Simple Salmon with Herb Sauce

PREP 10 MIN COOK  30 MIN

 Who said weeknight dinners have to be boring? Simple Salmon – cook the rice while your salmon roasts, whip up the herb sauce, and voila, dinner is served in just 30 minutes. This serves 1 – just multiply for people

Ingredients

1⁄4 cup (50g) brown rice rinsed

1⁄2 cup (125ml) water 

1⁄4 tsp salt 

120g salmon fillets 

salt & pepper, to taste

1⁄4 lemon cut in wedges

Herb Sauce

1⁄8 bunch of fresh continental parsley (150g bunch) finely chopped

1⁄2 garlic clove grated into a fine paste

1⁄4 lemon juiced

Salad

1 cup (30g) mixed salad leaves 

25g cherry tomatoes halved

1⁄2 tsp balsamic vinegar

 Method

Preheat oven to 200°C and line a baking tray with baking paper.

Place rice, water and salt in a saucepan and simmer, covered for 30 minutes. Remove from heat and stand for 5 minutes before fluffing with a fork.

Place salmon on tray, season well with salt and pepper and roast for 13-15 minutes or until salmon is cooked to your liking.

While salmon roasts, combine sauce ingredients in a small bowl and season to taste.

Toss salad ingredients together in a bowl.

Divide rice and salmon between plates. Drizzle sauce over salmon, serve with salad and a wedge of lemon. 

Nutrition

Energy (kJ) - 1914 kJ / 457 cals

Protein - 31 g

Fat - 17.6 g

Sat. Fat - 3.6 g

Carbs - 41.1 g

Sugar - 1.8 g

Fibre - 3.2 g