Quick Honey Mustard Salmon with Power Grains and Broccoli

Quick Honey Mustard Salmon with Power Grains and Broccoli

I love this girls Instagram, she has super easy meals that just are low calorie and high protein. This dinner took like 15 minutes! Everyone liked it so I'll definitely make it again. I had never thought of just shaking seasoning in the broccoli bag before.

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Lemon Salmon Pasta with Asparagus and Garlicky Green Beans

 

Lemon Salmon Pasta with Asparagus and Garlicky Green Beans

This pasta was a mixture of these two recipes:

Canned Salmon Pasta by Salt & Lavender

Creamy Salmon & Asparagus Pasta by Salt & Lavender

  I followed the canned salmon pasta recipe, but Walmart was out of fresh parsley, so I used a squirt of the refrigerated tube basil for the freshness. I also added some dried dill because I was worried it would be missing out on flavor. Oh and I also used angel hair pasta instead of spaghetti, I felt it would be a better texture.

  I also wanted to stretch it some so I added a half bunch of chopped asparagus, 1/4 cup of heavy cream and a handful of shredded parm like the 2nd recipe. Next time I would double the 1st recipe because even with the additions, 4 oz of pasta isn't enough for 3 of us. 

  I normally buy steam in the bag green beans, but Walmart was out and replaced it with a giant bag of fresh green beans. So I steamed/boiled/skillet? Cooked the green beans in about a cup of chicken broth, 3 tbs butter, salt/pepper/garlic/dill/tube parsley for about 10 minutes. It was a bit too long so they got a little mushy, but the flavor was super good. After they cooked I tossed them in some leftover lemon zest and the other half of the lemon, squeezed. 

  My teenager also got some garlic toast because teenager. I LOVE this. The freshness of the herbs and salmon with the lemon, and the creaminess of the cheese and heavy cream. Perfection. Plus it's super quick!

Salmon + Clean Out The Fridge

Salmon + Clean Out The Fridge

My husband got a new smoker, so he smoked up some amazing salmon. I don't know the exact recipe but I know he marinates it in butter, garlic, ginger, lemon, orange....and maybe that's it. It's amazing and it's one of my fav meals. We had a bag of steamable refrigerated green beans we had to use up, and some breadsticks (plus the marinara dipping sauce) left over from the night before. My 16 year old also got an Annie's Mac & Cheese cup because he's always hungry. 

For the green beans I just steamed according to the package directions, then tossed in a little bit of butter, garlic, salt, pepper and parm.

 

Sheet Pan Pesto Salmon with Potatoes & Broccoli

 

Sheet Pan Pesto Salmon with Potatoes & Broccoli

This was kinda planned and kind of a mish mash of what we had. I knew I wanted to make pesto salmon & potatoes, and I had planned to use up a bag of green beans I had. But I remembered I had like half a bag of broccoli to use, so I used that up instead of the green beans before it went bad. Everything is really good, it's a super quick meal and some variation of it is always part of our rotation. My sons plate also had garlic bread because he's a bottomless pit!  Pesto always reminds me of my grandma since she'd make homemade pesto all the time. Her version was waaaay less oily though, it was so much better!

I basically used this recipe for the salmon and potatoes. For the broccoli I just quickly tossed it with EVOO, salt/pepper/garlic since it was last minute.

Click here for the salmon & potato recipe from How Sweet Eats

Chili Crisp Salmon with Garlic Butter Green Beans and Mashed Potatoes

 

Chili Crisp Salmon with Garlic Butter Green Beans and Mashed Potatoes

         Super delicious, easy and quick. Definitely rotation worthy. The green beans were a frozen kind that already had a garlic butter sauce that you just heat on the skillet. The mashed potatoes were instant, we like instant mashed potatoes :)

               Click here for the Chili Crisp Salmon recipe by Little Spice Jar

Blackened Salmon with Blueberry Lemon Poppyseed Broccoli Salad and Mashed Potatoes

 

Blackened Salmon with Blueberry Lemon Poppyseed Broccoli Salad and Mashed Potatoes

   The salmon was just already seasoned frozen fillets from Walmart, but I didn't realize when I ordered it online for grocery pickup that it was only 2 fillets. They are delicious though! I air fried them from frozen for the first time ever, it took waaay longer then all the instructions online said so the edges were a little over cooked but other then that it was perfect.

Click here for the Blueberry Lemon Poppyseed Broccoli Salad recipe by MakeTheBestofEverything

   The broccoli salad is so light and fresh! It also has protein from the greek yogurt in the sauce. I didn't have any type of seeds or nuts to add to it (and my son is allergic to most nuts), but I did have strawberries so I threw those in. I added extra lemon over top and lemon zest since it was a little bland because I made it right before I served it. I bet it will be amazing tomorrow. 

   The mashed potatoes were just packet mashed potatoes like always lol. 

Air Fryer Salmon Patties with Garlic Butter Parm Veggies and Mashed Potatoes

 

Air Fryer Salmon Patties with Garlic Butter Parm Veggies and Mashed Potatoes

   Pantry staple dinner #2. I'm trying to use up what we have since I have a lot of random stuff just in the pantry. This was excellent, and I even forgot to add the dijon to the salmon patties. I topped it with tarter sauce, and the mashed potatoes were instant so this was a super quick dinner. I did add some dried chives to the mashed potatoes because why not. I love keeping canned salmon/tuna in the pantry because everyone loves the patties and they are quick to make!

