This recipe is especially delicious and quite easy to make.

We recommend wild Alaska salmon for this recipe as it has been certified a sustainable source of salmon by the Marine Stewardship council. For information on this, and on other sustainable seafood choices, visit Seafood Watch: Choices for Healthy Oceans in the conservation section of Monterey Bay Aquarium's website.

 

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup pecans, ground
• 2 teaspoons ThickenThin not/Cereal thickener
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• pinch salt
• pinch cayenne
• 2/3 pound salmon fillets
• 1 1/3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 teaspoons butter

   

Directions

Serves 2.

Preheat oven to 500°F. Cover baking pan with foil.

1. Combine pecans, not/Cereal thickener, garlic, salt and cayenne.

2. Dip salmon fillets into olive oil and then pecan mixture and place in a single layer on the baking pan.

3. Bake approximately 10 minutes until fish flakes. Top fillets with butter before serving.

Nutrition

Nutrition per serving (calculated by Mastercook): 361 calories; 25g fat; 3g carb (of which 1g is fiber); 32g protein.