food as medicine.

The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.

– Thomas Edison

food is powerful.

THE FORK IS YOUR MOST POWERFUL TOOL TO CHANGE YOUR HEALTH AND THE PLANET;  FOOD IS THE MOST POWERFUL MEDICINE TO HEAL CHRONIC ILLNESS.

– DR. MARK HYMAN

Spring and summer are my favorite times of the year.  I love fresh seasonal vegetables and meals seem to be inherently lighter.  A quick easy dinner that we like to throw together are baked salmon packets.  The are easy and literally your entire meal is baked all together in a little parchment paper pouch.  I really try to buy wild caught salmon whenever I can get it on sale and our local Earth Fare had it on sale for $8.99/lb the other day, yay!  You can use any combination of vegetables but our favorite is a combination of carrots, zucchini and asparagus (of course these are missing zucchini because I forgot to buy it on my shopping trip).

The most difficult part about making this meal is keeping my 5 year old from eating all the veggies as I cut them. Seriously, these are such a simple, yet satisfying meal…perfect for busy summer nights.  I was actually prepping these before my son’s baseball game so that I could just throw them in the oven when we got home.

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Salmon and Veggie Packets
Recipe Type: Main Dish
Author: The Sprouted Life
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 lb wild caught salmon (cut into 4 equal pieces)
  • 4 – carrots
  • 2 – medium zucchini
  • 1 – bunch of asparagus
  • (or any combination of fresh vegetables, sugar snap peas, green beans and yellow squash work well also)
  • olive oil
  • lemon pepper seasoning (I use Simply Organic)
  • salt & pepper
Instructions
  1. Julienne cut all your vegetables and divide into four servings.
  2. Place each serving of the vegetables on a parchment paper square, and drizzle with a little olive oil and a little salt & pepper.
  3. Place each fresh piece of salmon on top of the vegetables and drizzle with a little more olive oil and lemon pepper seasoning.
  4. seal the parchment paper into packets and staple shut.
  5. back at 400 degrees for approx. 15 mins. (can vary depending on thickness of the salmon)
  6. enjoy!
  7. *Vegetables will still be a little crunchy, so if you like your vegetables cooked more, I would suggest blanching them for 2-3 minutes prior to baking