Healthy Recipes

Baked salmon fillets with spicy lentils

Submitted by Amanda in Chobham

Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil

1 onion, sliced

2 tsp ground cumin

2 tsp ground coriander

200g dried green lentils, rinsed

300ml vegetable stock

4 x 150g salmon fillets

Cooking method

• Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees
• Heat 1 tbsp of oil, add the onion and cook for 2-3 minutes until softened.
• Add the spices and cook for 2 more minutes
• Stir in the stock, bring to the boil, then add lentils.
• Cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes, stirring occasionally until the lentils are tender and the stock has been absorbed.
• Meanwhile, drizzle the salmon with the remaining oil and season with black pepper.
• Wrap each fillet individually in foil, leaving an air pocket at the top of each foil parcel.
• Bake for 10-15 minutes until flesh is opaque and just beginning to flake.
• Spoon the lentils onto four plates and place the salmon on top.
• Season with freshly ground black pepper.

Simple lentil soup

Submitted by Amanda in Chobham

Ingredients

1 large onion, chopped

25g butter

1 large garlic clove, crushed

125g split red lentils, rinsed

1 tbsp lemon juice

900ml vegetable stock

Cooking method

• Fry the onion in the butter in a large saucepan for 5 minutes.
• Add the garlic and lentils and stir for a minute.
• Add the stock, bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes or until the lentils are cooked.
• Whizz in a blender, then return to the saucepan.
• Reheat the and add the lemon juice, plus black pepper to taste.

Emma's "Spring-Is-Coming" Salad! 

Submitted by Emma in London

Ingredients
baby spinach leaves & lambs lettuce
smoked salmon
1 x avocado
1 x yellow pepper

This is super easy - no cooking involved

• Grab a couple of handfuls of the spinach leaves and lambs lettuce - you can buy both in bags from supermarkets.
• Cut the smoked salmon into strips. Peel the avocado and chop, slice the yellow pepper into chunks.
• Mix all of it with the leaves, grind a bit of pepper over it and a drizzle of olive oil and you're done.
• You can always substitute the smoked salmon with a chicken breast, shallow fried in vegetable oil and cut into small pieces.
• Also boil some new potatoes to flesh out the salad a bit and make it a warm version, perfect for a winter's evening.

Baked salmon fillets with spicy lentils

Submitted by Amanda in Chobham

Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil

1 onion, sliced

2 tsp ground cumin

2 tsp ground coriander

200g dried green lentils, rinsed

300ml vegetable stock

4 x 150g salmon fillets

Cooking method

• Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees
• Heat 1 tbsp of oil, add the onion and cook for 2-3 minutes until softened.
• Add the spices and cook for 2 more minutes
• Stir in the stock, bring to the boil, then add lentils.
• Cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes, stirring occasionally until the lentils are tender and the stock has been absorbed.
• Meanwhile, drizzle the salmon with the remaining oil and season with black pepper.
• Wrap each fillet individually in foil, leaving an air pocket at the top of each foil parcel.
• Bake for 10-15 minutes until flesh is opaque and just beginning to flake.
• Spoon the lentils onto four plates and place the salmon on top.
• Season with freshly ground black pepper.