As I have written many a time – the husband loves salmon and I do not. Therefore I am always coming up with salmon dinner ideas for him and I make myself something else to eat. For example – last night I made him the below salmon and apples with thyme and I had a loaded baked potato.

We were both happy. I thoroughly enjoyed my meal and he loved his dinner. It doesn’t get much better than that, now does it?

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Salmon Dinner: Salmon with Apples and Thyme

Serves 1 but can be doubled

1 6 oz salmon fillet
2 TBS flour mixed with 1 tsp salt
1 apple
1/4 cup diced onion
1 cup apple cider
1 TBS maple syrup
1 tsp dried thyme or 1 TBS fresh thyme
1 tsp butter

1 cup of cooked rice

Preheat oven to 400

Cut apple into small dice
Mince onion
Heat about 1 tsp of olive oil in a medium saute pan. Add the onion and cook until soft. Add the apple and cook for about 3 minutes until the apple starts to soften. Remove from pan and set aside in a bowl.
Return the pan to the heat and add the apple cider and maple syrup and bring to a boil.
Reduce the cider mixture by 2/3rds. Taste and season with salt and pepper and stir in the thyme. Turn off the heat and add the butter if using. Let it melt into the sauce.
Stir in the apples and onions and set aside.
Heat a small fry pan over medium high heat.

Add the flour and 1 tsp salt to a small plate and mix together.
Dredge the salmon fillet in the flour mixture.

Place the fillet skin side down in the pan and pan fry for three minutes. Turn and cook for three minutes. Remove the pan the oven to finish cooking – 15 to 20 minutes depending on the thickness of your fillet
While the fish is cooking warm up the apples.

To plate the salmon dinner idea: place the fish on top of cooked rice and add the sauce. Sprinkle with chopped parsley if desired.

How Was the Salmon Dinner Idea?

The husband loved it. I know I write that every time I present a recipe for cooking salmon but he truly has enjoyed every one I have put in front of him. And trust me, he would tell me if he didn’t like something.

I just popped my baked potato in the oven when I started preparing his meal. By the time his fish was done it was all cooked and I just had to add my toppings. This way we were both happy with our dinner.

Thankfully I just found a seriously good price on Chilean sea bass so I will now have that in the freezer so that when I make salmon for him I can have the sea bass and we will both enjoy fish for dinner. Hooray! I do enjoy a good Chilean sea bass recipe now and then, that’s for sure.