Roasted Salmon with Sage Pesto

Posted on | May 10, 2009 | 22 Comments |

I have wasted away another beautiful weekend doing absolutely nothing. I stayed in bed most of the past 48 hours, while everyone around me was doing something cool and exciting. Damn those social networking sites and the status updates! Reading about all the fabulous ways in which the others were spending their weekends made me feel a little guilty. After a stressful week I was getting exactly what I needed, uninterrupted me-time, but still I couldn’t help but wonder why I was the only one who didn’t want to get out of the house! Anyone else out there had a lazy weekend? Do share; it would make me feel a little better!

Anyway, I am all recharged for the week ahead. I bet all of you who spent your weekend on the beach and out shopping and walking and hiking and brunching et al are going to crib tomorrow about how much Mondays suck, while I – the well-rested one – will be all ready to take on the world! (Note to self: Do not post a status message tomorrow about how much I hate Mondays.)

Salmon with Sage Pesto

Anyway, how-much-ever lazy I feel over the weekend, I get an unstoppable urge to blog every Sunday night, so here I am with the easiest recipe to type up from my drafts. This is a dinner-for-one dish from the week when Siv was away on a business trip. I had some sage to use up, and I made an easy pesto that got used up in a pasta and a sandwich as well as this easy roasted salmon. Sage has a mild peppery flavor that goes well with meat, but it was great on salmon as well.

Sage Pesto Recipe

Ingredients

1 cup loosely packed sage leaves
1/2 cup packed parsley
3 garlic cloves
1/2 cup pine nuts
1/4 cup olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
crushed red pepper to taste

Method

Wash and drain the sage and parsley using a mini salad spinner. Dry roast the pine nuts. Place the garlic and pine nuts in a food processor and pulse to chop. Add the herbs and olive oil and process until smooth. Add the salt and pepper and crushed red pepper and mix well. Taste and adjust the seasonings as needed.

Roasted Salmon

Ingredients

Salmon filets
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Oil to coat the roasting pan.
Pesto (Recipe above)

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 375F.

Grease an oven-proof non-stick pan that can comfortably hold the salmon filets.

Place the salmon filets skin side down in the pan. Season well with salt and pepper.

Bake in the pre-heated oven for 12 minutes.

Remove from the oven, and brush generous amounts of the pesto on all three sides of the filets. Return to the oven and cook for another 10 minutes till salmon is cooked through.

Serve warm with more of the pesto on the side. I had mine with some roasted asparagus.

This is a South Beach Diet friendly meal for phase 1.

Other Salmon Recipes you might like.

Category: Greens, Seafood, South Beach Diet Friendly

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22 Responses to “Roasted Salmon with Sage Pesto”

SuperChef
May 10th, 2009 @ 9:39 pm
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well, sometimes a well deserved me-time is also great!! sadly, i belong to the category of ppl who did a lots of things this weekend and hence not so looking forward to the week!!

sage pesto sounds like a great idea. Can only imagine how flavourful that will be!!

have a great week ahead!
Raaga
May 10th, 2009 @ 9:45 pm
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We didn’t do much… except put up status updates on soaicl networking sites… does that make you feel better?
elra
May 10th, 2009 @ 10:02 pm
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My family love salmon. It just getting harder and harder to get the wild salmon now days.
Your recipe sounds so good.
varsha
May 10th, 2009 @ 11:28 pm
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Haa..should say I am kinda jealous of u..loong loong since we both saw a lazy weekend at home..n am soo wishing to sit on ma butt with peace..:P..
Loved that pesto on Salmon..bet both goes great hand-in-hand..haa..am light headed now..
Great week ahead Sig..
Shreya
May 10th, 2009 @ 11:42 pm
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Hi Sig, I had a totally lazy relaxed weekend just like you, and did not get out of the house! On Sat, I was in bed most of the time, though I made bisi bele bath for lunch, and on Sunday I was curled up with stuff that I had been putting off reading. Of course, both days, I did spend time on the net, and the sites you mention, cant do without that now..Love that roasted salmon, the sage pesto color so matches with the roasted asparagus..a great meal for one:-)
sra
May 11th, 2009 @ 12:21 am
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Went fish shopping yesterday and saw some fish steaks and thought of your many recipes, anyway, ended up buying the usual cuts for curry and fry.

