Easy Foiled Salmon and Simple Risotto

The salmon hardly even needs a recipe because the prep time is about 5 minutes and it’s about as easy as it gets. The salmon also requires no dishes so it’s immediately my favorite meal to make. I got this idea by ust doing a google search on what I thought people might bake with salmon (onions, lemon juice, thyme?) and ran with that.

Easy Salmon
2 good quality salmon filets (ok, mine were not from a fish market, but they looked good)
1 onion
1 lemon
Salt & Pepper
Fresh Thyme
2 tbsp Olive Oil (appr)

– Prehead oven to 350 degrees
– Salt and pepper the filets and coat with olive oil
– Place each piece of fish on a large enough piece of aluminum foil to create a little sealable pouch
– Place chopped onions and thin lemon slices on top of each filet
– Squeeze the juice from the lemon on the salmon and sprinkle with thyme
– Seal the aluminum foil pouches and place on oven rack for approximately 30 minutes

Side of Simple Risotto
3 tbsp Olive Oil
1 cup finely chopped onion
2 cloves of garlic
1 cup arborio rice
1/2 cup white wine
4 cups canned chicken stock
Parmesan cheese
Salt and Pepper
1 pat of butter

– In a large saucepan heat oil over medium heat
– Add onion and cook until tender
– Stir in garlic and cook until aroma is released
– Add rice and cook for 1 minute
– Add wine and stir until all the liquid is absorbed
– Stirring continuously add in 1/2 cup stock at a time. Do not add next 1/2 cup until the previous one has been absorbed.
– Stir in the pat of butter and season with salt and pepper.
– Stir in grated Parmesan cheese

Linda’s Notes:
– The salmon is pretty straight forward, but you could change things up by using rosemary instead of thyme
– To make it a little less healthy you could also stick a piece of bacon in with salmon.
– This is the most basic risotto recipe (because I’ve never made it before!), but you can easily change it up by adding vegetables in the last stage or using different kinds of stock or wine.