simple salmon

Fish has always been a little scary for me when it comes to cooking, but this salmon recipe really couldn't be any easier. All you're going to need are: salmon fillets, butter, lemons, fresh rosemary, salt, pepper, and some aluminum foil.

Go ahead and preheat your oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit. Simply roll out some aluminum foil, tear it off into two squares. Center the salmon fillet on each square of foil. Go ahead and salt and pepper to taste; I prefer using freshly cracked sea salt and black pepper.

Next you're going to slice off about two tablespoons of butter for each fillet, and place it on top of the salmon. Now we're going to thinly slice the lemon, you can leave the slices as circles, or halve them; I usually halve them myself, but it is really up to you. Place three lemon slices on top of each salmon fillet. Finally, top each fillet with a sprig of fresh rosemary.

Now, you're going to wrap the foil around the fillet, tenting it, so that the fillet isn't touching the top of the foil. Go ahead and put each foil pouch on a baking sheet, and bake for approximately 10 -12 minutes.

This is an incredibly simple recipe that only takes about 10 minutes to prepare, and another 10 minutes to bake, which makes it an awesome dinner for college students. Not only is salmon highly nutritious, containing loads of omega-3 fatty acids, but also has one of the lowest mercury level counts in market available fish.

You can buy fresh salmon fillets at the local market, but you're going to pay a higher price. You can also buy canned salmon, or frozen fillets. I generally buy the frozen fillets, as you can get them for a lower price, and have them in the freezer ready to go on a whim.

Just because you're in college doesn't mean you can't eat well, and it certainly doesn't mean you can't eat fast.