Salmon With Creamy Sauce & Garlic Mash

Today i'm in the mood for SALMON! Yum! My fave fish.

Well actually, this week i'm craving for Japanese food. But when i go to the poultry and meat alley in the supermarket, i think it would be just great if i try to cook this delicious fish. I also buy some chicken for Chicken Katsudon recipe, but i think i'll hold that for tomorrow because i think fish is great to cook while it's still fresh.

Ok then, this time i'll try my best to write down the recipe. Not an expert at explaining things though, but i'll try. Please let me know if i miss something.

INGREDIENTS:
1 salmon fillet (about 200 g)
2 tablespoons oil
5 clove garlic, crushed and chopped
75 ml light cream2 tablespoons lime/lemon juice
1 tablespoons grated parmesan
60 g baby green beans, top and tailed
1 medium potato, peeled and cut into 4-8 pieces
a pinch of oregano and thyme
salt and pepper

01 Mix half the crushed and chopped garlic with lime juice, salt and pepper. Spread on the fish and marinate for at least 30 minutes. Put the marinated fish in the refrigerator for better result.

02 Meanwhile, cook the potato in a saucepan of lightly salted boiling water for 12-15 minutes, or until tender. You can also put the green beans and cook for 2-4 minutes or until tender but still crisp, drain.

03 Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the salmon to the frying pan and cook for about 2-3 minutes on each side for medium rare, or until cooked to your liking (i love the well-done type). Set aside.

04 Add the remaining garlic to the pan (set aside a small amount garlic to taste the potato), stir-fry until fragrant and then add small amount of water, then stir in the remaining lime/lemon juice, 3/4 part of cream, oregano, thyme, and half part of cheese. Simmer for about 5 minutes, or until the sauce has reduced and thickened slightly, then season with salt and pepper to taste.

05 Just before the salmon is ready, drain the potato. Add the remaining garlic, 1/4 part of cream, 1/2 part of cheese. Mash until smooth with a potato masher.

06 To serve, put the garlic mash on serving plates. Put the pan-fried salmon on top of it and then pour the cream sauce. Serve the green beans on the side.

This recipe is for 1 serving size, coz i only bought 1 salmon fillet. I ask my oldest sister to give it a try. She love it :) I'm glad my first salmon recipe turn out great. My mom is not a big fan of fish, so she only tried it a bit.

Btw, sorry for the long recipe post. It's a super busy weeks! One of my client ask me to finish his company profile within the next 2 days. He just send me the content YESTERDAY! My boss have an urgent task and my other client also push the deadline until the end of this month. Isn't hat wonderful? My holiday started today, but i think i can't rest until i finished all of this.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday peepz. I don't have any plan for christmas yet, but i hope ya'll have a wonderful christmas eve. Cheers!

Vegetarian Food

Today i found an interesting blog about opened a restaurant.

The restaurant called Kinta Restaurant. It's located at Portland, Oregon. I'm always excited when i found this kind of blog. The good thing is they also have a food blog called Asian Vegan, u can find lots of food picture there. (thanks to jenz, i found this link form her site)

I don't know about u, but i'm a vegetable lover. I'm not a vegetarian because i still love meat :) Once or twice i've tried a vegetarian food, and in some ways i kind of liked it hehe. I'm still try to search a good vegetarian restaurant here.

Since i have a special interest about food, i always do some small research about food nutrition, etc2. That kind of makes me more aware about eating healthy food.

I think every type of food or ingredients have a good purpose for our body, IF we eat it in balance and moderate amount. For example, u eat a hamburger with french fries or onion rings today. Then u balanced it by eating enough fibre like salad (with moderate amount of dressing of course) or a wholegrain cereal with fresh fruits as desserts.

Always eat oily, greasy and full-of-fat food in moderate amount. It's not like you can have a big fat greasy steaks with heavy based cream sauce after u eat a large bowl of salad. Get the point?

My suggestion - eats vegetable, fruits and drink a lot of water everyday worked like a charm ^^