Week 7: Roasted Salmon with Shallot Grapefruit Sauce (plus Dessert)

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ellie-krieger/roasted-salmon-with-shallot-grapefruit-sauce-recipe.html

I was really in the mood for salmon so I thought I would give this a try. I planned on just straight up following the recipe this time but in the end there was not nearly enough sauce, so I ended up pouring in a little grapefruit juice. The problem was that I had already added in the grapefruit sections, so instead of staying as big pieces they broke down into just pulp since I had to reheat the sauce.

The asparagus was definitely a big success! Just sauteed it in some olive oil and added some chopped garlic, in all it took just about 6-7 minutes. It was the perfect texture and tasted amazing!

Josh's Rating: 3/5

I think the biggest problem was, like I mentioned, the fact that I had to add some grapefruit juice to the sauce, which probably messed with the sweet/bitter ratio a little bit. It had some good flavor but it kind of tasted weird with the fish. Don't know if I would make this again.

Luisa's Rating: 2.5/5

It ended up being a little too acidic and not really enough flavor. It was a nice idea and it tasted good, but not perfect.

Dessert: Simple Baked Apples

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Simple-Baked-Apples/

I thought I would try baking a dessert, too, and I really love apple desserts (my Aunt Lynne, for example, makes the most amazing apple pie I have ever tasted). So I thought I would look for a quick easy recipe and found this one.

I only put in a tablespoon of sugar instead of a half cup and I just mixed everything up in a big Ziploc bag. There is probably a better way to go about it, since the flour ended up not distributing very evenly. I only left it in the oven for about 45 minutes.

Josh's Rating: 3.5/5

It was a solid dessert that was definitely enjoyable but it wasn't anything special. Of course, for the small amount of work it took it was definitely nice to have a tasty dessert. The other cool thing is that it is pretty healthy...at least before adding ice cream ;)

Luisa's Rating: 2.5/5

I didn't like how the flour was clumped in some places, which ended up being kind of slimy. It would have been better if it had had some sort of crunchy aspect to it.