Maple- Glazed Salmon

Maple- Glazed Salmon with sauteed kale on the side

Exciting news! I’m moving back to N.C.; I can’t wait to see green again, drive my car, and do laundry in my own house…all the things that are the pain in the ass parts about living in NYC. The first 7 months (while in culinary school and working) was such an exciting and new time, but for the past non-busy 2 months I have been dreaming about being back in Raleigh. I would fantasize about having dinner and wine parties with good friends, which I haven’t been able to do for so long! A few days ago my desire to move back just became overwhelming that I just decided to go for it. I mean it’s not like I have a job here yet…. Thank goodness because the only jobs I got interviews for had such long commutes (one was over a 2 hr commute one way)!

Anyways, I’ve never been more thrilled to move back

home to be near friends and family!

Now for dreaming about future dinner parties in Raleigh, this dish was the one that sparked it. This is so easy and non fussy and would be perfect for a dinner party. Now salmon isn’t particularly cheap, so I’d recommend it be for a small group unless you got oodles of money. I got this from The Raw Food Diet Detox book by Natalia Rose, which has some healthy recipes. The recipes in Natalia’s book stress the use of all-natural ingredients. I made her recipe with a few modifications, so here is my version.

Maple Glazed Salmon (Serves 4)
1 cup soy sauce
2 cloves of garlic (coarsely chopped)
2 TB ginger (coarsely chopped)
1 tsp sesame oil
1 cup pure maple syrup
4 fresh salmon fillets

Mix the first 5 ingredients in a blender. Marinate fish in maple mixture for 1 to 24 hours.

Preheat oven to 450° and bake fish for about 8-10 minutes. Time is never accurate with fish! The only way to tell if the salmon is ready is if it flakes easily with a fork.

While the salmon is in the oven, pour the marinade in a small saucepan and boil over medium heat until it is slightly reduced. Be careful and watch the sauce, it can easily burn! Use the reduced marinade as the sauce for the salmon and sautéed veggies on the side if you would like!

The reduced sauce for this dish is yuuuum! This dish would also taste phenomenal with a side of brown rice and it’d soak up the wonderful sauce. I hope everyone gets to try this; it’s a great quick recipe to have on hand.