Saturdays are for Relaxing 

Happy Saturday! You survived another week of work, school, or if you’re lucky, retirement. Saturdays are going to be laid back covering more enjoyable topics. Skills like cooking, sports, meditation, and other hobbies are going to be saved for this day. It’s the weekend, you deserve some relaxation in your life.

My Favorite Salmon Recipe: How To

Calories: 500-600 per meal
Start to finish time: 35 minutes
Cost per meal: $2.80
Ingredients:

• 4-6 oz Non-Frozen Salmon Fillets; try for skinless fillets

• Dijon Mustard

• Old Bay Seasoning

• ½ cup Rice; I used brown basmati rice for this recipe

• ½ cup mixed vegetables

• Salt, pepper, olive oil (optional)

• Start Cooking the Rice (using an Instant Pot): Brown Basmati Rice

  

  Image 2: The brown basmati rice I used for this recipe.

  1. Put the rice and water into the Instant Pot. For this rice type, I use 1 ¼ cup water for every cup of rice.

  2. Set the Instant Pot to “pressure cook” on “High” for 20 minutes. Every rice type is going to have different timing. Begin cooking.

  3. Go to the next section to begin the Salmon Prep

  4. After the rice is cooked for 20 minutes, let the Instant Pot sit on warm for 10 minutes.

  5. After 10 minutes, release the excess pressure.

  6. Remove the lid, use a fork or spatula to fluff the rice, then transfer to plate or container. Don’t forget to season the rice how you like.

     Using an Instant Pot is what I prefer, but you may not have one. If so, you can cook rice on a stove top, here are some instructions for that: How to Cook Perfect Rice: A Step-by-Step Guide | Food Network
     

• Prepping the Salmon while the Rice Cooks

  1. Preheat the oven to bake at 350 degrees

  2. Set non-frozen salmon fillets on cooking tray

  3. Lightly coat fillets with Dijon mustard. I use a food brush to coat the fillets

  4. Sprinkle salmon with old bay seasoning so they are lightly, but fully, coated with old bay.

     

     Image 3: Salmon fillets after coating with dijon mustard as the base and old bay on top

  5. Cook fillets in oven for 10-12 minutes.

• Cook Veggies of Choice While Salmon and Rice Cook

  1. I use frozen mixed vegetables from my grocery story. They are pre-cooked and just need to be thawed.

  2. Put the frozen mixed vegetables in a fry pan with a bit of oil, salt and pepper to your liking.

     

  3. Cook the veggies until they are thawed and warm enough to eat.

• Putting it All Together

  1. I usually meal prep this meal because it’s easy to reheat and doesn’t get gross sitting in the fridge after a day or two.

  2. I prefer glass meal-prep containers I found from target. Glass containers are better to reheat in the microwave (make sure they are microwave safe). These are the containers I use: Pyrex 10pc Glass Meal Prep Set : Target

• Enjoy!

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