Sage Baking

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As a blogger, I use a number of online tools to run my business. One of the most important tools for a food blogger is a high-quality recipe plugin. A good recipe plugin makes it easy for bloggers to format recipes in a way that is easy for readers to use.

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Perfect Baked Salmon with Lentils and Lemon Herb Sauce

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This one dish baked salmon is easy and delicious.

• Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
• Yield: 6 servings 1x

Ingredients

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• 1 cup black lentils
• 1 cup red quinoa
• 4 cups chicken or vegetable broth
• 12 ounces salmon
• 2–3 cups green beans or other vegetables
• purple sauerkraut if you’re into the weird food zone like I am

Lemon Herb Sauce:

• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 clove garlic
• generous pinch of salt (to taste)
• quick squeeze of honey or agave (to taste)
• chopped parsley (optional)

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Instructions

1. LENTILS AND QUINOA: Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Rinse the lentils and the quinoa. Place in a large oven safe skillet or casserole with the broth. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until almost fully cooked. Remove and fluff with a fork.
2. SAUCE: Make the lemon dressing by blending all ingredients in a food processor or just shaking up in a jar. Set about half of the dressing aside.
3. SALMON: When the lentils and quinoa are done, place the salmon and any other vegetables you want on top of the lentils (skin side down) and drizzle or brush with half of the lemon dressing. Bake for another 10 minutes. Broil for the last 2 minutes. Depending on how thick the salmon is, if it still needs time, just turn off the oven and let it sit in there for a few minutes to finish.
4. SERVE: When the salmon is fully cooked, serve with reserved sauce and purple sauerkraut if you like that kind of crazy.

Notes

Some vegetables will cook just fine in 10 minutes in a hot oven, but others won’t. If you’re using something that’s going to require more time like sweet potatoes, I would suggest par-boiling them before sending them to the oven. Veggies that work great – green beans, asparagus, kale, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, mushrooms, peas… etc.

I’m okay with less, but you may want more salmon per serving – for a full 3 ounces per serving, go for a total of 15-20 ounces vs. 12 ounces as written.

• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 1 hour

Nutrition

• Calories: 516
• Fat: 28g

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Calling all dog lovers for a cute holiday baking project involving HOMEMADE DOG TREATS and BACON PB GLAZE! lols, life is awesome.

Oh, hi there!

I’ve been doing some holiday baking this week for my friends, annnd by baking I mean homemade dog treats, and by friends I mean my dog.

That counts, right?

I am 100% not the type of person who makes food for their dog, except for that right now, this exact very minute, I am that person. !!! I do not even know myself anymore. Making my own dog treats? Honestly. File under Things You Said You’d Never Do That Now Bring You a Weird Amount of Great Joy.

Homemade Dog Treats

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These homemade dog treats are sure to make your pup bark with joy!

• Total Time: 25 minutes
• Yield: 30 biscuits 1x

Ingredients

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Dog Bicuits

• 1 cup pumpkin
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup oil
• 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp baking soda

Glaze

• 2 Tbsp bacon grease, melted
• 1/4 cup smooth peanut butter

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine pumpkin, peanut butter, eggs, and oil in a bowl. Add in baking soda and whole wheat flour. Stir until a stiff dough forms. Knead dough or mix just until flour is incorporated.
3. Roll out dough with a rolling pin and use a cookie cutter to cut out dog bone shapes, or just bake into little circles like cookies. Bake for 15 minutes.
4. Whisk the bacon grease and peanut butter until very smooth. Drizzle over the treats and cool till glaze hardens (it does best in the fridge or freezer).

Notes

• We just used a basic canola oil, but we also give Sage coconut oil for her fur/skin, and I think coconut oil would work nicely here. You can also use coconut oil in place of the bacon grease in the glaze, but, I mean, come on. It’s bacon grease. SO YUMMY.
• All ingredients are considered safe for dogs, but as with humans, it’s always a good idea to make sure there are no doggie allergies or sensitivities to any of the ingredients.

• Author: Lindsay Ostrom
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1 biscuit
• Calories: 101
• Sugar: 1g
• Sodium: 49mg
• Fat: 6.5g
• Carbohydrates: 9g
• Fiber: 1.4g
• Protein: 3.2g
• Cholesterol: 11.5mg

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I am a big fan of desserts and sweets. In order to have my cake and eat it too — I try to be mindful of my portions and the nutritional values of the foods I eat.

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