It’s hard to bring the family together for nightly meals, I get it.
Before I became a Stay at Home Mom when the twins were born, my career involved shift-work. This meant there was weeks out of the month that Isabelle ate dinner at her sitters and not with our family.
Flash forward to now, it’s the activities and sports that throw a curveball in our day, many of them are right over dinnertime.
Yet, it is so very important to make having dinner together a priority, and as often as possible. For us, this means a family dinner at 4pm before activities on Wednesdays. It is early, yet it’s something that I’ve decided based on the fact that I want us all to sit down together for a meal.
This is my time as a parent, to connect with my kids, learn more about them and ask them about their day.
Yet, with school pickup at 3 and dinner at 4 … well, lets’ think about this. Does this leave time to make a healthy, proper meal that we can all enjoy?
M&M Meat Shops is encouraging Canadian families to carve out time for the family mealtime tradition in their busy lives.
On September 18th, 2014, Canadians are invited to participate in the tenth annual M&M Meat Shops’ National Family Dinner Night.
I’m working with M&M Meat Shops to encourage families to take a look at their mealtime traditions, and make it a priority to find the time to eat dinner together. It’s a wonderful family-first initiative that I strongly believe in.
Which is why I’m happy to feature my recipe for One Dish Salmon Dinner!
I purchased 4 pieces of the Jail Island Salmon, which is from the Atlantic and raised in their natural environment by a family-owned company. It came highly recommended by the M&M Meat Shops employee, so I had to give it a try. Plus, I’m trying to incorporate more fish and seafood into our meals – so this worked perfectly.
Paired with the salmon is one of my all-time favourite sides found at M&M Meat Shops, Bean & Carrot Medley. My recipe was complete with some fresh cherry tomatoes that I had at home, which I needed to use up.
One Dish Salmon Dinner is a recipe that takes very little time to prepare, it’s baked in one pan {I actually used 2 pans since I made so much} and it takes less than 30 minutes to cook.
Meaning, there’s no excuse to not get that family together for a meal, despite a tight schedule!
Here’s the easy, simple and delicious recipe!
One Dish Salmon Dinner recipe - there's no excuse to not get that family together for a meal with this quick, easy and delicious meal.
- 4 Salmon Filets
- 1/2 bag Bean & Carrot Medley
- 2-3 cups Cherry Tomatoes halved
- Butter
- Fresh Thyme
- Lemon Slices
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Spray a baking pan {or two if you wish}, with your choice of non-stick spray.
- Place Jail Island Salmon Filets, Bean & Carrot Medley and Cherry Tomatoes in the pan. I group the 3 items with the salmon in the middle.
- Pepper the ingredients as desired, I'm generous with the pepper. Salt the 2 vegetables lightly.
- Dollop butter onto the salmon and top with lemon slices and fresh thyme.
- Bake at 400 for 15 minutes, toss the veggies lightly to mix and bake for another 10-15.
- Enjoy!
M&M Meat Shops has some wonderful new Fall items, definitely dinner worthy.
I’m a huge fan of their skinless boneless chicken breasts and now you can get them in slices! Chicken Breast Slices would be idea for a quick dinner to enjoy together – I’m thinking wraps, quesadillas and fajitas!
I also need to try their Stuffed Cheese and Bacon Beef Burgers, no explanation why is required! Same goes with the Stuffed Red Jalapeño Peppers – a new idea for appetizer & entertaining nights!
What foods found at M&M Meat Shops will get YOUR family to the table?
Disclosure: I was compensated for this post. Yet as always, all opinions are 100% my own.
Deborah A. says
09/08/2014 at 8:45 amMmm! This made my tummy grumble. 🙂 Looks delicious. And I love that it’s baked in one dish! How convenient. We like to incorporate fish in our diet too so that our kids don’t turn their noses up at food just because they look/smell different than what they’re used to.
Robin says
09/08/2014 at 9:32 amYou had me at one dish! I love easy dinners like this!!
susan says
09/08/2014 at 11:44 amI love that this is a one dish meal. As a working mom, this is such a time saver for me.
Amanda says
09/08/2014 at 12:28 pmThis looks delicious! I love having a colorful plate, your veggies look yummy with this
Francine says
09/08/2014 at 1:24 pmMy husband would love this. Saving!
Stacie @ The Divine Miss Mommy says
09/08/2014 at 3:01 pmThis recipe has the two main things I look for when I’m going to make anything – easy and taste. I love it!
Courtney says
09/08/2014 at 3:02 pmThis looks delicious. And so easy to make! That’s super important to me.
Ben says
09/08/2014 at 3:03 pmThis looks delicious. I love anything simple.
Dawn says
09/08/2014 at 3:05 pmThis looks like a super tasty, super healthy, super easy dish to make for my family. I love it!
Anne Taylor says
09/08/2014 at 3:07 pmThis looks like a great meal! I love M&M’s Meats! Thanks
Lori Pace says
09/08/2014 at 3:12 pmThat looks so delicious. I didn’t know it was so easy to make.
