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for day 23 over 30 days of healthy
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but today I thought it's Monday we're
gonna take it easy and so I'm gonna make
a delicious nut crusted salmon with a
maple glaze mmm doesn't that sound good
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and get started with our nut crust so
this recipe was inspired by a shoot that
I did with Bon Appetit magazine last
year with Princess Cruises when I had
that salmon that they made it was one of
the best salmon I've ever had in my life
and I thought I need to kind of recreate
this for you guys so here it is during
the shoot they used hazelnut but
hazelnuts are expensive and they're kind
of hard to find so I mashed together
pecans and walnuts this gives it a nice
nuttier flavor so I'll add half a cup
into my bowl about two tablespoons of
chopped parsley fresh ones this will add
a nice freshness to our crust half a
teaspoon of smoked paprika
now the smoked paprika in this dish is
what makes this dish really pop you can
use regular paprika but smoky paprika I
don't know they it just has this really
unique and delicious flavor I got mine
at Trader Joe's add that in and then
half a teaspoon of kosher salt then
finally to hold everything together two
tablespoons of melted butter I'll just
mix it up mix mix mix
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all right this looks good
now here's a tip for you guys if you end
up making too much of this nut mixture
go ahead and freeze it for the next time
that you use it because it holds really
well for a while I'm done with our nut
mixture now I'm gonna move on to our
glaze I'll just set this aside for our
glaze it's super easy I'm using a
quarter cup of maple syrup this salmon
is gonna have that combination of sweet
salty smoky the flavors are so complex
yet it's so easy to make all right I'm
gonna dump this into my bowl along with
two tablespoons of Dijon mustard half a
teaspoon of ground cumin 1/2 a teaspoon
of smoked paprika 1/2 a teaspoon of
chili powder half a teaspoon of kosher
salt and then about one tablespoon of
olive oil now I'll just mix everything
together and that is it for our glaze
that's all we really needed to prepare
now I'm gonna grab my salmon crush it
with this beautiful glaze and top it
with this nut crust so with my pastry
brush I'm just gonna get the glaze and
generously brush it on top of the salmon
honestly if you wanted to just brush the
salmon and skip the nuts altogether you
can totally do that to this glaze would
be amazing on the grill now taking my
nut crust I'm just gonna press it
directly onto the sauce and the salmon
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just press it down
I want the nut mixture to cover the
entire fillet all right now I'm gonna
transfer the salmon fillet over to a
baking sheet that I've lined with foil
carefully so so that our nut mixture
does not fall out I probably could have
prepared the whole thing just right onto
the baking pan but it's Monday guys it's
Monday
you don't think correctly early on
Monday all right this looks good we did
okay so now I'm gonna put it in the oven
and begin at 400 degrees for 8 to 10
minutes until the nut crust is nice and
golden brown and the salmon is just
perfectly cooked so while our salmon
speaking I'm gonna show you guys how to
make just a really quick salad
accompaniment accompaniment here I have
a bowl of just baby kale use as much or
as little as you'd like I just thought
that the salmon could lay on a nice bed
of kale kind of like a salad and this
adds a lot more freshness to our dinner
to make our dressing it's really simple
it's not even really a dressing so much
as just lemon juice I just have a small
piece right here squeeze it right in a
drizzle of olive oil a little bit of
salt and pepper just a pinch of salt not
too much
and just mix it fix let me give it a try
perfect it just has a slight tang from
the lemon juice and then the olive oil
coats it beautifully you don't want to
over address this at all because it
takes away from the salmon all right now
I'm gonna transfer my kale onto a
platter and we're just in time to grab
the salmon smells so good the nut crust
is perfectly cooked the salmon is
looking good I'm going to let it cool
down for about a minute or so and then
I'm gonna transfer it onto our kale
platter alright our salmon dish is done
if you guys were serving this
family-style this is how I would serve
it maybe with a fresher wedge of lemon
on the side but if you wanted to meal
prep I would just cut this up into small
pieces serve it with the kale salad
what would also work is cauliflower rice
I think that would be so good and see
how does this look she's actually gonna
be trying salmon this week not with all
this nut crust maple-glazed stuff she's
actually just gonna have clean old
salmon and all that years old she likes
it
she's excited alright let's give this a
try the salmon is perfectly cooked
hmm and then I get the nutty crunch from
the nuts and then the smokiness from the
maple glaze and smoked paprika somebody
wants to try - sorry baby girl
anyways I hope you guys give this recipe
a try anyways I hope you guys give this
recipe a try and if you do be sure to
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somebody wants to eat now thanks for
watching I'll see you tomorrow
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