Maple Salmon

I love seafood of any kind.  I would probably eat shrimp, fish, or sushi every day if I could!

This simple maple salmon recipe, found by my roomie on allrecipes.com, is right up my alley!

Prep: 10 minutes + 30 minute marinade
Cook Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 pound salmon

Tip: Get all your ingredients and measuring cups out in advance so you're not hunting for items or leaving anything out.

Directions:

1. In a small bowl, mix the maple syrup, soy sauce, garlic, garlic salt, and pepper.

2. Place salmon in a shallow glass baking dish, and coat with the maple syrup mixture. Cover the dish, and marinate salmon in the refrigerator 30 minutes, turning once.

*Tip: I put foil down in the baking pan- saves you from scrubbing later!

3. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

4. Place the baking dish in the preheated oven, and bake salmon uncovered 20 minutes, or until easily flaked with a fork.

5. Enjoy! : ) I paired mine with fresh salad and a crescent roll. And a glass of chardonnay!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Pumpkin and chocolate in the same cookie? Yes please!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 cups (12-ounce bag) milk chocolate chips, not semisweet
• Nonstick cooking spray or parchment paper

*Baking tip: Get out all of your ingredients before you start mixing anything.  Then you won't have to go hunting for specific items, and you'll make sure you don't leave anything out!

Directions:

Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray cookie sheets with nonstick spray or line them with parchment paper.

Using a mixer, beat the butter until smooth. Beat in the white and brown sugars, a little at a time, until the mixture is light and fluffy. 

Beat in the eggs 1 at a time, then mix in the vanilla and pumpkin puree. 

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves. 

Slowly beat the flour mixture into the batter in thirds. Stir in the chips. 

Scoop the cookie dough by heaping tablespoons onto the prepared cookie sheets and bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the cookies are browned around the edges. 

Remove the cookie sheets from the oven and let them rest for 2 minutes. Take the cookies off with a spatula and cool them on wire racks.

Makes approximately 60 cookies.

Recipe from www.foodnetwork.com. 

Enjoy! : )