AImee Smith says
09/08/2014 at 3:42 pmSalmon is my favorite! This looks so easy and delicious.
Jodi Mitrovic says
09/08/2014 at 4:04 pmGreat blog about how important it is to spend time together as a family! I heard about National Family Dinner night from M&M Meat Shops this week. It’s a great idea to get us all together!
Brandi says
09/08/2014 at 6:16 pmMy husband doesn’t eat salmon so I never fix it. If I could make it in one dish, it’d be totally worth it for me to make it for just myself. Thanks for the recipe!
Shauna says
09/08/2014 at 6:27 pmOh I love everything about this… first of all, one dish? Really? how simple… and the ingredients are things I actually have. Thanks so much
Pam says
09/08/2014 at 6:43 pmWhat a great idea! Not only saves prep time but clean up time as well! I always strive to have less dishes at the end of a meal. And the food looks delicious! We are big salmon eaters!
Amy says
09/08/2014 at 6:58 pmWould you believe I have never tried salmon before? I must be really missing it because this looks great!
Nolie says
09/08/2014 at 7:36 pmMy husband and kids love Salmon. Looks easy enough for me to make for them.
Mama to 5 BLessings says
09/08/2014 at 8:31 pmI have never had salmon before. How does this fish taste, is it fishy? Looks like a great recipe.
Liz Mays says
09/08/2014 at 9:55 pmI’m all for putting a delicious meal together simply. The family eating together is important to me.
Brenda Roy says
09/08/2014 at 10:21 pmlooks fabulously delish and healthy
Tammilee Tips says
09/08/2014 at 11:02 pmThat looks amazing!! Salmon is one of John’s favorite fish. I am always looking for new Salmon recipes!
Brandee H says
09/09/2014 at 7:47 amThis looks so good and simple!! This would be easy to make a great meal quickly! Great idea!
Rob Shiels says
09/09/2014 at 8:24 amThis looks like an easy meal to prepare and looks delicious too, I absolutely love Salmon and I love M&M meats.
Rob Shiels
Angela P. says
09/09/2014 at 9:52 amMmmm… this looks so delicious and healthy!!! I love salmon! I have to try this one pan cooking idea. It looks so convenient and easy.
Ann Bacciaglia says
09/09/2014 at 10:18 amWe love M&M Meat Shops. I often get the chicken breasts and the bagged veggies are great. They have so many great items. This recipe looks so good i cant wait to try it.
Jeff Ayers says
09/09/2014 at 10:46 amIt looks really good and edible.
Amy Desrosiers says
09/09/2014 at 11:33 amI have never tried salmon before but this looks so darn good! I saw some st Ikea the other day and thought how I was missing out.
Will Castillo says
09/09/2014 at 9:45 pmI get it too. Family dinners are hard to come by on weekdays, but it can be accomolished by being more practical.
Will give your recipe and m & m meat shops a try. Cheers!
Lindsay C says
09/10/2014 at 1:29 pmLiving in BC, Salmon is definitely a staple in my cooking – especially during the late summer/early fall. This one dish dinner looks yummy, so I will try it the next time I make salmon.
Mary Larsen says
09/10/2014 at 1:52 pmwow this looks so simple that I might be able to actually make it. and it looks yummy
Melissa nesbitt says
09/10/2014 at 2:09 pmThis looks so good and easy…. I definitely want to try this out. I really need to go to m&m’s. I didn’t even now they had salmon. 😮
Vesper says
09/10/2014 at 2:46 pmI love everything about this meal
Isabelle Goyer says
09/11/2014 at 7:06 amSo simple and looks deeeelicious!!
kathy downey says
09/11/2014 at 8:20 pmI love one dish meal.This looks so good
Heidi C. says
09/11/2014 at 9:40 pmThis looks so fresh and yummy . I can’t wait to make it.
DARLENE W says
09/12/2014 at 5:03 pmLooks good and delicious. Hubby just caught some salmon last weekend, I quick froze it but we will be having it on Sunday
Donnas says
09/13/2014 at 10:38 amI usually try to partake of the M&M Meat Shops’ National Family Dinner Night which is sometimes difficult to do as my daughter works from 4pm to 10pm. However If I’m able to participate this year I’d love to try this recipe. We do both love salmon.
Sherry K says
09/13/2014 at 10:59 amI never cook meals like this in one dish, but it makes so much sense. I am going to try it out.
Samantha Pugsley says
09/13/2014 at 3:40 pmOh wow, this looks yummy and doesn’t even seem that hard to make! Thanks for sharing!
Marilyn Legault says
09/14/2014 at 6:15 pmGreat looking food and I love the one pan idea.
Carol M (Lushka S) says
09/15/2014 at 11:33 amLove easy meals. Thanks
Elva Roberts says
09/15/2014 at 1:07 pmI agree with you that this Salmon Dinner Recipe is indeed very simple and , I am quite sure, very delicious and healthy. I have purchased items from M.&M. Shops and I know they have delicious, high-quality food. Thank you for this family recipe.