Maple Glazed Salmon with Herb and Feta Salad

PAN FRIED SALMON: 

You will need a large cast iron frying pan or a pan of choice, warm pan on a low heat and add oil and butter.

Then season your salmon on both sides with sea salt and pepper, let rest for 5 to 10 minutes at room temperature.

Then raise the heat of the frying pan to medium to high, then add your filets of salmon to pan skin up for 4 minutes of golden brown.

Then flip over your salmon skin down until the skin is crisp for 3 to 4 minutes.

Before removing salmon from the pan, in a bowl add maple syrup and crushed garlic mix together then pour over salmon, cover the pan and turn the heat off.

Let sit for 2 minutes in a pan, then remove from the pan onto a plate, pour sauce over salmon, toss salad with herb and garlic dressing, feta and dill dressing and dollar fry’s or regular fry’s..

Toss Salad:

Recipe:

1 head romaine lettuce 

2 carrots, Peeled and shredded

Method:

Clean and chop lettuce and grate carrots into a bowl, toss together and place on the side of the plate single servings of each plate, serve the dressings on the table in bowl, because some may like less and some may like more of the dressings. See recipes and links for Herb and Garlic dressing and Feta dressing!

“But usually you would pour the herb and garlic dressing over your toss salad, then top with a scoop of the feta dressing and enjoy.”

Herb and Garlic Dressing & Feta and Dill Dressing: 

Recipe:

¼ cup balsamic vinegar                                    ¼ cup olive oil

1 tsp fresh or ground ginger                               3 cloves chopped garlic

½ cup maple syrup                                             6 tsp soy sauce

½ Tsp Dill                                                            4 Pinches Pepper

Method: 

In a large bowl add all your ingredients together and toss with a whisk, you can add more or less of each ingredient to your taste. 

This will make 1 cup of herb and garlic dressing and will keep in your fridge for up to a week. 

Feta and Dill Dressing:

Recipe:

¼ cup plain greek yogurt                          2 Cloves pressed Garlic

½ cup feta cheese                                   1 Tbsp Olive Oil

1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice                         1 Tbsp liquid Honey

Pinch Pepper                                           2 Tsp Dill

Method:

In Large bowl add yogurt, pressed garlic, feta cheese and fresh lemon juice, Mix together with a wooden spoon then add honey, pepper and dill. 

Slowly pour in your olive oil until all ingredients have mixed together.

Make ½ cup of feta and dill dressing, you can add more of each individual ingredient for your taste.

Bonita’s Tips: Using fresh herbs and garlic will enhance the taste more. 

Dollar Fry’s:

2 White potatoes

Peel, clean and cut potatoes in slices and leave the skins on or off the potatoes, dry well and pan fry or deep fry until golden brown. After fried toss a pinch of sea salt over top then serve with maple syrup pan fried salmon and toss salad. 

TOSS SALAD: