Asian Salmon

If you are anything like me, simple meals are often the best. My salmon looks wonderful and the taste is out of this world, but it's one of the easiest things I put together for dinner.

It requires just five ingredients... salmon, brown sugar, oil, garlic salt, and soy sauce.

I toss the wet and dry ingredients into a zip lock bag and squish it between my fingers to incorporate everything together before inserting my salmon and letting it marinate in the refrigerator for 2-4 hours (sometimes overnight). You can turn the bag every so often to thoroughly coat the salmon.

Depending on your preference you can then spray a baking sheet covered in foil with cooking spray and lay your salmon on top to bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes, depending on the thickness of your salmon, or... you can do what I do. I place the contents of the bag in my favorite pan and cook the salmon on the stove top with the marinade and about 1/4 cup of water. As the salmon cooks the marinade evaporates some and makes a great drizzle to go over the salmon and rice.

Enjoy!!

Asian Salmon

• 3T soy sauce
• 3T brown sugar
• 2T oil
• salmon
• garlic salt, sprinkle on salmon to taste

And Christine just for you... if you're afraid your salmon will be too fishy, try squeezing some fresh lemon juice on the salmon before you place it in the marinade.

What's for dinner?

One of my strengths (I believe) is cooking. I love the excitement of planning a meal and seeing it manifested into something my husband enjoys. Not every meal is memorable. But last night we enjoyed one of our favorites... Salmon, carrot rice, and salad. Not only does it taste wonderful, but it's very pretty on the plate.


The meal itself is Asian inspired and can be dressed up or down depending on your preference.


I start with a pot of boiling water. I add my rice, butter, onion, ginger, carrot, cayenne pepper, and maybe a little salt. Sometimes I chop up some roasted peanuts or cashews and throw them in to really kick up the Asian feel of the dish.


I give the rice 20 minutes to cook, covered, and then toss in my cilantro.


I give it a quick toss with my fork and we have a beautiful carrot rice to lay our salmon on.

Carrot Rice

• 1 C rice
• 2 cups water
• 1 T butter
• 1/4 chopped onion
• 1 t minced ginger (or powdered)
• 3/4 c grated carrot
• 1/4-1/2 t cayenne pepper, or to taste
• 1/8 c cilantro, chopped
• salt to taste

You may also choose to add chopped roasted peanuts or cashews to amp up the Asian taste.

Mary, Martha, and Me

The book of Proverbs begins with a command to fear the Lord, and ends with the picture of a woman who does just that. She is described as a woman of strong character, wisdom, many skills, and great compassion. Her character, however, is not defined by her many achievements. It is a result of her reverence for God. My hearts desire is to become like her. As beautiful, industrious, talented, and resourceful as she is, I believe she is a composite portrait of ideal womanhood rather than a single person. She is an inspiration to be my best and strive to achieve greatness where I am now.

Which brings me to the title of my blog. At the end of Luke chapter 10 we see the story of Mary and Martha, two sisters whose service to the Lord were vastly different. They represent two spectrums of service. Martha is a doer. She is in control and takes charge of the situation to get things done. Mary is the peacemaker. She avoids conflict, has an even temperament, is cooperative, and objective… And then there is me.

I want to be more like Martha with her industrious nature. Yet, like Mary who wanted to be in the midst of Jesus, I sort of disappear into the crowd.

In my desire to manifest the attributes of a Proverbs 31 woman I need to prioritize... to not allow busywork the authority to detract from my devotion to God, and to allow my strengths to shine while nurturing the traits that would benefit my marriage and bring honor to my husband and the Lord.

So here I am, on a journey of growth and greatness. Welcome to my blog… Martha, Mary, and Me.