Heart Healthy Recipe

We all could use a heart-healthy diet, but sometimes finding tasty recipes that are also great for your heart is challenging. Well here is a super tasty salmon recipe you can try tonight! The omega-3 fatty acids may actually lower the risk of, heart attacks and stroke.

Salmon on a Bed of Leeks

1 bunch leeks (3 to 4)
2 tsps butter or margarine
½ cup dry white wine or vermouth
2 8-oz salmon fillets
Salt and pepper to taste
2 Tbls grated Gruyère cheese

Trim green tops and root ends from leeks; slit vertically into quarters, leaving 1/3 inch intact at root end. Separate sections and wash under cold running water; drain well. In 10-inch sauté pan, melt butter over medium heat. Add leeks and cook 2 to 3 minutes, stirring often, until leeks are wilted. Stir in wine, arrange salmon on leeks, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook 5 minutes. Sprinkle cheese over salmon; cover and cook another 3 to 5 minutes or until salmon is opaque around edges and firm, and cheese is melted. Transfer to warm dinner plate with broad spatula and serve immediately.

Yield: 4 servings. Per serving: 286 calories, 14 grams fat

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