Recipe 10

I really think that I must need my Omega 3's because the last time I went to Costco I just had to buy some salmon! Unfortunately that night when it was time to cook I realized that not having it on my list meant that I did not buy the ingredients for any specific recipe and when nothing online inspired me I ended looking through my pantry and making my own glaze. It was too cold and snowy to fire up the grill so I seasoned the filet with salt and pepper then pan fried it in a little olive oil. I made sure that the salmon had some time to come down to room temperature before cooking it this time and noticed that it helped to cook it more evenly, will be doing that from now on. For my glaze, not anything too terribly crazy but we enjoyed the end result. I zested and juiced an orange, mixed that with 3 cloves of crushed minced garlic, a generous tablespoon of honey and some dried dill weed. Once one side of the salmon had seared I turned it over and began glazing generously with the orange mixture, turned it again and glazed again. It is really bad to overcook salmon so this all happened pretty quickly, I poured the rest of the orange mixture into the pan, let it caramelize a bit and then removed it from the pan. Served it with steamed broccoli and couscous. I will be making this again :)

It has been sooo long since I have posted a recipe that I wanted to share this one. I knew that my schedule would no longer be my own once becoming a mommy but dinner seems to be the thing suffering the most. The other night I had Spicy Orange Beef Stir Fry on the menu and we ended up eating tuna mac :) It happens a little more often than I want it to but it is just a part of life right now and as much as I love to cook, I would not trade it for anything!! It feels really good when I can accomplish a whole meal these days but taking care of Maddie Mae is an amazing privilege, definitely worth a few nights of tuna mac!