Salmon, Grilled Raddichio, and Spiced Onions

Talk about a full, beautiful meal in a matter of minutes! Sometimes it’s fun for me to assemble a total meal concept instead of just making an individual Jesscipe. This healthy, clean meal is light yet substantial. Let’s definitely avoid that too heavy, nauseating, full to capacity feeling, shall we?

Ingredients:

Two salmon fillets

Salt and pepper

Three big cloves of minced garlic

Fresh thyme with the leaves peeled off (hold a sprig of thyme in one hand and slide the leaves off downward with the other).

A large Spanish onion sliced into rounds (Spanish onions are more flavorful than regular ones)

One and a half tsp of smoked sweet paprika (This is important; it’s a different flavor than regular paprika. The Smokey flavor is outrageously delicious and gives wonderful depth)

Three tbsp of balsamic vinegar

Two tsp additional fresh thyme, since you’re peeling it for the fish anyway

Two heads of radicchio, halved and rubbed with olive oil

Two cups of mixed greens lightly drizzled with olive oil and balsamic, to compliment the onions

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400. Salt and pepper the fish. Rub it all over with the minced garlic and drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle a generous amount of the thyme leaves and pat them in with the back of a spoon. Bake or roast the fish 12 to 15 minutes.

While the fish is cooking, heat a grill pan with olive oil. When the grill pan is very hot grill the raddichio halves on each side until there’s black grill marks. This results in both a wilt on the outside but still a crisp, crunchy core. Heat two tbsp olive oil in a large pan. Add the onion slices and sauté. Deglaze with the balsamic vinegar as the pan dries up, adding all the vinegar in stages. Add the smoked paprika and thyme and sauté until the onions develop this amazing caramelization. The smell is incredible.

Plate a piece of salmon over a cup of the lightly dressed greens. Add the raddichio halves on the side. Top the salmon with the glazed onions. Be so proud of yourself; you seriously just rocked the F out of this meal!