Simple Poached Salmon with Simple Tomato Vegetable Sauce

Poached Salmon
Ingredients:
2     Salmon Fillet
1/2  Lemon
10   Peppercorn, cracked
Water
Sprinkle of dried Herb de Provence or French Herbs
Salt to taste

Method:

1. Place water 3/4 full in a large skillet.
2. Add lemon, cracked peppercorn, Herb de Provence, and salt to water
3. Bring water to boil.
4. Slide salmon fillets into poaching liquid and bring the heat down to slow boil
5. Cook until the flesh is firm (turn it once during cooking if the poaching liquid doesn't cover the whole fillet)

Simple Vegetable Tomato Vegetable Sauce
Ingredients:
1 Tbsp  Olive Oil
1 Medium Onion, thinly sliced or cubed
3 Cloves Garlic, crushed, thinly sliced, or finely chopped
1/2 tsp    Crushed Red Pepper
1 Can     Diced Tomato
1/2cup    Frozen Peas
1/2cup    Frozen Corn
4 sprigs   Parsley, chopped
Sprinkle of dried Herb de Provence or French Herbs

Salt to taste

Method:

1. Heat skillet to medium high
2. Pour olive oil on the skillet and sautee onion, garlic, and crushed red pepper in olive oil until fragrant
3. Add diced tomato, frozen peas, and frozen corn
4. Stir the vegetable from time to time
5. Once the frozen vegetables are cooked through, add parsley, Herb de Provence, and salt
6. Cook for another couple of minutes before serving

Link to original The Silver Linings Saga blogpost refering to this dish:

• Weeknight Dinner: Jim Lahey's No-Knead Stirato (Italian baguette) and Poached Salmon posted on 4/19/2010

Sardines on Sliced Cucumber

Ingredients:
1/2 Medium onion, diced
1tsp Crushed garlic
1can Canned Sardines in oil, Sardines in Tomato Sauce, or Canned Salmon
1/2 - 1cup Pasta Sauce, or Canned tomato sauce (omit if using Sardines in Tomato Sauce)
1/4tsp Cayenne Pepper (optional)
Spices, seasoning, salt, and pepper to taste
Sliced Cucumber
Pickled Sliced Hot Banana Pepper
Sliced tomato

Method:
1) Sautee onion and garlic until fragrant
2) Add sardines, pasta sauce, and paprika
3) Mix well and cooked for a few minutes until it is slighly dry, add more sauce if needed
4) Season with salt and pepper to taste
5) To construct, scoop some of the sardine mixture on top of sliced cucumber
6) Top it with sliced tomato or banana pepper
7) Repeat till you're done.
 
Link to original The Silver Linings Saga blogpost refering to this dish:

• Guilty Pleasure: Sardines posted on 3/17/2010