Easiest and Tasty Salmon With No-Salt

Stay Young And Healthy By Eating Salmon!

I wanted to come up with another quick and healthy recipe for salmon. I am always looking for very tasty ways to make salmon, because I don’t know if you’ve noticed yet, but most my recipes are slightly on the high calorie side. I need to throw in an occasional healthy dinner, don’t I? When I think of healthy eating, I think of my Aunt Sally and my Uncle Nat.  They are in their mid 80’s. If you saw them, you would NEVER believe that. I am not kidding, both of them look and act no older than 65 years old. Just to give you one example of their youthfulness, My Aunt Sally still regularly goes skiing with her grandchildren up in Vermont.  My Uncle Nat doesn’t ski anymore, but he does a pretty good job of trying to keep up with my aunt.  He works out on his gym equipment every day, and I think he still plays some tennis.   I have asked my uncle many times about the secret to their good health and youthful appearance.  My uncle has told me flat out, “It’s our diet.”  And they have maintained a really healthy diet for probably the last 40 years.   One of the main components of their diet is salmon. My aunt cooks salmon for dinner probably 3 times a week. So, I have this little voice in the back of my head that is always saying, “You should be eating more like your Aunt Sally and Uncle Nat. You should be eating salmon 3 times a week like they do.” Unfortunately, I usually don’t pay enough attention to that little voice. But, I did make salmon two nights ago for my son Danny and myself. Danny really likes this recipe. What makes this recipe for salmon even healthier is that there is no salt in it at all. Yet, it is still very tasty. It takes less than five minutes to get this dish ready to cook and about 10 minutes to cook it. So between prep time and cooking time, you will be ready to eat in less than 20 minutes. Enjoy!

For 2 people:

• 1 pound of salmon filet
• good chile powder, such as McKormick or Master Choice
• light olive oil

Spread a little oil over the top and bottom surfaces of the salmon fillet using your hands or a spoon.  Then sprinkle both sides of the salmon pretty heavily with good chile powder. Heat up a cast iron skillet or a nonstick pan for about 3-5 minutes.  Then place the salmon in the pan.  Let it sit (medium to high flame) and cook without you touching it.  After about 2-3 minutes, depending on the thickness of the salmon, it should be quite browned on the bottom.  Flip the salmon, and cook it on the other side another 2-3 minutes.  You’re done! 

Alternate method of cooking:

Preheat oven using the broil setting.  Place oven rack about 6 inches from heating element.  Cover an aluminum baking dish with aluminum foil (or use a disposable aluminum baking sheet).  Prepare the salmon the same as described above.   Broil for about 3 minutes till browned on top.  Take out and turn salmon.  Broil for another 3-4 minutes until really browned on top.  Serve.

Note:  Double the ingredients to serve 4-5 people.