Healthy Salmon and Vegetables

We always eat with our eyes. This recipe is a colorful and healthy fish dinner that is no sweat to cook. Salmon is a good choice for the diabetic diet. You can even pair it with some quinoa or brown rice.

What you need:

• 1 medium red onion (cut into wedges, 1 inch)
• 1 medium zucchini (halved lengthwise)
• 2 yellow, orange, or red bell peppers (trimmed, seeded, halved)
• ½ tsp of salt (divided)
• ½ tsp of ground pepper
• 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil or coconut oil
• 1 piece of lemon (cut into 4 equal wedges)
• ½ tsp of ground pepper
• ¼ cup of fresh basil (sliced thinly)
• 1 ¼ pound of salmon (fillets, sliced into 4)

How to make it:

1. Pre-heat your grill to medium high temperature.
2. Get a pastry brush and coat the onion, zucchini, and peppers with oil and season with salt.
3. Sprinkle pepper and salt over the salmon.
4. Place the salmon pieces, skin side down, on the grill. Add the vegetables around the fillets.
5. Cook the salmon (without turning) until the flesh flakes with a fork.
6. Cook the vegetables until grill marks appear on them and until they are tender.
7. Set aside the vegetables and cool them a bit. Chop and toss them in a large bowl.
8. Serve the salmon with the vegetables.
9. Garnish with some basil and a lemon wedge for each fillet.
10. Enjoy!*** Each serving consists of a fillet and 1 ¼ cups of vegetables that give you 11 grams of carbohydrates, 281 calories, 30 grams of protein, 6 grams of sugar, and 369 mg of sodium.