Salmon and Veggies

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 5 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 5 to 6-ounce fresh or frozen skinless salmon fillets
  • 2 medium red, yellow and/or orange sweet peppers, cut into rings
  • 2 cups cherry tomatoes
  • 1 ½ cups chopped fresh parsley (1 bunch)
  • ÂĽ cup pitted kalamata olives, halved
  • ÂĽ cup finely snipped fresh oregano or 1 Tbsp. dried oregano, crushed
  • 1 lemon

Instructions

Thaw salmon, if frozen. Combine, in the same bowl, sweet peppers, tomatoes, parsley, olives, oregano and 1/8 tsp. of the salt and black pepper. Drizzle with remaining 1 Tbsp. oil; toss to coat.
Rinse salmon; pat dry. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 tsp. salt and black pepper. Spoon sweet pepper mixture and top with salmon. Roast, uncovered, 10 minutes more or just until salmon flakes.
Remove zest from lemon. Squeeze juice from lemon over salmon and vegetables. Sprinkle with zest.