Ginger Glazed Salmon dinner salad

Now that it is warmer and approaching summer temperatures, I’ve been diving back into one of my favorite warm weather cooking/eating habits:  The Dinner Salad.  We just finished tonight’s version, and I was thinking to myself that this was “blog-worthy”, when Kurt said “This should go on your blog!!”.

So, here is what I did:  I took the 1# fillet of Alaskan wild caught salmon I bought today, and put it on a foil lined sheet pan.  Then I carefully smeared about 3 Tbs of “Ginger Spread” made by Ginger People (ingredients:  Ginger, Sugar) all over the slab of fish–I say carefully because the sticky spread didn’t want to stick to the fish.  Next time I might thin out the paste with a LITTLE soy sauce until I get a thick glaze consistency…water would probably work too.  Then I put it in the oven at *400.

Next, I took out the container of washed mixed greens from the fridge, along with a cucumber, half of an avocado, and the roasted red potatoes and sweet potatoes I prepared on Monday.  I grabbed the container of sunflower seeds from the cupboard and the bottle of Annie’s Goddess dressing (a favorite dressing that has a nutty asian flavor).  I set to work building our salads by laying down a green foundation of mixed greens (about 2 cups per plate–which equals 1 “cup” of veggies).  Then I cut up and sprinkled the other ingredients (for a total of another 1 or so “cups” of veggies) over the bed of greens.  Then, I drizzled the Annie’s dressing over that.  I checked on the salmon, and when I could flake the thickest part of the fillet easily with a fork, it was done (about 10 minutes or so in my oven, but I checked on it after 5…).

I served up about 3 ounces for me and 4 for Kurt (because he is bigger and went for a long run today) and placed it on top of the salad.  SO good.  The flavors and textures reminded me of sushi (crunchy cucumber, velvety avocado, zingy ginger…) and one I’ll make again for sure.  I’ll also share more of the versions I come up with that are equally delicious!