Maple Glazed Salmon

Another AllRecipes recipe. This one needs a bit of lead time because of the marination but is delicious and very, very easy and simple to put together. We served it over lemon rice with peas.

The grocery store didn't have salmon, but did have rainbow trout on sale, so we made it with that and it was delicious.

Ingredients

• 4 large (~150g) filets of salmon or trout
• 100mL maple syrup
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1.25mL salt
• 1.25mL garlic powder
• 1.25mL freshly ground black pepper

Procedure

1. Combine all ingredients except salmon in a small bowl.
2. Place salmon in a glass baking dish. Pour marinade over salmon. Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes, turning halfway through.
3. Bake at 400°F for ~20 minutes or until fish is delicate and can be flaked with a fork.

Balsalmic braised chicken

From AllRecipes. We modified the recipe slightly in adding mushrooms.

Ingredients

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, halved
• peanut oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 225g cremini mushrooms, sliced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 540mL tin of diced tomatoes
• 125mL balsamic vinegar
• 5mL dried basil
• 5mL dried oregano
• 5mL dried rosemary
• 2.5mL dried thyme

Procedure

1. Season the chicken on both sides with salt and pepper.
2. Heat the oil over medium high heat; brown the chicken, ~4 minutes/side
3. Add onion and mushrooms. Cook until the mushrooms have released their juices and the juices have cooked off and the onion is starting to brown.
4. Add the garlic. Cook until fragrant, ~30 seconds.
5. Add the tomatoes, vinegar, and spices. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until chicken is cooked through, 15-20 minutes.

Serve over brown rice.