Saturday, December 7, 2013

Month 11 day 4: Salmon and mashed potatoes

Today I made:
Salmon-Potato Bake, Every Day with Rachael Ray, December 2011
with roasted butternut squash

Rachael Ray often has these quick, few-ingredient recipes in the front of the magazine-- like 10 per page, just a jumble of quick ideas described in about five sentences or less. Often they're pretty weird, or they're just for appetizers or sauces or something, but we thought this one sounded good. It's very simple-- it's just salmon with mashed potatoes on top. It's supposed to have some dill too, but I don't care for it. I thought about putting in some leftover rosemary, but the potatoes were already mashed so I just made it plain. Still good! The mashed potatoes tasted like butter. This is baked at 300 for 10 minutes, then broiled for a little bit longer until the potatoes get browned. G liked the crispy browned tops.

So, very simple. Is there an advantage to baking the mashed potatoes on top of the salmon? I'm not really sure. But, easy enough. I guess it makes it look kind of cool.

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