Food Summer, Part II

C and I got ambitious today.  Between the two of us, we made 3 new recipes:  C concocted a lovely Surprise Meringue cookie; it was light and sweet on the outside and the inside was a slightly chewy texture full of mini chocolate chips and chopped pecans.  Yum!

Of course, the humidity in Hawaii is going to quickly render these little guys gooey.  Fortunately, I doubt they'll last that long!  They are so light, it's awfully easy to eat them up!

Salmon with dijon and pecans is up next.  I got two big slabs of salmon from Costco and smeared them with a mixture of melted butter, honey and spicy brown mustard.  I topped the salmon with a combination of panko bread crumbs, chopped parsley and diced pecans, then baked it at 375 for 25 minutes.  The result was a very delicately seasoned and very moist piece of fish.  A definite keeper!

 Recipe 6 is green beans with almonds and onions.  The original recipe called for a diced red pepper and shallots but since I had neither, I went with diced onions.  I let the onions caramelize then doused them with some white wine, salt and pepper and a couple of tablespoons of sugar.  I steamed the beans in the microwave for three minutes, drained them and tossed them with the onions.  A simple dish but very satisfying.

The beans went well with the salmon and the meringues...well, they go with just about everything as far as I'm concerned!  Three for three tonight!