Baked salmon with basmati rice, dal and veggies

Had a mish mash of a dinner tonight! Turned out to be a yummy filling mix.

Ingredients
100g skinless, boneless Atlantic salmon
Basmati rice, cooked as per packet instructions (I cheated and used an instant cup)
Dal (making this from scratch would be ideal but I found some instant stuff: Tasty Bite Jodhpur Yellow Dal)
Steamed veggies - broccoli, carrot, corn


Method
1. Preheat oven to 180C. Wrap salmon in foil. Bake for about 20 minutes.
2. Plate up!

I made a curry over the weekend and froze it for meals during the week. Post with recipe coming up!

Tomatoey lentil sauce with quinoa and feta

Enjoyed this yummy lunch after doing a bit of shopping - bought a couple of things that I've been wanting for ages so am quite happy!


Ingredients - one large serving
1/4 C quinoa
200g crushed canned tomatoes (or could use fresh tomatoes)
1/2 C canned lentils (or chickpeas, other beans)
1 tsp tomato paste
1 tsp garlic (from jar)
1/4 tsp onion powder (or fresh - maybe 1/4 of an onion and soften in olive oil before adding in the tomato mixture)
1 tsp dried basil (use fresh if you have it!)
1/2 tsp chilli flakes
salt and pepper
1 large button mushroom, sliced
1/2 C chopped cauliflower, steamed in the microwave for 3 minutes
(whatever other veggies you like... broccoli, spinach, pumpkin)
feta, crumbled 

1. Combine quinoa with about 3/4C of water in a small saucepan, bring to boil, then reduce heat to low. Cover and allow to simmer for 20 minutes.


2. Meanwhile, place tomatoes, tomato paste and garlic in a hand-mixer or blender and pulse until desired consistency. Place this mixture into a medium saucepan and add onion powder, basil, chilli, salt, pepper and mushrooms. Bring to a boil over a medium-high heat then reduce to low. Allow to simmer for 10 minutes.

3. Once the mixture has simmered for 10 minutes add lentils and steamed cauliflower. Simmer for a further 5 minutes.

4. Serve sauce on top of quinoa and crumble feta on top. Enjoy!