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Recipe found in: Great American Recipes Easy Every Day cookbook

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Fresh Oven-Baked Salmon

Prep time: 15 minutes

Bake time: 20-25 minutesa

Ingredients (serves 4):

4 salmon fillets (about 6 oz each)

12 cherry tomatoes

Juice of 1/4 lemon

1 tbsp. olive oil

Fresh black Pepper

2-3 sprigs fresh thyme, plus extra to garnish

31/2 oz. sugar snap peas, slices diagonally

31/2 oz. thin green beans, trimmed

3 1/2 oz. frozen peas

2 oz. frozen fava or boad beans

1 whole leek, sliced

Easy Step-By-Step

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit . Place the salmon fillets and cherry tomatoes ion a large greased ovenproof dish. Add the lemon juice and olive oil. Add some freshly ground pepper to taste and a few sprigs of the fresh thyme.

2. Cover the dish with foil and bake until the fish has cooked through, 20-25 minutes.

3. meanwhile, bring a large saucepan of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the sugar snap peas, green beans, green peas, fava beans and leek and return to a boil. Let the vegetables simmer for 3 minutes. Drain well.

4. Arrange the vegetables on 4 serving plates. Top each with a cooked salmon fillet and some cherry tomatoes. Drizzle with any remaining juices from dish and garnish with fresh thyme.

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