Easy Baked Salmon

This is a simple way to prepare salmon, a fish that has those great oils that your body needs! Do not eat the salmon skin, as that is where toxins tend to collect. I've heard that the wild salmon is best, as opposed to the farm raised and this is because the farm-raised salmon aren't always fed the best food and often dyes are added to the salmon food to make the fish appear more pink.

• ½ pound salmon per person, cut into fillets

• Rub salmon with small amount of sesame oil

• Pour ***gamosio (sesame seeds and salt) on each piece of fish until it makes a kind of crust

• Bake at 375 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes and serve!
   

***Gomasio -Eden is the company that I like to use, but there are other companies that make gomasio too. This product is a great substitute for salt and sesame seeds are loaded with calcium!

Tomato Basil Quinoa

Quinoa is a "seed grain" that is rich in B vitamins and fiber. I make this dish in a rice cooker, but the grain can also be cooked in a pot on the stovetop. The nice thing about a rice cooker when you are a busy mom is that you can forget about having to time your cooking and if you get busy with the baby, the cooker shuts itself off and keeps the grain warm. It's a really great piece of kitchen equipment for making whole grain cereals in the morning!

• 1 ½ cups Quinoa

• 3 ½ cups water

• ½ cup chopped celery

• ½ cup chopped pecans

• ¼ cup finely chopped scallions

• ½ cup finely chopped sun-dried tomatoes*

• ½ cup finely chopped fresh basil

• 2 tablespoons sesame oil

• 1 tablespoon olive oil

• Juice of ½ of a lemon

Chop by hand or in the Cuisinart the celery, pecans, scallion, sun-dried tomatoes and basil. Place in large mixing bowl. Cook the Quinoa in water (rice cooker will time this until done). If you need to cook the Quinoa on a stove top, bring Quinoa to a boil, then turn on lowest heat and simmer for approximately 30 minutes or until all of the water is absorbed and the grain looks fluffy.

Add cooked Quinoa to the bowl of chopped veggies. Add the sesame and olive oil and mix well. Add lemon juice. This may be served warm, or cold like a salad.
 

*You can buy these in oil, ready to use, or you can buy them dried and prepare them according to directions before adding them to the recipe