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Roasted Salmon with Sauce

It's hard to imagine a salmon dish with a creamy and rich sauce that's swimming in goodness, but not in fat and calories. But here it is, suited just to your tastes.


Roasted Salmon with Sauce

Ingredients

For 6 people

  • 1 small white onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 16 tablespoon(s) chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 1/2 cup(s) watercress leaves
  • 2 watercress bunches for serving
  • 8 ounce(s) fresh spinach leaves
  • 1/2 cup(s) nonfat buttermilk
  • 8 tablespoon(s) low-fat sour cream
  • 1 Juice of 1 lemon
  • 2 teaspoon(s) coarse salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon(s) freshly ground pepper
  • 2 floz water
  • 1/2 tablespoon(s) extra virgin olive oil
  • 6 five-oz. salmon fillets, skins removed, about 1 1/2 x 4 inches

Directions

Place onion, garlic, parsley, watercress, spinach, buttermilk, sour cream, lemon juice, 1 tsp. salt, and 1/4 tsp. pepper in the bowl of a food processor; puree until smooth, and set aside in the refrigerator. Heat oven to 300 degrees. Rub the bottom of a 9 x 13-inch glass baking dish with 1/2 tsp. oil. Set salmon fillets in the dish, and rub tops with remaining tsp. oil. Sprinkle with remaining tsp. salt and 1/4 tsp. of pepper. Pour 1/4-cup water in dish to cover bottom in a thin layer. Cook fish until just cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes. Serve immediately over bed of watercress drizzled with cold herb sauce. Extra sauce can be refrigerated up to 4 days.
Ready in 40 min

Nutrition facts

  • Kcal: 343.69 kcal
  • Fibers (g): 2.73g
  • Sodium (mg): 1146.69mg
  • Carbs: 10.59g
  • Fat: 19.97g
  • Saturated fat (g): 5.9g
  • Proteins: 31.91g