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Poached Salmon With Mustard Dill Sauce

While it may seem complicated to some home cooks, poached salmon is one of the simplest ways to cook this popular fish once you know the poaching secrets, and it’s even better topped with this deliciously easy mustard dill sauce that’s ready to serve in under 30 minutes.

Healthy-ish. Formal-ish. Style-ish. Lately these are words I’ve been adopting with relish.

In their root form, these lifestyle descriptions can sometimes feel too hard to achieve. Because who can truly devote themselves to always eating healthy and acting healthy when wine and cookies beckon? And who has it in them (not to mention the time) to nail each and every detail as the ultimate entertainer? And if anyone expects me to look like I strutted straight out of the pages of a magazine, I hope they’re reading a magazine about how to wear the same uniform day in and day out.

But with that little “-ish” at the end of almost any word, those stricter interpretations become more fluid, somewhat easier, a little less intimidating, and a lot more achievable.

This poached salmon recipe is a prime example of being healthy-ish, formal-ish, and totally style-ish for cooking any time, and because both the salmon and the sauce hold up especially well, its perfect for a simple-ish brunch, lunch or dinner buffet. continue to the recipe… about Poached Salmon With Mustard Dill Sauce

Mustard Salmon Sheet-Pan Dinner

A tangy mustard sauce flavors this sheet-pan baked salmon recipe with caramelized asparagus and potatoes for a super simple dinner with minimal clean-up.

If this sheet-pan recipe gives you even 15 more minutes to spend with those you love, my job is done for the day.

It isn’t just about savoring the meal, it’s about savoring the moments.

A few of my local blogging friends are going through trials and tribulations that have reminded me to do just that. The unexpected death of one friend’s beloved mother. The diagnosis of leukemia for the sweetest little pre-schooler of another blogging friend, and the unknown prognosis of yet blog friend after a hair-raising and lengthy hospital stay where questions still remain.

Hug your kids. Kiss your husband, your wife or partner. Call your mom. Snuggle with your pet, because they are your children. Time is precious and you shouldn’t waste a minute of it.

This sheet-pan salmon recipe will have you in and out of the kitchen so you can get to what’s really, truly important. The ones you love.

I can guarantee, you’re going to love this recipe as much as they do because it’s incredibly easy, fast and makes weekly meal planning a breeze with some tasty leftovers to spread through the week.

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Cheesy Mustard Baked Chicken Breasts

Extra sharp cheddar, parmesan and whole grain mustard lend a savory bite to these creamy baked chicken breasts, topped with crispy Panko, for an easy weeknight dinner.

For me, weekends are made for taking time in the kitchen to labor over the more complicated recipes I’m craving to make. You can see some favorite recipes here.

These Cheesy Mustard Baked Chicken Breasts are not one of those recipes.

Instead, it’s the perfect recipe for busy weeknights, wedged in between soccer practices, helping with homework (gah, this core curriculum is harder on the parents than the kids) and folding laundry.

And the best part is that it turns boring chicken breasts into a dinner that tastes far more complicated and time consuming than it really is.

Because sometimes chicken dinner is not always a winner, winner.

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German Potato Salad

Hot red potatoes dressed in a warm bacon, mustard and vinegar dressing are what make this traditional mayo-less potato salad a family favorite.

I can taste the pucker now.

It’s the telltale sign of the ultimate German potato salad. That vinegar punch mixed with spunky, grainy mustard in a bacon studded dressing. The unexpected zing that makes me wonder who could possibly pass up a mayo-less ‘tater salad?

Not this German girl.

Although when I just asked Smudge her opinion on which photo to use as the main for this post, she said, “That’s potato salad? I didn’t know it was potato salad when we have it. I always thought it was just hot cooked potatoes.”

I suppose potato salad served warm in a fry pan threw her for a BBQ-side-dish-loop. Surprise is good for her. And for all of us when it comes to giving traditional dishes a try.

Leave it to the Germans who originated Christmas, Legos, Nutella and the VW bug to hand down yet another classic.

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Grilled Shrimp With Sweet or Spicy Mustard Dipping Sauce

Instead of cocktail sauce with shrimp, try Sweet Mustard with Brown Sugar and Hoisin Dip, or Spicy Mustard with Tarragon Sauce.

This post is brought to you by the makers of French’s Sweet Yellow Mustard and Spicy Yellow Mustard. I received compensation to write this post through the French’s Sweet and Spicy Influencer program. As always, thank you for reading and for supporting companies I partner with, which allows me to create more unique content and recipes for you.

There are some foods I can go without.

Bread. I love it, but I can live without it. I know, I’m an anomaly. Steak. I could live without steak. Unless it’s this one, but even then, I’d do with just a bite. And Brussels Sprouts. Even though this year I’ve become a fan, if they were eradicated from the earth, I’d still be okay.

But then there are the food cravings I can’t bear to think of losing.

Pickles. Not a chance so don’t even think about it. Pasta. That would be a toughie. Fresh veggies and a super crunchy salad. Please. Don’t make me. Chocolate. Are you crazy, girl? And mustard. You can tell me to give mayo the heave-ho, but don’t take away my favorite spicy yellow condiment, please.

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Honey Mustard Chicken

Rituals. They come in every style and many colors. Some might call them superstitions, others call them routines. And most every pro sports player won’t go into a game without following theirs. All I know is I think I’m ready to add a few new ones to my day.

I was reading an article in this month’s Esquire about things to do in January, because it’s January. Number 2 on the list of items to improve life and have fun while doing it was the suggestion to engage in a daily ritual. A ritual, not a resolution. I like the sounds of that much better. And just for one month.

Their suggestions sound pretty good:

Read a poem every night,

Walk around the block twice at noon,

Drink a finger of Scotch after dinner.

Does eating a finger of ice cream instead of Scotch count?

It can’t be that hard to come up with a new ritual. After all, I already have a few in the bag.

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