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Roast Salmon and Peppers With Caper Vinaigrette

Serves 4 Hands-On Time: 10m Total Time: 25m
Ingredients:

• 1 cup long-grain white rice
• 2 small red bell peppers, quartered
• 1 fennel bulb, thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• salt and black pepper
• 1 piece skinless salmon fillet (1 1/4 pounds)
• 1/4 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped
• tablespoon capers, chopped
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

How to:

• Heat oven to 400° F. Cook the rice according to the package directions.
• Meanwhile, in a large roasting pan, toss the bell peppers, fennel, 1 tablespoon of the oil, ½ tea-spoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Roast for 5 minutes.
• Season the salmon with ¼ teaspoon salt and 1?8 teaspoon pepper and nestle it among the vegetables.
• Roast until the salmon is opaque throughout and the vegetables are just tender, 14 to 16 minutes.
• In a small bowl, combine the parsley, capers, vinegar, and the remaining tablespoon of oil. Drizzle over the salmon and rice.

Photograph by: Marcus Nilsson

By Sara Quessenberry,  September 2009, REal Simple.com

Pineapple, nectarine, strawberry and banana smoothie

Ingredients:

• Quarter fresh pineapple
• 1 Nectarine
• 4 small Strawberries
• 2 bananas
• 1 fruit or vanilla yogurt
• 4 ice blocks

How to:

• Remove all unwanted skins
• Chop fruit into bite size pieces
• Blend till smooth

Serves 2 to 3

Delicious Healthy Summer Smoothies

Strawberry and Bannana Smoothie

Ingredients:

• 2 Small bananas
• 4 Strawberries
• 1 Vanilla yogurt
• 4 Ice blocks

How to:

• Chop up fruit, removing all pips and inedible outer skins
• Blend till smooth in texture

Serves two

Cooking Time:
Prep: 5-10 minutes, Cook: 2-3 minutes

Asparagus and tomato salad

Ingredients:

• 1 cup cooked, chopped asparagus
• 1 red ripe tomato, cut into wedges
• 1/2 cup fat free Italian dressing
• 10 jumbo black olives
• 2 oz mozzarella cheese, part skim milk, cut into cubes

How to:

• Cook the asparagus to desired tenderness.
• After asparagus is cooked take all ingredients and put together and mix.
• Chill and serve

Cooking Time:
Prep: 10 minutes, Cook: 10 minutes
Ingredients:

• 12 oz. Sole fillets
• Paprika
• White pepper
• Sea salt (table salt is fine)
• ¼ cup butter, softened
• 1 ½ tbsp Chardonnay (or any white wine)
• ? tsp Garlic, minced

How to:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and lightly oil a baking pan.
• Add the fillets and lightly season with paprika, white pepper, and sea salt.
• Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat.
• When hot, add the minced garlic and saute until the garlic is lightly browned
• Add the Chardonnay to the pan slowly and reduce heat enough to lightly simmer.
• Bake the sole fillets until the sole is just beginning to flake (about 4-6 minutes).
• Spoon the sauce over the warm fish and serve immediately.

White wine and a touch of garlic accent the delicate taste of sole.

Baked sole with Chardonnay and garlic butter

Recipe from: http://www.professionalrecipes.com/recipes/seafood/baked-sole-wine-garlic-butter.html

Cooking Time:
Prep: 20 minutes, Cook: 12 minutes

Ingredients:

• 3 tbsp Olive oil
• 1 pound Shrimp, large, peeled and deveined
• 2 tsp garlic, minced
• 3 tbsp Basil, fresh, chopped
• 3 tbsp Butter
• 1 pound Linguine (preferably fresh)
• Grated Asiago cheese (as desired)

How to:

• Set a pot to boil for the linguine, adding 1 tbsp of the olive oil and a few dashes of salt to the water.
• Cook the linguine for 7-8 minutes (al dente), stirring every minute.
• While the linguine is cooking, heat a large skillet with remaining olive oil.
• When hot, add the shrimp to the skillet, sauteeing until the shrimp turns pink, about 3-4 minutes.
• Add the garlic and the basil to the saute and cook an additional 2-3 minutes.
• Add the butter, and then toss in the pasta, making sure to coat the pasta with the sauce. Remove from heat.
• Serve immediately and garnish with the Asiago cheese as desired!

Shrimp Linguine with Basil Garlic Butter

Recipe from: http://www.professionalrecipes.com/recipes/pasta/shrimp_linguine_basilgarlic_butter.html

Only takes a few minutes to make!!!

Ingredients:

• 60ml cake flour
• Pinch of baking powder
• 60 ml sugar
• 30ml cocoa powder
• 1 egg
• 45ml milk
• 45ml oil
• 2 squares of chocolate

How to:

• Take extra large mug, and mix flour, baking powder, sugar and cocoa.
• Spoon in egg and mix with metal spoon
• Pour in milk and oil mixing well
• Using the back of the spoon press the chocolate squares into the middle of the mixture.
• Place in microwave on high for 2 – 3 minutes. (don’t overcook)

Chocolate Mugcake