Everything is Always Rosie: Rosie's Bachelor Baked Salmon

Hi all:

I haven't written a post for a while as I am back at school and it has been really busy again after the long summer holidays. I am enrolled in Music History and Private Lessons for the trumpet and am also having to practice the piano daily, to bring up my skills to where they once were 3 years ago. I also need to take 3 more semesters of Class Piano and after not playing for three years, I have to relearn all the fingerings for the Major scales as well as the Natural, Harmonic and Melodic minor scales. Let me say, it is really hard trying to remember all those fingerings, especially when it changes with ascending and descending Melodic minor keys. Yikes!! Who came up with that anyways?

The "Cottage" has been closed up for the summer but hopefully we can make one last trip up there in the Fall. It is so beautiful up there during Wine Festival season. Some many wineries, so little time!!

Having said all of that, I wanted to share my latest recipe with you. I just improvised this tonight and let me say, it was very moist and tasty. Here it is for you to make and enjoy. I really think I should have my own cooking show. That has been a secret wish of mine, since I was 6 or 7 years old. I used to watch cooking shows on TV and make my own concoctions in a bowl using my mom's spices and water. I would stir it all up and pretend I was explaining how to do it, to a studio audience. Move over "Galloping Gourmet"! Does anyone remember that cooking show? He used to drink wine while he cooked on TV; not a bad idea! I do that myself! Here is the recipe:

Rosie's Bachelor Baked Salmon

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(BTW, I call it "Bachelor Baked" since anyone WITHOUT cooking skills, can make this recipe. Sorry to all the bachelors out there!)

1 large salmon fillet (I used wild sockeye)

1/2 lemon

150 gm of cooked shrimp (about 1/2 pound)

Fresh dill weed

3-4 Tablespoons red pepper jelly

Salt and pepper

Olive oil

Spray a large casserole dish with olive oil cooking spray. Rinse and pat dry, the salmon fillet and lay it in the casserole dish.

Sprinkle the salmon with salt and pepper. Sprinkle a few sprigs of dill, ripped up, onto the salmon. Add the cooked shrimp to the top of the salmon. Squeeze lemon juice onto the salmon and also add 3-4 Tablespoons of red pepper jelly. I used Palmalito brand Jalapeño Pepper Jelly. Simply spoon out the pepper jelly and spread it over the salmon and shrimp. Drizzle the entire salmon with olive oil, cover with aluminum foil and bake at 325 * (degrees) for about 30-40 minutes, until cooked all the way through. The salmon will be very moist and flavourful as it actually poaches in its own juices.

Add some boiled new potatoes and some baby carrots and you have a great meal. (And the sauce works well on top of the potatoes too) No fuss, no muss, and so simple, ANYONE can do it. If you want to impress your significant other with your culinary skills, this is the recipe for you!!

Enjoy!