Delicious and Healthy Salmon Dinner in 20 Minutes

This is a super easy dinner to cook when it’s late, you want to be healthy, but don’t want to cook an overly complicated meal. To keep the cleaning at a minimum, sauté’ the cabbage in the same pan as the asparagus.

Cedar Plank Salmon with Lemon Dill sauce: Recipe by Dr. Lexi Lain

Wild caught salmon on cedar plank

Salt

Pepper

Dried Dill – enough to lightly cover top of salmon

1 Lemon freshly squeezed on top.

1 tsp soy sauce

Bake at 400 degrees F x 15-20 minutes depending on how thick the salmon meat is and how cooked you like it.

Drizzle a little soy sauce on top of the cooked salmon meat for a little pop in flavor.

*You can add capers instead of soy sauce.

Garlic Buttered Asparagus Recipe by Dr. Lexi Lain

1 bunch of Asparagus, the bottom chopped off.

1 Lemon freshly squeezed.

2 large Garlic cloves crushed. (2 tbsp)

2-4 tbsp of butter or olive oil.

2 tbsp red wine vinegar

Salt and Pepper

In a frying pan on low heat, melt the butter and add the asparagus. Saute’ x 5 minutes. Add the lemon, garlic, red win vinegar, salt, and pepper. Saute’ another 5 minutes or until the asparagus is bright green. The stalks should still be crunchy but a little soft.

Red Cabbage with Pumpkin Seeds

Recipe by Dr. Lexi Lain

Chop half a head of red cabbage

½ lemon

2 tbsp red wine vinegar

Salt and Pepper

½ cup of raw pumpkin seeds.

Saute’ cabbage in a little olive oil, lemon, red wine vinegar, salt, and pepper. Saute’ for 10-15 minutes or until cabbage is soft but still crunchy. Remove from the pan into a serving dish. Add ½ cup of raw pumpkin seeds.

Serve together for a complete meal rich with omega 3 fatty acids, protein, and fiber.

Enjoy!

Dr. Lexi Lain