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Mission Not So Impossible – Salmon with Soba Noodles

19 Sep

A few weeks ago my husband mentioned that we don’t have enough fish in our diet. Being the dutiful wife that I am, I of course assured him that I would make sure that we’d have fish for our next dinner.

Next dinner fell on a Monday night, and I had to keep to my promise. Not an impossible mission, but definitely a difficult one. I had about an hour and half to prepare dinner, so the dinner had to be tasty and fast to make. On the way home from work I stopped at the local Ranch 99 Market, and picked up some salmon fillets and honey garlic sauce.

To prepare the meal, I placed one salmon fillet on the baking sheet, seasoned it with some salt , black pepper, lemon zest, as well as freshly squeezed lemon juice from half of a lemon. I baked the salmon fillet for about 25 minutes at 375 degrees.

In the mean time I cooked soba noodles per the packet directions. Once cooked, I drained the noodles and tossed them with soy sauce and honey and garlic sauce.

I placed the soba noodles on a plate and topped with half of the baked salmon fillet. Viola…

Salmon & Soba Noodles

…dinner is served. Dinner turned out to be a success, and the mission…very much possible.

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Soba Noodles with Shrimp and Cilantro

11 Mar

It’s Thursday night, one more work day and the weekend will be upon us once again. To celebrate this last night before the weekend, I decided to cook up a dinner. I’ve wanted to make a soba noodle dish for a while. Finally, I got my hands on a great recipe, thanks to my Food and Wine magazine subscription.

This was a last minute decision, so after work I stopped by an Asian market to pick up the missing ingredients. I spent at least 30 minutes looking for tamari and agave syrup (as listed in the recipe) and still came up empty handed. So in the interest of time I decided to wing it and got honey and garlic sauce instead. Besides the sauce substitution, I also opted for a frying pan to cook the shrimp (in the interest of time, as well as due to lack of a grill). Other then the above mentioned substitutions, I pretty much followed the recipe (conveniently provided in the link above).

Now that I’ve gone on and on about how tonight’s dinner came about, here is the actual dinner itself.

Soba-Noodles-with-Shrimp

To report, dinner was delicious, even with all the substitutions.

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Visit to Reno Part 2…Baked Chicken, Wild Rice Medley & Salad

04 Oct

Now that you’ve had plenty of time to feast your eyes (and hopefully just feast) on the Ham and Cheese Quiche, it’s time to move on to the second part of our visit…lunch.

On Saturday afternoon after a lovely hike in the near by park and a game of Cranium, we had a lovely lunch. Our lunch consisted of baked chicken drumsticks, wild rice medley and a salad.

Drumsticks-with-rice-medley

Here’s what you’ll need to create this delicious meal.

Chicken drumsticks:
1 (3 pound) whole chicken, cut into pieces
5 tablespoons chopped onion
4 tablespoons soy sauce
2 cloves minced garlic
2 tablespoons honey
To Marinate: Arrange chicken pieces in a baking dish.
In a small bowl combine the onion, soy sauce, garlic and honey; mix together and spoon mixture over chicken. Cover dish and refrigerate to marinate for 1 hour, turning pieces once.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
Bake chicken at 375 degrees F for 45 minutes. Turn pieces over then continue baking for about 10 minutes, or until chicken is tender and cooked through and juices run clear.

Wild Rice Medley:
Start with a wild rice mix or create your own by combining different types of wild rice. Cook in rice cooker or stovetop. Once cooked, add dried cranberries, roasted pine nuts and anything else your heart desires (onions, mushrooms, etc.)

Salad:
In a large bowl, mix together mixed greens, cut cucumbers, cut tomato pieces, raspberries and almond slivers. Add balsamic vinegar and oil, toss and serve.