Baked garlicky, cheesy salmon

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Angeline

Look at the cheese!!! 😀
I’m not a fan of salmon but when baked in this manner, the salmon’s fishy smell is, I can say, almost fully eliminated! Most of the time, I force myself to eat salmon because I know it’s good for me and also, it is believed that eating oily fish like salmon will improve the quality of breast milk for lactating mummies – so for the sake of my little Alicia, I eat it. 🙂 But really, this baked salmon’s so nice that there is no need to force myself to eat it… in fact, today the slice of salmon I bought wasn’t enough for hubby and I!
Baked garlicky, cheesy salmon
Ingredients
  • 200g salmon (skin removed – you may want to retain the skin if you like it – i know the skin’s nutritious but I don’t eat fish skin… all types)
  • shredded mozarella cheese (amt depending on preference)

  • 2-3 cloves garlic (minced)

Seasoning:
  • a dash of teriyaki marinade
  • hua diao jiu
  • ground black pepper
  • a dash of sesame oil
  • all-purpose unsalted herbs
Method:
  1. Slice salmon thinly.
  2. Marinate salmon with the seasoning.
  3. Mix the minced garlic and mozarella cheese thoroughly with the salmon pieces.
  4. Place the marinated salmon mixture onto a piece of aluminium foil and top with more mozarella cheese (as shown below).
  5. Wrap the salmon up in the foil.
  6. Preheat oven to 180degC.
  7. Bake the salmon at 180degC for 15min.
  8. Remove the salmon from the oven, unwrap the foil and sprinkle more herbs on top of the cheese.
  9. Serve hot.

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Stir-fried mixed mushrooms

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Angeline

For this dish, I used Eryngii mushrooms and fresh chinese mushrooms. Eryngii mushrooms share similar nutritional and medicinal properties with members of the oyster (mushroom) family:

The oyster mushroom is high in protein (15-27 % per dry mass), contains 85-100 mg of vitamin C per 100 g and is a good source of niacin, folic acid and potassium. Clinical studies have shown that the oyster mushroom naturally produces Lovastatin, a drug commonly used in the treatment of high blood cholesterol. It has also demonstrated strong anti-tumoral [Ying(1987)]activity specifically for the intestinal tract[Zusman et al.(1997)].

Here’s the pic of the mushrooms:

Stir-fried mixed mushrooms

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 packet of eryngii mushrooms
  • 4 fresh chinese mushrooms
  • minced garlic
  • cornflour

Seasoning:

  • about 1/2 tablespoon oyster sauce
  • dash of ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp hua diao jiu

Method:

  1. Wash and cut the fresh chinese mushrooms into slices.
  2. Wash and trim the end of the eryngii mushrooms and cut into slices diagonally.
  3. Marinate the mushrooms with the seasoning.
  4. Fry the garlic till fragrant.
  5. Add the mushrooms and fry for about 5min – they cook really quickly!
  6. Thicken the gravy with cornflour solution.
  7. Dish and serve.
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