Easy Baked Salmon Garlic Pesto

The baked salmon garlic pesto is easy with just a few ingredients. For larger groups of people, the recipe can doubled or tripled to serve. The pesto sauce can be purchased in any grocery store. I bought the pesto sauce to use for this recipe at Aldi’s because it is packed in a small jar. This recipe also can be used over tofu for vegans. Just substitute salmon for tofu. I will include the tofu version as well below.

Ingredients:

1- 8 oz salmon fillet

1/2 tsp salt 

1/8 tsp black pepper

Pesto sauce ingredients:

2 tbs pesto sauce

1 tbs Parmesan cheese (optional)

1 tsp minced garlic

1 tsp fresh lemon juice

Directions:

Preheat countertop oven to 325°.

Place salmon in a baking dish lined with foil for easy clean up.

Sprinkle salmon with salt and pepper.

Combine the pesto sauce in a bowl.

Spread the pesto sauce over the salmon and bake in the oven for 15 minutes.

Serve warm.

Tip:

If using tofu, slice tofu to the desired size and deep fry the tofu. Then use the same instructions above to finish the meal.