We had a wonderful Sunday – our AC isn’t working so we stayed out of the house as long as we could, all meals eaten out since Saturday.
Ann
May 11th, 2009 @ 12:25 am
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same here sig..was on bed doing nothing for the weekened..So reading you made me jovial once again..thats a magic in positive writing..thanks
salmon and the asparagus,which is my all time fav,looks real yum yum and super attarctive to begin a week..& blogging..
enjoy..!!
Parita
May 11th, 2009 @ 12:44 am
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Gorgeous pic…looks great..
Happy Cook
May 11th, 2009 @ 1:42 am
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Wow that roasted salmon looks so juicy delicous.
Never made pesto with sage as i always thing sage is a bit too strong.
Will try them once.
indosungod
May 11th, 2009 @ 3:56 am
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I now wish I had done what you did Sig. We joined a few friends for a picnic and my body aches all over now I wish I could had spent the beautiful Sunday reading a book instead. Grass is greener …..

Salmon looks great.
Bong Mom
May 11th, 2009 @ 5:26 am
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As I had said, I like my weekends lazy kind these days. Only thing even “lazy” does not mean “me-time” with kiddos around but I like that.

one more great salmon idea
Mamatha
May 11th, 2009 @ 5:32 am
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Most of my weekends are really lazy, so much so that I look forward to the weekday. I feel I can get more done on weekdays on a tight schedule than on weekends. This weekend was less lazy than usual – a quick session of retail therapy , a visit to the temple followed by a lazy afternoon at the farmer’s market and ofcourse, the mandatory updating of status on that same social network.

Love the pesto recipe, although I think I’ve had an overdose of salmon off late. Had Salmon frittata for b/f this morning and am having pan-fried salmon marinated in a ginger, tamari, scallion, chilli sauce for lunch.
Soma
May 11th, 2009 @ 5:36 am
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Yes I like this!! love it in fact.. the sage sounds really good.

i had a lazy weekend… wandered around since i was kept from doing any work on honor of mothers day.. had a lazy but nice time.
rina
May 11th, 2009 @ 8:17 am
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Hey Sig, taking time off to spend for you is needed…I wish I could do that…
Anyway don’t worry you’ve got a one whole lot of summer to enjoy the weekends outside.

That is one whole healthy meal..SBD friendly i guess. Love salmon anyway.
Cham
May 11th, 2009 @ 11:04 am
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I like lazy weekend I only go the evening out! Hey u need to charge urself for the week right? Don’t look any update!
Like the roasted salmon and pesto
Laavanya
May 11th, 2009 @ 5:27 pm
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How did your ‘well-rested’ Monday go? Good I hope.
The greens in the picture look so vibrant and beautiful.
Nags
May 11th, 2009 @ 5:42 pm
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oh yes, that looks delish! The asparagus looks so much bigger and thicker than the ones we get here!
Nirmala
May 11th, 2009 @ 10:54 pm
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I am with you Sig! I had a recovering bruised and swollen knee and took that an excuse to not to move out. But browsed through almost 25-30 cake and cookie recipes and could not decide aht to bake and finally slept off! The salmon is one of my favorite and I had eaten it pan fried with sum sambar podi and crshed arlic rubbed on it. This looks fabulous! But how can you skip rice with these delicious fillets ? South beach diet
jaya
May 12th, 2009 @ 9:38 pm
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weekend are lazy for me too , but I have to drag myself out for our lil kid ..she loves going out and roam around in shopping malls here …
coming to pesto ,parsley has a strong flavour of it’s own ,quite a good way to spread it with sage over salmon fillets to make it more flavourful and tasty i guess and Pine nuts yummo..
hugs and smiles
A&N
May 14th, 2009 @ 7:01 am
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Sage pesto is something I should try!!

I love pesto so much that I eat it almost immediately after we make it. hmm…
sona
May 15th, 2009 @ 10:31 pm
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hey SIg..I have sent you a mail couple of days back..cheching my inbox everyday, desperately waiting to hear from you…

regards,Sona
Shantanu
May 16th, 2009 @ 5:36 am
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For me, salmon and mutton are the safest – I love them cooked any way. But the picture here certainly makes my mouth water. The details on the picture makes it look very delectable indeed.