A Night of More Firsts...

Tonight I made a new recipe...Maple and Mustard-Glazed Salmon with Roasted Brussels Sprouts.  So here are some firsts that I experienced...

1. Cooking fish!
2. Making Brussels sprouts (I had never even eating them until just a couple months ago)
3. Mixing maple syrup and mustard
4. Spelling out Brussels Sprouts (I didn't even realize that there was an 's' after Brussel...don't I feel stupid!)

I started out by marinating the salmon and I didn't quite understand what the directions meant when it said to bake the salmon skin side down, but then I started to turn the filet over to marinate the other side and OMG...it had skin and scales and everything!  I won't lie...it kind of creeped me out!

 And that's when I felt stupid for the second time!

After the baking was all done though, I think it turned out pretty well and looked pretty similar to the pictures on the recipe site.

After all was done, here are my thoughts on the recipe...

• I'm not sure why the recipe called for the Brussels sprouts to be baked for 20-30 minutes because I did them for 20 mins. and they looked burnt, not caramelized like the recipe describe.  They ended up tasting ok and they were much softer inside than they looked.  The onions, on the other hand, didn't fare as well.  They were so burnt to a crisp that I just ended up throwing them away.  Sad face...I hate wasting food.
• The salmon was quite good and I think I baked it for the perfect amount of time.  It was soft and moist and the mixture of mustard and maple syrup was an interesting combination. I will also admit that it still creeped me out a bit to eat the salmon off of the skin, but it didn't taste or smell fishy at all at least! 

 Brussels on the slightly crispy side, anyone?

Well, now that dinner is over I think I'll go enjoy a cookie or two!  Until next time...