Good Food Recipe #2 - Strawberry Balsamic Salmon

A perfect summer dish. I whipped this up in less than 20 minutes with only a handful of solid ingredients. Was an exceptionally tasty blend of flavors with lush, ripe strawberries complimenting the salted pepper taste of oven roasted salmon, and a nice crunchy texture added from sweet onions and crushed walnuts. 

Here is what you'll need:

6 oz wild caught sockeye salmon filet

Two handfuls of roughly chopped baby spinach

1/2 a sweet onion, diced

2 TBSP roughly chopped walnuts or pecans

1 cup of fresh strawberries, sliced

1/4 cup of balsamic vinegar

Sea salt and fresh black pepper to taste

Step 1: Gather all the materials, set the oven to 350*.

Step 2: Salt and pepper the salmon filet on a oven pan, skin side down

Step 3: Slice a few strawberries and place them on top of the salmon filet, then drizzle a few tbsp of balsamic vinegar over the whole piece

Step 4: Place the salmon to roast in the oven for 10 minutes, while preparing the salad and dressing

Step 5: Bring a few tbsp of water to boil in a small sauce pan, then add the balsamic vinegar, 1 TSP of dijon mustard, a pinch of salt and 1/2 cup of the roughly chopped strawberries. You can also add honey or maple syrup for a bit more sweetness, although I omitted this. The strawberries and balsamic vinegar are plenty sweet for me. 

Step 6: Allow the balsamic strawberry sauce to boil while stirring often, it should thicken a bit. Once the salmon is done, remove pan from oven, and saucepan from heat. Allow to cool. 

Step 7: Throw roughly chopped baby spinach, diced sweet onion and nuts into a bowl, place salmon filet on top. Garnish with extra strawberry slices and drizzle strawberry balsamic reduction over top as dressing.

Step 8: ENJOY! 

Step 9: Eat ice cream if it is a cheat day