Salmon, Cauliflower, and Peppers

Yesterday’s dinner was SUPER healthy! I mentioned before that I would share the various recipes that I tested out from Pinterest as Josh and I are on a quest to boost our health level. So today I will share the recipes for what we ate last night.

We had oven cooked salmon (I didn’t destroy them this time), cauliflower mash, and oven roasted peppers.

My initial plan for dinner included the cauliflower and salmon, but I was fortunate enough to catch the fact that I had a couple mini peppers left, so I added those too.

Here is how I cooked the fish:

-          Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and pull out pieces of tinfoil large enough to wrap your fillets in individually.

-          Spray the tinfoil with anti-stick spray and lay the fillets on

-          Sprinkle a few drops of lemon juice and olive oil on the fillets

-          Put a spoonful of garlic on each fillet and spread out evenly across the fish

-          Sprinkle on pepper, hot pepper flakes, and oregano

-          Close up the fillets in their tinfoil and set on a baking dish

-          Cook in the oven for 20-35 minutes (depending on the fillet thickness)

For the cauliflower mash:

-          Cut a head of cauliflower into florets and place into a pot with about an inch of water and begin to boil and steam the cauliflower

-          Once the cauliflower is tender, drain the water

-          Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil, ¼ cup of milk, pepper, ½ cup of shredded parmesan cheese

-          Mash to desired texture (I used a hand-mixer, that got a little messy) and set aside or keep on a low flame if the fish still has a while to go

And finally the roasted peppers:

-          Wash and slice the peppers into bite sized pieces

-          In a bowl add the pepper pieces, some olive oil, and pepper

-          Stir it up and then lay out on a tin foil lined pan

-          Sprinkle with salt

-          Put in the oven with the fish (I cooked mine for the entire length the fish was in which made them a little charred and delish)

***As a disclaimer, the amounts of each ingredient are estimated because I rarely measure when I cook, I just add how much I think looks good and based on our taste preferences!

I hope you enjoy!