  I had a pack of frozen mixed veggies in the freezer for who knows how long, and I was just going to microwave them and toss them with butter and parm. But I found this recipe that warms them up with chicken stock then you make a garlic butter sauce in the saucepan and add a little parm. It's so good! All that butter and parm probably negates the goodness of the veggies, but oh well. 

Click here for the Air Fryer Salmon Patties recipe by Dash for Dinner

Click here for the yummy doctored up frozen veggie recipe by Yellow Bliss Road

Smoked Salmon Chowder with Homemade Garlic Bread

 

Smoked Salmon Chowder with Homemade Garlic Bread

  This was AMAZING. We loved it so much, I'll definitely be making it again. I just wish it had a bit more salmon flavor, it was pretty light. But I spent $12 on 8oz of smoked salmon so that's expensive enough. But it did last us for two dinners for 3 of us, and two lunches for me. 

Click here for the recipe for Smoke Salmon Chowder by House of Nash Eats

  I made some garlic bread in the bread machine, but it took 2 tries lol. I should of checked how it looked but I didn't, so it's my fault. The first loaf did not have enough water so it was a mess. The second loaf was perfect. I don't know how to make the loaf a uniform color all over, but it tasted great.

Click here for the bread machine garlic bread recipe by Tasty Oven

The loaf that needed more water

Low Carb Orange Ginger Salmon Fried Rice Bowls

Low Carb Orange Ginger Salmon Fried Rice Bowls

  I marinated some salmon in G Hughes Sugar Free Orange Ginger marinade with some garlic and soy sauce. I air fried the salmon at 400 for about 10 minutes. Then I made a spam fried rice recipe that we love, but without the spam and with cauliflower rice instead. I reduced the rest of the marinade down to a sauce and topped with sriracha! 

  Click here for the Spam Fried Rice recipe by FoodologyGeek

Baked Salmon, "Alfredo" Green Beans and Garlic Parm Air Fried Radishes

 

Baked Salmon, "Alfredo" Green Beans and Garlic Parm Air Fried Radishes

This dinner was delicious. The only thing I did differently was for the salmon I used Blackened Old Bay Seasoning with the seasonings listed in the recipe. I'll definitely be making this again. 

Recipe Links:

Best Damn Oven Baked Salmon

Keto Green Beans with Cream Cheese

Garlic Parmesan Air Fryer Roasted Radishes

Garlic Butter Salmon, Smoky Sweet Potatoes and Broccoli & Cheese

 

  Easy cheap dinner!

  I basically used this Garlic Butter Salmon recipe by RecipetinEats It's delicious, because who doesn't love garlic, butter, and salmon right?

  I also air fried some sweet potatoes using Budget Bytes Smoky Roasted Sweet Potatoes for like 18 minutes at 400. 

  Lastly, I made broccoli cheese. It's just some frozen broccoli with some salsa con queso lol. Easy but broccoli cheese is the best!

Sesame Glazed Salmon and Green Beans with Air Fried Potatoes

 

  Recipe from Budget Bytes, click here 

  I like to keep frozen salmon on hand because it defrosts quickly and we all love it. I used this Sesame Glazed Salmon and Green Beans recipe from Budget Bytes, and it was delicious. The only thing I did differently was I doubled the sauce, because I tossed in some cauliflower rice with the green beans. 

  I air fried some potatoes with cooking spray and Kinder's Blackened Seasoning because I accidentally bought 10 pounds of potatoes, so we'll be having potatoes daily here for a couple of weeks lol.

 

Kale and Salmon Caesar Salad

 

  I am obsessed with this Kale and Salmon Caesar Salad from Budget Bytes. I love salmon, but we hardly make it because it's so expensive. So this was my first time trying canned salmon and it's perfect in salads and since then I've used it to make salmon cakes. I found a few different healthy caesar dressing recipe I wanted to try out but I couldn't find anchovy paste! So I just bought a bottle from the refrigerated section and it was still good. My family loved it and I'll probably be making it again this week, maybe with a brown rice or higher protein pasta.

  - 3 Minute Skinny Caesar Dressing by Laughing Spatula
  - Caesar Dressing Recipe by Simple Healthy Kitchen

Sweet Potato Salmon Cakes and Mashed Instant Pot Potatoes with Cauliflower

 

  This was a really delicious veggie filled dinner! I don't know how many points it is, right now I'm focusing on veggie loading dinners without counting points to see how that goes.

  I used this 15 Minute Sweet Potato Salmon Cakes recipe from Ambitious Kitchen. Mine came out a little crumbly, I don't know if I over mixed it or maybe my sweet potato was huge....so I added another egg and then more panko and it was fine. We dipped it in srirancha which is just ranch and sriracha mixed together. My husband dipped his in tarter sauce since he loves it and we don't get to use it enough. I will definitely be making this again! It's very budget friendly, a can of salmon is under $4 and sweet potatoes are about .70 cents right now. 

  For the side I made Mashed Instant Pot Potatoes with Cauliflower by The Natural Nurturer. They weren't my favorite, but they weren't bad or anything...I just need to mess with the recipe I think. It was very heavy on the cauliflower flavor, but I didn't weigh my potatoes, I just used the last few up that I had so maybe it wasn't enough. I did add garlic/salt/pepper but next time I might add some rosemary or dill and more sour cream so it would be creamier. I liked how fast, easy and veggie filled it is! Even though cauliflower is about $3 a head, with the potatoes it makes a lot.....enough for at least 2 meals for all 3 of us. So it's also a budget friendly recipe.