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Picture this: It’s the end of a long week, and you want nothing more than to curl up on the couch with a big bowl of takeout (a.k.a. us right now). But wait! Just a few simple steps and you can do it yourself with this Thai-inspired Salmon Green Curry …
Picture this: It’s the end of a long week, and you want nothing more than to curl up on the couch with a big bowl of takeout (a.k.a. us right now). But wait! Just a few simple steps and you can do it yourself with this Thai-inspired Salmon Green Curry (fresh, sweet, spicy, and packed with nutrients)! Bonus…plenty of leftovers for the whole weekend!
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This puff pastry wrapped salmon, also know as salmon en croûte, is an incredible meal – easy and fancy! Buttery salmon is topped with creamed spinach and wrapped in a puff pastry crust. It’s impressive but not that difficult to make! Welcome to our first festive meal this holiday season! Every year when the holiday […]
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This puff pastry wrapped salmon, also know as salmon en croûte, is an incredible meal – easy and fancy! Buttery salmon is topped with creamed spinach and wrapped in a puff pastry crust. It’s impressive but not that difficult to make!
Welcome to our first festive meal this holiday season!
Every year when the holiday season rolls around, I love sharing a few special meals that you can make for a special occasion. Whether it’s a holiday party, a small dinner gathering or even Christmas Eve, I like making special things that really pack a punch.
In the past, I’ve shared my family’s favorite beef tenderloin recipe. This is what we’ve eaten on Christmas for many many years. I’ve also done an espresso crusted beef tenderloin with truffled risotto, a pomegranate cider pork roast with rosemary potatoes and last year I shared this crab topped salmon.
Funny story: that salmon is incredible, but I photographed the final test of the recipe during my early pregnancy with Jordan. I hadn’t told you guys I was pregnant yet! Oh my word, I was so sick, and just looking at the photos makes me cringe and feel that way. So do my christmas decorations! Isn’t that wild?
Anyway, salmon en croûte.
You make some creamed spinach. Season your salmon. Throw the spinach on TOP of the salmon, then wrap the whole thing in puff pastry.
YEP.
Then bake it, until the puff pastry is golden and crisp. The salmon will be buttery and flakey inside. The creamed spinach is, well… creamed spinach. Which is delicious in itself.
It’s so easy. So GOOD. And so impressive because it looks super fancy!
But did I tell you how easy it is? It really is not difficult.
I make the creamed spinach first. I like to use fresh baby spinach, which most people don’t do for creamed spinach. They use the frozen version. And that’s great and easy too. But fresh is so accessible and easy as well! So there’s that.
Season the salmon all over with salt and pepper. Add the creamed spinach in a layer on top of the salmon. Spread it right on!
Wrap the salmon in puff pastry, with the spinach being on top. Slice the pastry a few times for ventilation and bake that baby up.
The end result is INCREDIBLE. So flavorful, satisfying and loaded with wonderful texture.
I can’t believe how long it has taken me to make this recipe. It is a showstopper for SURE!
And while I wouldn’t prep it very far ahead of time, the great news is that you can have it prepped by the time you’re having guests over. As in, make the spinach, wrap it all up and have it ready to roast earlier in the day. How amazing is that? (more…)
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This sticky pomegranate salmon is a buttery delight! Cooked in a maple pomegranate glaze, the salmon is so flavorful and tender. Serve with parmesan roasted broccoli and brussels sprouts for the perfect weeknight meal! Let’s make a meal that’s as pretty as it is delicious! This recipe is one of our recent favorites. Salmon cooked […]
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This sticky pomegranate salmon is a buttery delight! Cooked in a maple pomegranate glaze, the salmon is so flavorful and tender. Serve with parmesan roasted broccoli and brussels sprouts for the perfect weeknight meal!
Let’s make a meal that’s as pretty as it is delicious!
This recipe is one of our recent favorites. Salmon cooked in a maple pomegranate glaze that is practically drinkable! Then served with some roasted vegetables on the side for the ultimate weeknight meal.
