Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Tokyo, anyone?

How incredible would it be to ride to the top of this tower?
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Who's with me? 
xoxo

Salmon with Lemon, Capers, and Rosemary

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Hello all and Happy Wednesday! I hope you all are having a wonderful start to your spring!

It's been a very warm week here in my neck of the woods, and to celebrate the warm weather, my friend and I decided to grill! She has the perfect back patio and a gas grill, so all I needed to do was choose a recipe, run it by her, and pick up the ingredients. Super easy!

I've made this recipe from Giada a few times before, especially during the summer when it's warm outside and you don't want to spend more than 5-10 minutes making a delicious dinner. This recipe is SO quick and easy and it will leave you plenty of time to lounge on your beautiful back patio, while sipping your beverage of choice. Doesn't that sound like a fantastic evening?
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Salmon with Lemon, Capers, and Rosemary
adapted from a recipe by Giada De Laurentiis

Ingredients:
2 salmon fillets (I used frozen and then thawed them for a few hours)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 teaspoons minced fresh rosemary leaves
4 lemon slices
2 tablespoons lemon juice (about half a lemon)
1/4 cup Marsala wine (or white wine)
2 teaspoons capers
2 pieces of aluminum foil

Directions:
Brush top and bottom of salmon fillets with olive oil. Season salmon with salt, pepper and rosemary. Place each fillet of seasoned salmon on a piece of aluminum foil large enough to fold over and seal. Top each fillet with 2 lemon slices, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, 2 tablespoons of wine, and 1 teaspoon of capers. Wrap salmon up tightly into foil packets.

Place the foil packets on a medium hot grill and cook for 10-15 minutes (we cooked ours for 15 minutes). Remove from foil packets and serve.

We served our salmon with roasted asparagus and cherry tomatoes...yum!
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Just toss asparagus and cherry tomatoes in a little bit of extra-virgin olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt and pepper. Place cherry tomatoes on skewers and then onto hot grill. Place asparagus spears directly onto hot grill. Roast for 10 minutes. Serve and enjoy! :-) xoxo