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Clean Eat Recipe :: Blackened Salmon with Mango Salsa

Main Dish RecipesWhitney Carlson13 Comments

Mangoes are where it's at! (With them in season right now, they are super easy to find as well.) Aside from some of the antioxidant benefits of mangoes, they just taste good and are the perfect sweet treat on a hot summer day.

With the He and She gang getting together on the weekend, it was the perfect time to try out Paleoista's Blackened Salmon with Mango Salsa recipe. Although I do not eat Paleo, books like Paleoista have great recipes that are almost always clean! Besides, if you tell me anything about the words "salsa," I'm there - I could eat Mexican food for every meal!

Blackened Salmon with Mango Salsa

Paleoista, Nell Stephenson

Ingredients:

  • 1 ripe mango, peeled, pitted and cut into 1/2 in squares
  • 1/2 C fresh minced cilantro
  • 1 TBSP freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 1/4 C peeled and diced red onion
  • 1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed
  • 1 medium tomato, seeded and chopped
  • 2 TSP paprika
  • 1 TSP ground dried oregano
  • 1 TSP ground dried thyme
  • 1/8 TSP cayenne pepper
  • 1/4 TSP freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/4 TSP freshly ground white pepper
  • 1/2 TSP salt-free garlic powder
  • 1/2 TSP ground cumin
  • Two 6 or 8 ounce skin-on, wild caught salmon fillets (6 for the girls, 8 for the boys)
  • 2 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 slices fresh lemon (optional - for garnish only)

Directions:

1. Combine the mango, cilantro, lime juice, onion, garlic and tomato in a small bowl. Stir, cover and refrigerate.

2. Combine paprika, oregano, thyme, cayenne, black pepper, white pepper, garlic powder and cumin in a small bowl, mixing well. Pat the fish dry with paper towels and press the spice mixture on the flesh of the salmon. (He & She Tip: Use the back of the spoon that you mixed the spices together with to press it onto the salmon - this will eliminate an extra utensil to wash!)

3. Heat the oil in a cast-iron skillet over high heat. Place the fish in the skillet, flesh side down and cook for 2 minutes. Flip over and cook on the skin side for 2 additional minutes. Ensure the internal temperature of the fish is 160 degrees F prior to serving. 

Makes 2 servings.

Mets: (6oz Salmon Fillet, 1/2 of Salsa Mixture)

  • Calories - 490
  • Fat - 28g
  • Protein - 40g
  • Carbohydrates - 26g 
  • Sugars - 17g
  • Sodium - 107mg

If you are anything like me, you may want to consider cooking this dish with the windows open in your house! For some reason, I haven't mastered my cast-iron cookware yet!

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Southwestern Tilapia

Main Dish Recipes, Most PopularWhitney Carlson23 Comments

Did you know that Whole Foods has a recipe app?  We have tried a lot of their recipes & hope to share more of them with you soon but this is one of our favorites!  This is the only way that Scott will eat tilapia!

Ingredients:

4 (6 - ounce fillets)

2 tbsp olive oil

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp chili powder

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp black pepper

1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

1 lime

 

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

2. In a small bowl mix spices together.

3. Drizzle each fillet with olive oil.

4. Sprinkle each fillet with the mixture of spices.

5. Squeeze lime juice over the fillets.

6. Flip the fillets over & repeat steps 3-5.

7. Bake until golden brown & flesh begins to flake (usually around 9-12 minutes in my oven).

 

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- Whitney

Turkey Stuffed Bell Peppers

Main Dish Recipes, Most PopularWhitney Carlson29 Comments

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I LOVE ground turkey! When I saw this recipe in Oxygen Magazine's May 2012 issue, I knew that I had to try it! This would make a great snack post workout or pop two of these as a meal a little later on in the day. Don't say I didn't warn you, but you may just want to spice them up a little more than the recipe calls for - my super spicy taste buds were yearning for a little more spice!

Clean Eat Recipe: Turkey Stuffed Bell Peppers

Reader Recipe of the Month, Cara Cole-Mahon, Oxygen Magazine, May 2012

Ingredients:

  • 4 bell peppers
  • 1 lb lean ground turkey (preferably ground turkey breast or 97/3%)
  • 1 cup cooked quinoa
  • 3 egg whites
  • 1/2 c chopped scallion
  • 2 tbsp Italian seasoning
  • 2 tsp garlic powder
  • 2 tbsp chopped garlic
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 2 tbsp clean jarred tomato sauce

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cut bell peppers in half, discarding the seeds.

2. In a large bowl, combine turkey, cooked quinoa, egg whites, scallion and seasonings plus 1 tbsp of tomato sauce. Mix well.

He & She Tip: Add some additional spices - possibly some cayenne pepper to add some spice and flavor. You can also try a clean Arrabiata sauce for more of a kick instead of regular tomato sauce!

3. Stuff each pepper half with the mixture. Top with remaining tomato sauce. Bake for 45 minutes and serve.

1 serving is 2 pepper halves.

Macros:

  • Calories: 260
  • Carbs: 22g
  • Protein: 32g
  • Fats: 3g

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