Crisp Salmon with Lemony Spinach & Faux-tatoes

We are trying to branch out with our salmon repertoire, so I decided to try this Crisp Salmon recipe. It was SURPRISINGLY easy! I started cooking at 5:15 and was done with the whole meal by 6pm - that's an EASY recipe around here.

First, I worked on the faux-tatoes. Since we had french fries last night, I basically substituted mashed cauliflower for the potatoes in this recipe. I prepared them exactly like mashed potatoes...but I just used cauli. So, I got the water started and cut the florets off a head of cauliflower.

Then, I prepared the "breading" for the salmon. Since it was just panko, dried minced onion, oregano, paprika, and pepper...there was no chopping. So I just assembled and breaded the salmon.

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The recipe called for these to be cooked in a non-stick skillet that could go in the oven, but I just used my well-seasoned cast-iron skillet. It worked perfectly. I browned on one side and then stuck it in a 400* oven.

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While that was baking, I sauteed some garlic and then cooked some baby spinach. So easy. I added lemon zest and pepper, as called for in the recipe.

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For the cauliflower, I just drained and put it over 1 tbsp butter and 1 tbsp sour cream and salt and pepper and mashed by hand. Yummy - an old favorite around here.

This meal got high marks! The flavors and panko on the salmon were great, and the veggies were yummy and so easy.

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