My wife couldn’t decide what she wanted for dinner. So I suggested fish. She said we hadn’t had fish in a while and that could be good. Great! So I took dinner plans into my own hands.
First I stopped at the warehouse store, and bought a large chunk of farm raised salmon. Great price at $5.49/pound. I planned on cooking using half of the salmon for dinner, and vacuum seal the other half with the FoodSaver, and freeze. I also bought a 4 pound carton of grapes. The grapes aren’t for dinner, just for snacking.
My next stop was the grocery store. I bought some fresh Broccoli, and some sliced mushrooms. I also wanted to try some sprays for low fat cooking. I bought some extra virgin olive oil spray, and some Olivio Buttery Spray. I also bought a loaf of italian bread.
When I got home, I turned on the oven to preheat to 400 degrees. I pulled out a glass baking pan. I cut off half the salmon, and put it into the dish. I did a couple sprays of the Olivio Buttery Spray, and then drizzled some lemon juice over it. The Olivio Buttery Spray is going to be a lot lower fat than drizzling melted butter over the salmon. I put the salmon into the oven to bake for 30 minutes.
I cut off half of the loaf of italian bread. I sliced it in half. Again I used the Olivio Buttery Spray. I sprayed a little on the inside of each half, and sprinkled some Johnny’s Great Caesar Garlic Spread & Seasoning on to the bread. I wrapped the bread in foil, and set it aside.
I put a little water into a pan with a vegetable steamer.
When the salmon had about 10 minutes left to cook, I put the bread into the oven with the salmon. I cut some of the broccoli off the crowns into the steamer, and turned that burner onto high. I put a skillet on another burner, and sprayed a little bit of the extra virgin olive oil in the bottom. I filled the pan with the sliced mushrooms, and sauteed them.
When the timer went off for the salmon, dinner was done. It was delicious! The Olivio Buttery Spray worked great on both the salmon and the Garlic bread. The sprayed olive oil worked great for sauteeing the mushrooms. And using the sprayed versions allowed me to use much less. Low fat does not need to be low taste!! Dinner was great!

Posted by Rob in Nutrition on February 23rd, 2007 |