Dijon Baked Salmon

Recipe courtesy of St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®

Prep time: 30 minutes

Yields 4 servings

Ingredients

• 4 salmon fillets (4 oz. each)
• ¼ cup butter, melted
• 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard 
• 1 ½ tablespoons honey
• ¼ cup dry bread crumbs
• ¼ cup finely chopped pecans
• 4 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley
• 1 lemon, for garnish

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Stir together butter, mustard, and honey in a small bowl. Set aside. Mix together bread crumbs, pecans, and parsley in another bowl.
3. Brush each salmon fillet lightly with honey mustard mixture, and sprinkle the tops of fillets with bread crumb mixture.
4. Bake salmon in the preheated oven until it flakes easily with a fork, 12 to 15 minutes. 
5. Garnish with a wedge of lemon.

Nutrition

Serving size: 1 fillet

• Calories: 422 kcal
• Protein: 24g
• Carbohydrates: 18gm
• Fat: 29g
• Sodium: 300mg
• Fiber: 2g