Menu Mondays - Salmon + Asian = Yum!

My husband didn't really eat fish until he met me, although if you ask him he'll say he did.  His definition of seafood was popcorn shrimp and fish and chips.  So I guess I've taken it upon myself to introduce him to as much seafood as possible, but that is easier said than done.  Hubby does love salmon so this next recipe was a no brainer to try!

Weight Watchers puts out a magazine every year that you can find at your local grocery store, called 5 Ingredients 15 Minute Recipes.  It's fantastic, because the recipes are easy, quick and lots of time you already have everything you need in your cabinets.  This recipe was actually from the 2007 magazine, but our side of green beans was from this year's.  All we had to buy was the salmon and hoison sauce for this recipe. We had ginger left over from the Apricot Pork Chop recipe I posted a couple of weeks ago and everything else in the recipe is pretty much a staple item.  When we went to the store, we went ahead and bought the frozen salmon rather than fresh because we weren't sure which day we were going to make it and we also saved about $12 by doing that!  As usual we wanted enough for leftovers and if we had bought the fresh fillets it would have been about $6 a fillet, so $24.  Instead, we spent about $11 on the frozen package which was exactly the size we needed.

Below is the recipe for both the salmon and green beans.  We LOVED both of them and they were so so easy it was crazy.  If you are a full time worker, this is the perfect recipe because the prep time for both is only about 10 minutes, cook time is short as well and you are ready to eat with in 30 minutes of walking in the door! 

All the ingredients for both the salmon and green bean recipes! I bet you already have most of these in  your house!

 

Hoisin and Ginger-Glazed Salmon

Ingredients:

1 tsp grated peeled fresh ginger

2 Tbls hoisin sauce

1 Tbls honey

4 (6-oz) salmon fillets

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp black pepper

Cooking spray

 

Directions:

Preheat broiler.  Combine first 3 ingredients in a small bowl.  Sprinkle fish evenly with salt and pepper.  Place fish, skin side down, on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.  Brush with hoisin mixture.  Broil 8-10 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork.

*My parents made this dish this weekend and grilled their fish...they said it turned out great that way too if you would prefer to grill! 

 

 The finished product.  Pictures can't do it justice, it was so yummy!

Ginger-Roasted Green Beans

Ingredients:

1 (12 oz) package pretrimmed green beans

2 tsp olive oil

2 tsp grated peeled fresh ginger

1/8 tsp salt

Directions:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.  Combine green beans, olive oil, ginger, and salt on a rimmed baking sheet; toss well.  Spread beans in a single layer.  Bake at 450 for 10 minutes or until crisp-tender.

Told you they were both very easy!  So let me know how your salmon turns out...we will be having our leftovers for dinner this week I'm sure!