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Oven-Roasted Salmon With Parsnips, Potatoes And Peas

A satisfying all-in-one main course. The fatty acids in salmon make this recipe particularly healthful.

Type: Fish
Courses: Main Course
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

  Nonstick vegetable oil spray
1 lb 454g / 16ozRusset potatoes - peeled, and
  Thinly sliced
8 oz 227gParsnips - peeled, and
  Thinly sliced
1 tablespoon 15mlOlive oil
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1 1/3 cups 315mlFrozen green peas - unthawed
4   Skinless salmon fillets 1" thk - (6 oz ea)
1 tablespoon 15mlChopped fresh thyme
  = (or 1 tspn dried thyme)
  Lemon wedges

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Lightly spray rimmed baking sheet with vegetable oil spray. Mix potatoes, parsnips and oil in large bowl. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Spread vegetables on prepared baking sheet. Roast vegetables until beginning to soften, about 20 minutes. Turn vegetables over; continue to roast until tender and beginning to brown, about 10 minutes.

Remove vegetables from oven. Push vegetables together in center of baking sheet, forming base for salmon. Sprinkle peas over. Arrange salmon atop vegetables. Sprinkle with thyme, salt and pepper. Roast until fish is just opaque in center, about 10 minutes. Transfer fish and vegetables to plates. Garnish with lemon.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Per serving: calories, 434; total fat, 15 g; saturated fat, 2 g; cholesterol, 94 mg.

Source:
Bon Appetit, January 1998

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