Smoked Salmon Baked Eggs

The other day I was weirdly craving eggs and, to no surprise, salmon. I wanted to make the eggs a bit healthier (since I'm in a diet and all), so I baked them in small ramekins. They were so yummy and decadent with the smoked salmon and made for a delicious dinner. They would  be perfect to make for brunch or even breakfast in bed! Did I mention they look really pretty?

Smoked Salmon Baked Eggs
Serves: 1


Ingredients:
2 large eggs
Smoked salmon (a few slices)
1 tblsp heavy cream
1 tsp capers
1 tsp chopped chives
butter
Salt & Pepper
Bread, to serve

1. Preheat oven to 350 F
2. Separate egg yolks from egg whites and set aside.
3. Mix the egg whites with heavy cream
4. Lightly butter the ramekin, sprinkle a little but of salt at the bottom and edges and then add a small slice of smoked salmon
5. Pour the egg white mixture on top of salmon
6. Pour egg yolks on top of the egg whites, making sure not break them
7. Bake for 20 minutes
8. Top with more smoked salmon, capers, and fresh chives
9. Serve with warm bread and enjoy!

Salmon with Dill Cream and Sauteed Spinach

....And the salmon obsession continues. I'm sorry for posting so many salmon recipes...but my taste buds just can't help it. They need salmon......and salmon needs them....................................................................................................

Umm...Just try this recipe. It's yummy!

Salmon with Dill Cream and Sauteed Spinach
Serves: 1


Ingredients:
1 salmon fillet
1/4 cup light sour cream
a few sprigs fresh dill, roughly chopped
1/2 fresh squeezed lemon juice
2 garlic cloves, sliced
4-5 cups spinach (or as much as you want)
Olive oil
Salt & Pepper


1. Heat olive oil in saute pan on medium heat; Season the salmon with salt and pepper

2. Cook the salmon, skin side down for 5 minutes
3. While the salmon is cooking, combine the sour cream, dill, lemon juice, salt, & pepper. Add as much dill as you like!
4. Flip salmon and cook on the other side for 4-5 minutes.
5. Heat 1 tblsp olive oil in another saute pan over medium heat and add the sliced garlic.

6. After garlic is heated, add a small amount of spinach, gradually adding more as the spinach welts. Add salt and pepper and cook until all of the spinach is welted.

7.Pour dill sauce over the salmon and serve with spinach.
8. Enjoy!

Raspberry Glazed Salmon with Cucumber Salad

I've recently been on a salmon kick. I eat, sleep, and dream salmon. I can't get it out of my mind. Creepy, no? It's become one of my favorite foods to eat as well as cook. Salmon is so super easy to cook and it tastes good served with almost anything. Since I am also on a health kick right now, I made this super healthy super easy recipe and it turned out perfect! I think it might be one of my favorite meals to date. It's also fairly easy on the wallet and requires very few ingredients that you probably already have stored somewhere in the back of your fridge. Anyway, enough teasing.

Raspberry Glazed Salmon with Cucumber Salad

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

1 pound of salmon (or two large fillets cut in half)

1 cup raspberry jam

1/2 cup balsamic vinegar

2 tblsp extra virgin olive oil

2 tblsp Dijon mustard

salt & pepper

For the cucumber salad:

Four small sized cucumbers,diced

1 large tomato,diced

A few springs of basil, chopped

1 tblsp extra virgin olive oil

3/4 cup balsamic vinegar

salt & pepper

Directions:

1. Season the salmon fillets with salt and pepper

2. Combine the raspberry jam, olive oil, balsamic vinegar and dijon mustard in a shallow dish or plastic bag and let salmon marinate for an hour.

3. Meanwhile, make the cucumber salad by combining all of the ingredients in a large bowl and mix. Add as much balsamic vinegar as you feel is necessary! I believe you can never have too much.
4. Once the salmon is marinated, grill or pan fry for about 3 minutes on each side, leaving the skin on.
5. Once it's cooked, spread some more of the marinade over the top and broil in the oven on high for 1-2 minutes until it because sticky and yummy!
6. Serve and enjoy!

A day in St. Augustine

The other day we went to visit my little brother who lives in St. Augustine. He loves to cook and is pretty good at it for a nineteen year old college student with no money. He gets all of his produce, cheeses and dairy from local markets, his bread from a local bakery, and all of his spices and teas from a spice shop. I love that he spends his money on good quality, organic food and chooses to cook himself meals rather than go out to eat every night or use the microwave for every meal.

He works at a really cool place called "The Hyppo", which sells gourmet popsicles! Sounds weird but they have some really unique and crazy flavors. I've tried the cilantro and pineapple(which is amazing) but my favorite at the moment is the coconut coconut.

After a popsicle orgasm, we went to my brothers pad and cooked up dinner (dessert before dinner? oh, yes)

 Sweet potatoes baked in coconut oil with cinnamon-sugar butter poured over top

Vegetable Curry with potatoes and carrots (drizzle some honey over top...MMMM)

Salmon with lemon and basil over dill rice

Even though the dishes seem a bit random together, the whole combination was perfect. We ate it with bread, cheeses, and honey (as usual), and red wine.

The next morning we went to a bagel shop down the road called "Schmagels". I had a blueberry bagel with honey-almond cream cheese. That hit the spot.

Sina and Peter at breakfast

I am thinking homemade bagels is next on the agenda!

Now off to Ikea for the crayfish party we bought tickets for the other day:) Hope everyone has a lovely day!