Tuscan Salmon:

Tuscan Salmon

Courtesy of Vital Choice Seafood

This Italian recipe offers simple Mediterranean elegance. Makes 4 servings.

• 1 tsp each salt, ground mustard and dried thyme, crushed
• 1/2 tsp ground pepper
• 4 salmon fillets (6 oz. each)
• 2 tsp honey
• 3 tsp olive oil, divided
• 2 quarts spinach leaves
• 1/2 tsp minced garlic
• 2 cups halved red seedless grapes
• 1/2 cup dry red wine
• Salt (to taste)

Combine salt, mustard, thyme and pepper; mix well. Rub salmon fillets with honey and sprinkle with seasoning mixture; reserve any remaining seasoning mixture.

Heat 2 teaspoons olive oil in nonstick skillet. Brown both sides of salmon fillets.

Toss spinach and garlic with remaining 1 teaspoon oil in 13x9x2-inch baking dish. Place salmon on spinach, cover loosely with aluminum foil and bake at 300°F 10 minutes.

Sauté grapes in skillet used to brown salmon. Add wine, bring to boil, season to taste with remaining seasoning mixture and salt; reduce by half.

Serve salmon on spinach; top with grape sauce.

Editor's note: We consider organic whole foods from both plant and animal kingdoms to be a major key to superior health. We also think it's terribly important to eat fish at least twice a week to get the essential fatty acids. Here at our house, we only eat wild Alaskan salmon and other wild seafoods from our friends at Vital Choice. Click here to visit Vital Choice Seafood.