OMG. What a crazy weekend. I spent all day Friday preparing for Saturday (I will tell you what for in a second) and then we had friends over for a pizza dinner. Not pizza like THIS. Delivery Pizza. Sometimes that’s the way it goes, right?
Then Saturday I finished prepping for Saturday night. Saturday night we hosted a Charity Dinner at our house. When I was done cooking and serving dinner at our house, I went to a second charity dinner that my good friends threw and brought dessert for the crowd. I hung out there for a while and then came back for the late night party at our house. Phew!!! It was a wild and busy night and so exciting to be contributing to the two charities in my own way.
Sunday was a delight in itself. I finally feel like my broken heart has healed enough that I was ready again to add to our family. And then Pete finally gave in to me and decided that we can get a dog. I surprised the girls with that news this morning. Since they have been asking 20 times a day for months, they were thrilled. After I told them we drove outside of the city to meet the mommy and daddy dog and found out that we will get our dog later this fall. I am so excited!
After all of the craziness this weekend, I just wanted a healthy, simple, delicious meal. And this Parchment Baked Salmon with Corn and Tomatoes was just what I needed! It is full of flavor and texture and also happens to be very pretty (and even healthy!) And then, here is the clincher: It takes less than 20 minutes to make, bake and serve. It is perfect for one person for a fast and easy dinner, or easy to make for a crowd. Hope you enjoy!
To make this Parchment Baked Salmon with Corn and Tomatoes this is what you do:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Prepare a large circle of parchment paper and fold it in half.
Cut the corn off the ear and place it on the bottom half of the parchment. Add the cherry tomatoes and red onion. Drizzle 1 teaspoon of olive oil and then sprinkle with kosher salt, black pepper and the thyme leaves from a sprig of thyme.
Place the salmon filet on the vegetables. Drizzle the salmon with the remaining teaspoon olive oil and sprinkle with kosher salt, black pepper and the other sprigs thyme leaves.
Fold the parchment paper over and pinch the edges to seal the packet.
Bake the fish for 14 minutes, and then unwrap or cut the top of the packet and serve in the paper.
Recipe: Parchment Baked Salmon with Corn and Tomatoes
Ingredients
- 1 ear corn
- 8-10 cherry tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon thinly sliced red onion
- 6 ounce filet of salmon
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- kosher salt and black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Prepare a large circle of parchment paper and fold it in half.
- Cut the corn off the ear and place it on the bottom half of the parchment. Add the cherry tomatoes and red onion. Drizzle 1 teaspoon of olive oil and then sprinkle with kosher salt, black pepper and the thyme leaves from a sprig of thyme.
- Place the salmon filet on the vegetables. Drizzle the salmon with the remaining teaspoon olive oil and sprinkle with kosher salt, black pepper and the other sprigs thyme leaves.
- Fold the parchment paper over and pinch the edges to seal the packet.
- Bake the fish for 14 minutes, and then unwrap or cut the top of the packet and serve in the paper.
Preparation time: 5 minute(s)
Cooking time: 14 minute(s)
Number of servings (yield): 1
This is perfect! Easy, beautiful and so flavorful! Great use of fresh summer foods!
Fabulous! I’ve never tried cooking in parchment paper.and was about to Pinterest ways to cook fish in foil. Congratulations on the upcoming puppy!
When I saw this I knew I would have to come over and check it out and exclaim how wonderful it looked, But then I saw the paragraph about Mason and I recalled seeing him as a pup and AMAZED at how big he was but did not know you had lost him.
Even these many months later, I want to offer my condolences…he captured my heart in your photos; I believe I recall a short movie once too?
So I was delighted to hear you and the family and getting another dog; I know how special dogs were to my children when they were growing up and even though she is old, my 14 yr old Abbie lays at my feet as I work and adds a measure of joy to my life every single day. Will it be another gentle giant (Mason was the biggest dog I’ve ever seen!)?
Oh Barbara- this brings tears to my eyes. THank you so, so much. Your kindness is heart warming 🙂 Dogs are the most special form of best friend and I cannot wait for a kitchen companion (like your Abbie) once again. After two giant boys in a row, we are going girl and we are going small. A King CHarles Cavalier! Sweet little dogs! Also small enough to be able to come with me as our family often has very crazy travel schedules, so I would love to be able to bring her. I am so, so excited!
Wow, you’ve had a crazy busy weekend! I can’t wait to see pics of this new dog 🙂 I love King Charles Cavaliers – they’re so cute!!
Love how easy this salmon is to make!!
You were crazy busy, girl! Good thing this is a nice fast and easy dinner – love it!
This is why I adore salmon so much- it’s so quick to cook and lends itself so well to summer produce. Looks delish!
Hope this week isn’t quite as crazy, girl.
What a tasty looking salmon dish!
This salmon sounds amazing! So perfect with fresh corn. I’m so glad we’ve gotten sufficiently through summer to want to turn on the oven. 🙂
That is one pretty piece of salmon!
Easy clean up & the perfect way to cook salmon!
omg so into this for an easy dinner!
We eat a lot of salmon and I’m always looking for great recipes. This looks delicious! Great post!
Made this a couple nights ago, & while it didn’t look as pretty as yours, Heather, it was a big hit with my family!
This may be a silly question, but do you cook the corn or leave it raw?
It is raw when it goes in the packet- it will be nicely cooked with the salmon 🙂
Thanks, Heather! I made this last night and it was incredible!! My husband loved it, too. I haven’t been able to get back into eating fish since becoming pregnant with my first child 3.5 years ago, but this recipe is making me love it again. Thank you! I am sharing it with a lot of people today. 🙂
PS: This recipe is so good and easy that I want to have a dinner party just so I can serve it.
YESSSS! This looks absolutely fantastic. Definitely going to try this one out soon 🙂
I have made this recipe about 4 times now and absolutely love it!!
So fresh, quick and EASY! and you can substitute any items you happen to have in the fridge/ pantry!
Looks like a weeknight winner!