Sheet-pan salmon is delicious and healthful
New year, new you. Right?
So let’s get right down to it: If healthful eating is complicated and timeconsuming, we will lose interest before Valentine’s Day has arrived. That’s why sheet-pan salmon suppers are so terrific — they take minutes to make, and yet the healthful fats in salmon are filling. This recipe features salmon alongside super-quick-cooking asparagus, which tastes sweet and less grassy when roasted. This incredibly simple recipe will start off the 2017 menu rotation right.
Sheet-pan suppers are perfectly quick for weeknight eating and versatile enough that you can swap out ingredients to match your tastes and your fridge. Don’t have salmon? Use sea bass or cod; no problem. Just pay attention to the cook times, particularly as you swap out veggies — you may need to pre-cook hardier vegetables such as broccoli or cauliflower. (Tip: You can do a quick microwave steam to par-cook slower-cooking ingredients such as potatoes before placing them on the sheet pan.) You can even use frozen fish fillets for this recipe if you add a little cooking time (use an instant meat thermometer to check for doneness).
Since my daughter is gluten-sensitive, I use almond flour for a bit of breadless breaded texture on top of the salmon, but feel free to use crunchy panko bread crumbs if you prefer. Herbes de Provence is my go-to dried-herb blend, and it can be found now in most well-stocked grocery stores and is a worthy little splurge. Otherwise, use a mix of dried oregano, marjoram and thyme, and the results will still be delicious.
A final weeknight strategy: You can prep this whole dinner ahead of time on your sheet tray and stick it in the fridge. Then, when you get home, pop the whole thing into the oven for a dinner that is even faster than microwaving a frozen lasagna. You’ll save both time and calories, and who couldn’t use that in 2017?