chopped
1 teaspoon oregano
Lemon juice
rice vinegar to taste (start about 2 tablespoons)
salad or light Italian dressing
A pinch of cayenne pepper or a dash hot sauce, to taste
Pipes all the ingredients together and cool.
6-8 persons
Chilled Salmon Mousse
1 cup bottled clam juice or chickenBroth
2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
1 15-ounce can of salmon (preferably red Sockeye)
2 tablespoons capers (optional)
1 bunch green onions, sliced (white part only)
Juice of 1 lemon
1 teaspoon oregano
A pinch of cayenne pepper or to taste
1 cup sour cream or nonfat yogurt
fresh herbs, lemon slices and red pepper strips for garnish
Heat the clam juice or broth in a small saucepan and stir to dissolve gelatin. In combination with otheringredients except the sour cream or yogurt in a food processor and blend until smooth. Stir in the yogurt or sour cream and pour into a non-stick pan or mold. Chill until firm. Unmold and decorate as you wish. Wonderful with red bell pepper strips for dippers.
6-8 servings, more as part of a buffet
Baked Salmon with Portobello Mushrooms
2 vidalia or other sweet onions, sliced
4-6 salmon steaks
1 pound portobello mushrooms, sliced
Juice of one Lemon
Fresh herbs choice (optional)
Lemon slices for garnish
Freshly ground black pepper
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put a layer of sliced onion in bottom of a saucepan with a tight seal lid (large enough to hold the fish steaks in one or two layers.) Put the fish slices on the onions, then arrange the remaining mushrooms and onions top. (If you use two layers of fish, rather than the mushrooms and onions between the layersand the other at the top.) Adding fresh herbs if you are with them and press the lemon juice over all. Cover and cook for 30 minutes or until fish is opaque in center (test with a knife or a fork.) Serve with lemon slices and pass the pepper.
4-6
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