5:2 Baked Salmon

Well it's Monday again, start of a new week and for any fellow 5:2 diet-ers out there it's probably a fast day.

To help motivate you (and myself) here's a simple and healthy idea for your evening fast day meal.

Coming in at 367 calories per portion it fits in well if you wanted to fit it in with a low calorie breakfast. It's also really fresh and delicious, so let's get on with it before I chew my hand off. SO. HUNGRY!!!!

Ingredients

For the Salmon;

130g Salmon Fillet - 277 Kcal
1 Spring Onion (thinly sliced) - 7 Kcal
1 Tbsp Light Soy Sauce - 16 Kcal
Ginger - n/a
Half a Lime cut into three fairly thick slices

For the Salad (this is 3 people, but the calories represent per portion - so 1/3);

1 Courgette sliced thinly either with a mandolin or a peeler - 14 Kcal
1/3 of a Cucumber (as above) - 5 kcal
1 Carrot cut into thin drumsticks - 5 Kcal
1 Tbsp Light Soy Sauce - 5 Kcal
1 Tsp Honey - 17 Kcal
One Packet of Skinny Noodles (available on Ocado) - 21 Kcal
Chilli Flakes - n/a
Garlic Clove - n/a
Juice of Half a Lime

1. Firstly, cut out a round piece of baking parchment so that you can seal the salmon in the parchment (it keeps the fillet nice and moist, and creates a steaming effect.) Then preheat the oven to 180c.

2. Next place your three slices of lime on some baking parchment and then your salmon fillet on top of this. Then place the spring onion, ginger and pour the soy sauce on top. 

3. Then you want to seal the fish in the parchment. Do this by crimping the sides to create a 'pasty' like effect. Leave a small bit unsealed and pour in a splash of water. Then crimp the final part and place on a baking tray, then into the oven for 10-12 minutes.

4. Once the salmon is in the oven, prepare the salad by placing all the veggies and noodles into a bowl. Then add the soy sauce, lime, honey, chilli flakes and garlic. Mix thoroughly and set aside.

5. When the salmon's done remove from it's pasty shell and serve with the noodle salad.