I may need a thesaurus but it’s just really, really good.
Really!
If you have someone who is on the fence about salmon, this recipe may be the one to convert them. The glaze is so incredibly flavorful. The salmon is so buttery and flaky. It’s pretty foolproof and so delicious.
The outside of the salmon is covered in this sticky, flavorful glaze while the inside is so tender, flaky and fall-apart good.
You know I love to share a full meal with you, so of course we need a fantastic side dish to pair with the salmon!
On the side, I like to make some roasted broccoli and brussels.
I do my parmesan roasted broccoli method with parm and pine nuts – which is just SO good. My entire family has fallen in love with broccoli this way. The parmesan gets a bit crunchy on the pan, so it’s almost like you’re making cheese crisp vegetables. The pine nuts are so toasty and buttery that you will want to roast pine nuts with EVERY side dish from now on.
Of course, you can have any kind of side dish with this! Use it as a clean-out-the-fridge meal or even just throw some minute cilantro lime rice in the microwave. It can be so easy.
What I love about this meal is that it looks and tastes fancy, but comes together so easily. It looks beautiful and festive too – hello holiday season! Aren’t those pomegranate jewels just stunning?
The effort is more minimal here than you’d expect – all you do is make a glaze in your pan and cook the salmon! (more…)
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This maple glazed salmon recipe will please everyone! It’s fast, easy and deliciously flaky: ideal for healthy weeknight meals. Need…
This maple glazed salmon recipe will please everyone! It’s fast, easy and deliciously flaky: ideal for healthy weeknight meals.
Need a healthy salmon recipe for weeknights? Try this Maple Glazed Salmon! The fish comes out perfectly tender and flaky, the best part? It’s liberally spread with a sweet and tangy maple balsamic glaze. This turned out so tasty, and it takes just a few minutes to cook in the broiler. It’s our favorite quick method for cooking salmon. Even our 4 year old couldn’t stop eating this one.
This maple glazed salmon recipe requires just 5 ingredients, plus olive oil and salt (which are basics we hope you already have on hand). Here’s what you’ll need for this easy recipe:
The basic idea? You’ll simmer the maple syrup, balsamic vinegar, and Dijon mustard with garlic for a bit until slightly thickened. Paint it on the salmon, throw it in the broiler until tender, then remove and paint it with the remaining glaze!
What’s the best piece of fish for this maple glazed salmon recipe? In general, grab the best quality fish you can afford. The recipe will taste good with most types of salmon. But we’ve found low quality frozen salmon can taste very fishy, whereas high quality wild caught fresh salmon is much tastier.
The way we chose to cook the fish for maple glazed salmon? Broiled! Broiling salmon is ultra fast and makes for a crispier top than baked, which makes it one of our favorite ways to cook it. The downside? It can easily get overcooked, so you’ve got to watch it closely. Here are a few tips on how to broil salmon:
Don’t have a broiler, or prefer another cooking method? You can make baked salmon instead! Here’s what to do:
And that’s it: how to make maple glazed salmon! Want to accessorize this recipe with a few quick and easy sides? Here are a few easy side dishes that come together quickly to make a lightening fast healthy meal:
Salmon is a go-to for us for fast and easy dinner ideas! Here are a few more of our favorite salmon recipes:
Prep Time: 13 minutes Cook Time: 7 minutes Total Time: 20 minutes 
Yield: 4 This maple glazed salmon recipe will please everyone! It’s fast, easy and deliciously flaky: ideal for healthy weeknight meals.
*If you don’t have a broiler, go to Baked Salmon and follow those instructions for cooking, applying the maple glaze before baking and after.
Category: Main dish
Method: Broiled
Cuisine: AmericanKeywords: Maple glazed salmon, maple glazed salmon recipe
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This hot lobster dip is bubbly and cheesy and topped with crunchy potato chips! Always a huge crowd pleaser and feels super fancy! Let’s end summer on the most delicious note! This lobster dip is the perfect summer treat. I mean, just give me a bowl of this, a baguette and some wine and I […]
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This hot lobster dip is bubbly and cheesy and topped with crunchy potato chips! Always a huge crowd pleaser and feels super fancy!
