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Succulent salmon from the kitchens of  chrismukkah

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This I got as a recipe from the "Real Simple" website, and its REALLY good :)

All you need -

1 salmon (at least a 2 - 3 pounder, or enough to feed two)
1 fennel bulb, chopped thin (it called for two, I only had one)
4-5 cloves garlic, rough chopped
2 - 3 tablespoons mustard*
1 heaping tablespoon honey* (The recipe doesn't call for either of these asterisked ingredients, but I would say you should use it - it keeps the fish from drying out)
handful of fresh thyme
salt and pepper to taste
tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
your favorite baking pan
tin foil

All you have to do - is get your pan (duh)...cover it with tin foil (makes for easy clean up)...prep by chopping the fennel and garlic...

Coat the entire salmon with your honey-mustard mixture (I think a whole grain mustard would also work well with this) ...sprinkle with salt and pepper as well and cover the bottom with fennel, and the top with fennel and garlic :3

Cook in the oven at 400 F for 30 - 40 minutes, no more ! (It actually called to roast the veggies first, but, I figured I might as well cook the whole thing as is to save time)

SO good...unless you are allergic to fish, in which case you might want to switch this out with chicken, or rabbit, or extra firm *shudders* tofu :B

Enjoy!

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So, this is the baked salmon - plated, with the rabe and store-made mushroom ravioli !

And I still had enough salmon leftover to do one last thing ! (with my next submission coming up)

For the recipe of the salmon - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11683584/
For the rabe - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11680885/

Rabe
All you need -

~ half a pound (or more) of broccoli rabe (its also called "broccolini")
~ 2 - 3 cloves fresh chopped garlic
~ At least 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
~ 1 - 2 anchovies * (This is VERY optional, so if you are allergic to fish or want to keep it straight vegetarian, leave these out)
~ 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
~ 1/2 small yellow onion (or you can use cipollini, or a shallot)
~ salt and pepper to taste

First, just do the prep of peeling and chopping the garlic, onion and the rabe.

Get the oil, then get a large saucepan and start to sauté the onion and garlic to get it translucent...

Then put in the rabe - it'll -look- too big to be stirred around, BUT as it cooks down, it will reduce in size!

Add in the anchovy (or don't as I said), the salt and pepper, and red pepper flakes, cover and set on a low heat for about 10 minutes, stirring every once in a while.

Then just plate and serve AND ITS SO FREAKING GOOD *nom nom nom*

You can also jazz this up with maybe a splash of white wine, but honestly, its good just like this :3

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...And, if you have any more of that salmon left - well, you make breakfast with it :B

I'm quite happy with how my poached eggs came out! I think the trick is to boil them - but, NOT boil them.

What I mean by that is - you just need a small pot of water - 2 tablespoons white vinegar, and a pinch of salt - let that GET to a roiling boil, BUT then turn it down to low and THEN carefully drop the eggs in...they only need a minute or two to set (you can do longer if you want them more hard-boiled)

Then just use a slotted spoon to drop them onto the salmon, which you can just microwave for about 2 - 3 minutes beforehand, then serve!

Enjoy!

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Allergy warning – recipe contains fish, dairy & egg products