Salmon Baked in a Foil Parcel with Green Beans and Pesto

So for the next two weeks, Mike and I decided that we will NOT be eating beef, pork, or chicken. Instead, we will find other forms of protein to use... such as fish, shellfish, quinoa, and tofu for example. This decision was made because we are definitely tired of chicken, and are making a serious attempt to overhaul our diets as we have not been the healthiest eaters as of late. I also think this could aid in my shedding of baby weight!:)

To tonight we made a recipe from Jamie Oliver's "Food Revolution" cookbook. I purchased this book for Mike as part of his first wedding anniv gift (Fun fact: paper is the traditional gift for a first wedding anniv). Jamie rocks! He is trying to transform American's diets and asks that you share his recipes with 2 people. So here goes...

Ingredients: (serves 2)

2 handfuls of green beans
2 lemons
2- 7 ounce chunky salmon fillets, skin on, scaled and bones removed (ours were about the size of our hands)
(Andrea's note: PLEASE use wild-caught salmon... google farm raised fish.... you will understand after reading about how nasty farm raised fish can be)
2 heaped tablespoons of green pesto (We used Mike's homemade pesto)
olive oil

sea salt and black pepper

Basically, you make 2 foil pouches , put the green beans down in a row (we also added onions), put the fish on top of them, top with pesto, lemon and oil, and then wrap the pouches so they don't leak. Bake em for 15 at 400 and you have yourself a super easy, delish dinner! It's also great because there is hardly any mess to clean up afterward! 

So how does it taste? Excellent! I'd never had pesto with salmon, but it's not a bad combo. I wil say that it does kind of overpower the overall salmon flavor. I actually scraped some of it to the side. The beans in the bottom were delish and resting in a lemony sauce that was great for dipping the salmon in as well!

Sidenote: I purchased the lysol automatic soap dispensor today...I heart it. I'm a huge germophobe and it totally makes me want to wash my hands. Frequently:)