Salmon with Thai Pineapple-Cucumber Salad

If you follow me on Instagram, you probably saw the gorgeous Copper River Salmon we enjoyed for dinner on Sunday night. The color of the salmon is stunning!  As red and beautiful as can be.  Just as salmon should be.  Our family was introduced to Copper River Salmon last year when I was part of the Fresh Catch Crew.  I had fun coming up with new recipes and ways to use the gorgeous salmon.  I […]

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Rosemary and Roasted Garlic Shrimp Gyros with Rosemary Tzatziki Sauce

My family often requests chicken gyros for dinner.  It’s totally a family favorite.  My oldest daughter loves those gyros and has ever since she was a year old.  Tzatziki sauce is her favorite condiment.  Her other love is shrimp.  So this recipe is for her–three of her very favorite things in one–Rosemary and Roasted Garlic Shrimp Gyros with Rosemary Tzatziki Sauce. So.  Shrimp Gyros.  They’re mighty fine and were a huge hit with my family.  […]

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Rachel Allen’s Ballycotton Fish Chowder

For a very long time, I have been wanting a good Irish cookbook.  Not just to use for St. Patrick’s Day, though it is that time of year again.  I haven’t made a lot of Irish food because I haven’t known that much about it.  My internet searches usually turn up recipes for Corned Beef and Cabbage, which is really more of an American thing than and Irish one.  I want good Irish fare like […]

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Recipe for Cod Au Gratin

This post is sponsored by Kraft Foods. Even though I work from home, it’s still really hard to get dinner on the table some nights.  I tend to get focused on a project and before I know it, it’s dinnertime and my kids’ tummies are growling for something delicious to eat.  Those are the nights when I need to come up with something that is fast and easy, like this recipe for Cod au Gratin. […]

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Grilled Cedar Planked Coho Salmon with Lime-Chili Butter

My last shipment of fresh Copper River Salmon arrived on the last day of August.  It was bittersweet.  I was so happy for more of the best salmon we’ve ever had in our lives.  (Not an exaggeration.)  But it also marks the end of salmon season.  So you better hurry out and get some while you still can. Copper River Salmon is so good that it doesn’t really need anything but a little salt and […]

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Salmon Nicoise Salad with Carrot and Yogurt Sauce

I was at Whole Foods in Downtown Salt Lake City last week, and guess what I saw?  A big ol’ sign announcing they had Copper River Salmon.  They had a big, beautiful fillet in the case that the guy at the counter told me it go very quickly. I told him I already had some at home and would be getting more, but I was doing my best to find all the places I could […]

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Sockeye Salmon with Sauteed Spring Veggies and Leafy Greens

Post edit 06/05/2012–Doh!  I meant that this was Sockeye, not King.  King is coming later and I cannot wait!  I’m so happy to tell you about the Copper River Salmon I received on Friday.  I joined the 2012 Copper River Salmon Fresh Catch Crew.So, here I am in Utah, really far from the ocean and Alaska, I get to be part of the crew.  What does the Fresh Catch Crew do?  We’re helping find locations […]

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