Easy Salmon Parcels

This is a favourite of mine - keep it simple for weekday supper or jazz it up asian style for a dinner party.  Packed with Omega 3.  

Thank you to my mother-in-law for the original recipe.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Serves 4

Ingredients
4 Salmon Fillets  
1 large Courgette
1 large Carrot
2-3 tablespoons Light Soy Sauce
Fresh ground black pepper
2 spring onions finely chopped (optional)
1 inch cube fresh garlic finely chopped (optional)
1 red chilli finely chopped (optional)

Method

• Pre-heat the oven 180 degrees/ gas mark 4.
• Chop or grate the carrot and courgette into matchstick sized strips.
• Arrange each salmon fillet skin side down on it's own square of tin foil.
• Top each fillet with carrot and courgette and onion, ginger and chilli if using.
• Sprinkle each with half tablespoon of soy sauce and half tablespoon water and season with pepper (no slat, plenty in the soy sauce).
• Wrap loosely into pasty shapes with the tin foil making sure you leave a gap above the fish and veg and you have a tight seal so the steam cannot escape.

• Place on a baking tray in the oven for 20 minutes.
• Take care when opening - steam will escape and burn!
• Serve with wholegrain rice and or pulses. 

I serve with The Food Doctor Easy Grains Organic Cereals, Pulses and Beans that come in a microwavable pouch - 2 mins and they're ready to serve. Product details on The Food Doctor web site

Why is it Good Mood Food?
Very low GI especially when served with whole grains
Packed with Omega 3 from the fish and kidney beans if you use Food Doctor Easy Grains.  Omega 3 is essential for brain health. Deficiency in Omega 3 (common in most of us) has been linked with depression, particularly Post Natal Depression.