Grilled Wild Salmon and Vegetables

You often can find different varieties of locally grown onions at farmers' markets and occasionally at supermarkets. Hastings likes to use specialty onions, including red torpedo, bianco de maijio, and gold coin. Here, we call for more readily available varieties. Use a grill basket to cook the fish and vegetables.

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

• 8  fingerling potatoes (about 8 ounces)
• 4  small red onions, cut into 1-inch slices (about 1 pound)
• 4  Vidalia spring onions, quartered (about 8 ounces)
• 4  cipollini onions (about 4 ounces)
• 2  cups  sliced fennel (about 7 ounces)
• 1  tablespoon  extravirgin olive oil
• Cooking spray
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt, divided
• 1/2  teaspoon  freshly ground black pepper, divided
• 1  tablespoon  chopped fennel fronds
• 1  tablespoon  chopped fresh parsley
• 4  (6-ounce) salmon fillets
• 2  cups  pea tendrils or baby spinach
• 1/4  cup  Preserved Lemon Vinaigrette

Preparation

Prepare grill.

Place potatoes in a large pan of boiling water; cook 8 minutes or until tender. Add onions and sliced fennel; cook 3 minutes or until onions are tender. Drain and plunge into ice water; drain.

Toss vegetables with oil. Place vegetables on grill rack coated with cooking spray; grill 4 minutes on each side or until tender and lightly browned. Sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, fennel fronds, and parsley.

Sprinkle salmon with the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Place salmon on grill rack coated with cooking spray, and grill 5 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork or until desired degree of doneness. Place 1 salmon fillet onto each of 4 plates. Toss pea tendrils with Preserved Lemon Vinaigrette. Place about 1/2 cup pea tendril mixture over salmon. Add 1 1/2 cups grilled vegetables to each serving, and serve immediately.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

307 (47% from fat)

Fat:

16.2g (sat 4.1g,mono 8.1g,poly 3.6g)

Protein:

24.3g

Carbohydrate:

15.7g

Fiber:

2.8g

Cholesterol:

57mg

Iron:

1.3mg

Sodium:

515mg

Calcium:

65mg