A Healthy Meal, With Salmon

Now this meal is super easy, very health and even better tasting. My freezer was starting to get a little empty and towards the back I found a few pieces of salmon. I've never really done much with fish so I wasn't too excited to try coming up with something good. I started looking up some different recipes and came up with something that didn't sound too bad but turned out to be one of my new favorite dishes. It takes a few ingredients but it's real easy to put together Just get the following:

1/2 lb whole wheat spaghetti
4 pieces of salmon (4-6 ounces)
1 clove garlic minced
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup fresh basil leaves chopped
3 tablespoons capers (they're by the olives in the store, I had trouble finding them too)
1 lemon zested
2 cups fresh baby spinach

If you're new to cooking, you probably don't know much about zesting a lemon. You'll need to get a rasp or a hand-held grater. Over a cutting board just rub the yellow(zest) off the peel of the lemon and save the zest.

In a large pot of salted water boil the spaghetti about 8-10 minutes or until tender. Strain and put in a large bowl. Add 2 tablespoons of the olive oil, minced garlic salt and pepper. Mix it all in and set aside.

Heat the other tablespoon of olive oil in a large pan, season the salmon with salt and pepper, and cook about 2 minutes on each side. Remove the salmon from the pan.

Now add the basil, capers, lemon zest, and lemon juice to the spaghetti and mix all these in. Set out 4 plates and lay out 1/2 cup on the baby spinach on each. Top the spinach with 1/4 of the spaghetti then place a the salmon on top.