Let’s end summer on the most delicious note!
This lobster dip is the perfect summer treat. I mean, just give me a bowl of this, a baguette and some wine and I am good to go.
I first made this recipe on Christmas Eve on a total whim. You may have seen it on instagram!
I always make lobster mac and cheese, but last year with the way the world was going, our christmas celebration was so much smaller. Like, just basically us and 3 family members. So instead of making a my usual large pan of lobster mac, I ended up making hot lobster dip.
Oh yes I did.
It was SO good. We couldn’t stop eating it! And that’s when this recipe was born.
I’ve improved it along the way. Making it on a weekend here and there, preparing it for parties and changing up herbs, lemon and all the flavors.
It is absolutely wonderful and we can’t get enough!
The key here is to use a ton of fresh herbs AND lemon – to brighten things up. It almost tastes like one of my warm and buttery lobster rolls. I love to use chives and especially dill. These both make the dip taste really fancy, even though it isn’t at all.
Then I use gruyere cheese and a touch of dijon, which is reminiscent of my lobster mac. So it’s like a lobster roll and lobster mac combined in a dish.
All hot, cheesy, bubbly, golden on top.
A secret: I just use langostino lobster for this dip. I have made it with regular lobster meat, but if you can find the langostinos, they are perfect! First, it’s easier and less work. No taking anything out of the shell or boiling anything. You can chop the langostinos a bit but it’s not necessary.
Next, it’s definitely more affordable! I find langostino lobster tails at trader joes and sometimes even costco.
Finally, it tastes just as good. And using langostino lobster tails ensures that everyone gets a bite of lobster in their dip!
I’ve also used the langostino tails in my lobster mac recipe, especially if I’m making a really big batch for a party. Still tastes just as wonderful!
I took a cue from my mom’s potato casserole – she tops it with potato chips – and crushed them on top of the dip before baking. Um, that’s incredible. Just FYI.
Also P.S. let me know if you want my mom’s potato casserole recipe! She’s made them FOREVER – like 40 years – and I’ve never shared because it there are so many cheesy potato dishes out there. It’s definitely semi-homemade but it is fantastic and the whole dish goes like crazy at any party.
So back to the chips and the lobster dip. Oh my word. (more…)
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Everyone will love Cajun shrimp pasta! It’s an impressive dinner idea that’s irresistibly seasoned and easy to make. Here’s a…
Everyone will love Cajun shrimp pasta! It’s an impressive dinner idea that’s irresistibly seasoned and easy to make.
Here’s a dinner to impress that doubles as an easy weeknight meal: try this Cajun Shrimp Pasta! This one scores major points with kids and adults alike at our table. It features irresistibly seasoned Cajun shrimp, colorful veggies, and a rich garlic Parmesan flavoring that lightly seasons the entire batch. Wow! was echoed around the table multiple times as we at it. Of any of the easy dinner ideas we’ve had lately, this recipe stands out as one we couldn’t stop eating!
This Cajun shrimp pasta is a recipe inspired by the flavors of Cajun cuisine, a style of cooking developed by the Acadians, French colonists living in Canada who were deported to Louisiana in the 1700’s. The cooking style mixes West African, French and Spanish influences and techniques. This recipe shouldn’t be considered traditional Cajun: instead if takes inspiration from the seasoning and ingredients of this style of cooking. Here’s what you’ll need:
You can make this Cajun shrimp pasta recipe with either homemade Cajun seasoning or purchased. Here are some notes on either variation:
With the quantities in the recipe below, both worked for our entire family: even a 4 year old! If you want to increase the spice, add more cayenne to your spice mix.
