Lemon Pasta with Norwegian Salmon

I love that we can eat pasta, nowadays and have lighter meals.  This is a filling and complete dinner and if you add broccoli , peas or beans to it, it is even more so a complete meal.  It is delicious with the flavors of the goat cheese and the salmon and personally, I think the tomatoes add so much to this.

You may note that I added the lemon to the salmon, rather than the pasta.  You may want to do it the other way and add it to the pasta.  As far as I am concerned, it worked this way but the original recipe is different and I am sure it is excellent that way.

Salmon in Seconds is a nifty site.  If you like salmon, I suggest, you check it out.  There are some good solid recipes there and lots of other information.

Lemon Pasta with Norwegian Salmon (adapted from Salmon in Seconds)

For salmon:

1 salmon fillet

1 teaspoon  margarine

1 teaspoon olive oil

1 teaspoon rice vinegar

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1 teaspoon lemon zest 1 teaspoon dried chives

salt and pepper to taste

For pasta:

8 ounces pasta cooked according to package instructions

1 ounce  goat cheese

1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, halved

¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped

In a large nonstick pan, heat olive oil and butter on medium high heat.  When oil shimmers, add salmon and cook for 4 minutes.  Flip salmon and add garlic, rice vinegar, chives, lemon juice and zest and a pinch of salt and pepper to salmon fillet.  Cook 4 more minutes and remove salmon from the pan.  Add olive oil, tomatoes, and parsley to pan with 1 tablespoon of pasta water.

While salmon cooks, boil pasta in salted water for 3 minutes or until al dente.  Drain pasta and add to the pan with goat cheese.  Toss gently until cheese has melted.  Add salmon pieces to pasta and season with salt and pepper to taste before serving.

Eat and enjoy.

Norway was our destination, this month and for me, that is a dream because of the salmon.  By now, you know I make lots of salmon.  Salmon in a pasta dish is giving one, spurts of salmon, throughout the meals and that is delightful.

Linked to Bookmarked Tuesdays —- Hearth and Soul —– Slightly Indulgent Tuesdays ____  Presto Pasta Nights, hosted by Debbie of Debbie Does Dinner Healthy and Low Calorie and created by Ruth of Once Upon a Feast –   It’s A Keeper  –    BSI  

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