(From the recipe collections of Sheila Gail Landgraf)
Need a little fish in your diet? Salmon is tasty, healthy and makes a delicious meal. Be careful to buy wild Alaskan Salmon. The best place to get this fresh in the south is Whole Foods Market. This side dish of baked cauliflower will wean you off of mashed potatoes forever. Just add the simple green salad and some hot buttered bread with your favorite beverage and you have a wonderful late winter meal.
FRESH GREEN SALAD
Ingredients:
2 cups
shredded fresh spinach leaves
2 cups
shredded lettuce
1 onion –
chopped
1 cup
cauliflower – chopped
2 cups
fresh blue cheese dressing
Directions:
Mix
spinach leaves and lettuce. Add onion
and cauliflower. Pour blue cheese
dressing over all and chill until time to eat.
Should be served ice cold.
LEMON - GARLIC SALMON
Ingredients:
6 boneless salmon filets
3 lemons –
sliced thinly
2 onions –
sliced thinly
3
tablespoons minced garlic
1 cup
lemon juice
2 sticks
of butter – melted
1 cup
Parmesean Cheese, grated
Pinch salt
Pinch pepper
Directions:
Place the
filets in a baking dish and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place onion slices over fish. Place lemon slices over onions. Sprinkle minced garlic over all. Pour melted butter and lemon juice over all. Sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese and
cover with foil. Preheat oven to 375
degrees and cook for 50 minutes covered.
TWICE BAKED CAULIFLOWER
Ingredients:
1 head
fresh cauliflower (cut into tiny pieces)
1 whole
onion, chopped
1 quart
sized beef flavored broth
4
teaspoons minced garlic
2 cups
cheddar cheese (shredded and divided in half)
1 8oz.
block of creamed cheese cut into small chunks and left at room temperature
1 stick
butter (melted)
1 cup sour
cream
1 pkg.
bacon bits
Directions:
Chop the
cauliflower pieces and the onion and place inside a medium sized sauce
pan. Pour in 4 teaspoons minced garlic. Fill the sauce pan the rest of the way with
as much beef broth as is safe to boil the cauliflower in and turn the heat on
medium high until the vegetables are soft.
Drain the broth and mash the vegetables together. While the mix is hot pour in one half of the
cheddar cheese and mix well. Pour in the
melted butter, sour cream, cream cheese and bacon bits and cream all together. The mix will have the consistency of mashed
potatoes. Grease a quart casserole
dish. Preheat the oven to 350
degrees. Pour ingredients into casserole
dish. Top with remaining cheddar cheese
and cook for 30 minutes.