Don’t love spicy food but still want to make this Cajun shrimp pasta? The homemade Cajun seasoning is a great place to start: make it with the low quantity of cayenne and you’ll have a nicely seasoned pasta that works for all eaters.
Another option? Try this Blackened Seasoning! It’s got similar flavors but is on the low end of the heat spectrum.
Want to make a double recipe of this Cajun shrimp pasta? The base recipe has only 8 ounces pasta, which should work for 4 servings if you serve with side dishes. But if you want to increase this recipe for more eaters, here’s what we’d recommend:
Of course, you can cook 3 pounds shrimp if you like: but 2 pounds should be plenty for a crowd with the doubled pasta size.
Make sure to serve this Cajun shrimp pasta with some filling side dishes to complete the meal! Here are some complimentary sides we’d recommend:
Pescatarian. For gluten-free, use gluten-free or legume-based pasta.
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Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Yield: 3 to 4 servings Everyone will love Cajun shrimp pasta! It’s an impressive dinner idea that’s irresistibly seasoned and easy to make.
*To increase this recipe for more servings, we’d recommend making 1 pound pasta, but go up to 2 pounds on the shrimp (not 3). You can double the veggies and sauce ingredients accordingly.
**If using the homemade Cajun seasoning, you can omit the garlic powder and onion powder in this recipe. For a less spicy variation, use less cayenne in your homemade Cajun seasoning or make homemade blackened seasoning.
Category: Main dishMethod: StovetopCuisine: Cajun inspiredKeywords: Cajun shrimp pasta
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This shrimp roll recipe takes everything that’s great about a lobster roll…and makes it with shrimp! Serve it on a…
This shrimp roll recipe takes everything that’s great about a lobster roll…and makes it with shrimp! Serve it on a warm, toasted bun.
Who doesn’t love a lobster roll? They’re a pinnacle of deliciousness: that savory, creamy tender filling encased by a warm, buttery bun. Here in the Midwest though, lobster is a bit of a delicacy. So we wondered…why not make it with shrimp? Introducing…the Shrimp Roll! It takes all the goodness of a lobster roll and makes it with more economical, easy to find shrimp. We served it for a dinner party with corn on the cob and watermelon sorbet, and everyone raved.
Researching this recipe, we found that the filling for a shrimp roll is actually a shrimp salad. Not a green salad, mind you: the 1950’s mayo-based salad that’s more familiar with tuna or egg. It’s got crunchy veggies, mayo and just the right amount of savory, creamy sauce. Here’s what you’ll need:
What makes a shrimp roll? The warm, buttery toasted bun. Do not skip the step! We were curious and tried it in a plain old bun. Don’t waste your time on it, folks. It doesn’t taste like a shrimp roll. Here’s what you’ll need to pull this off:
Most of our recipes here at A Couple Cooks are for 4 servings. But this shrimp roll recipe is so good, we like making it serve 6 to 8 sandwiches. Here’s why you may want to make a big batch:
You can use fresh shrimp for this shrimp roll recipe, or it’s actually a great use for leftover cooked shrimp! Boiling is the quickest method to get from raw shrimp to cold shrimp, but you can use whatever cooking method you like.
One last thing about this shrimp roll recipe. It’s nice to use this secret seasoning if you have it. Old Bay! It’s not required, but Old Bay is a seasoning blend that’s traditionally used in New England seafood recipes (like a shrimp boil). We added a hint of it to this recipe, and rounded it out perfectly.
Where to find Old Bay? In the US, you can find Old Bay in your grocery store in the spices aisle. Or, you can buy Old Bay online or make homemade Old Bay!
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Pescatarian and dairy free. For gluten-free, use gluten-free buns.
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Prep Time: 25 minutes Cook Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Yield: 6 to 8 This shrimp roll recipe takes everything that’s great about a lobster roll…and makes it with shrimp! Serve it on a warm, toasted bun.
*You can also use leftover cooked shrimp for this recipe: it’s an ideal use!
Category: Main DishMethod: StovetopCuisine: SeafoodKeywords: Shrimp roll
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