Grilled Salmon with Meyer Lemon Compound Butter

 

Grilled Salmon with Meyer Lemon Compound Butter recipe picturesAs I’m sure you’re aware, today is the first day of Lent. Did anybody go out and celebrate Fat Tuesday last night? Are you struggling this morning from your wild night full of mardi gras beads and one or two too many drinks? Eek. If you consider getting your butt kicked at yoga sculpt, an uber healthy dinner, and watching some Glee and New Girl a celebration…then yes, I celebrated too. I’m a real partier…

 

I know lots of people try to eat healthy this time of year. Maybe they even gave up chocolate or sweets. Yikes! Giving up chocolate would be so hard! Hats off to you guys! I am one of those people trying to eat healthy, just trying to lose a few lbs before spring. For those of you who stick to meatless Fridays, this is a great AND healthy option. Salmon is a great fish to make because it takes so little to make it taste fabulous. A couple of fresh ingredients and you’re all set. Kara and I had been waiting a long time to find Meyer lemons at the grocery store. When we finally did we bought like 8 of them. But regular lemons would work too.

Note: I understand that this recipe calls for a stick of butter. We made 3 salmon fillets and cut the amount of butter in half…and we had some butter leftover. The amount of butter we used was plenty for us. So the amount of Lemon Compound Butter you make really depends on your own tastes.

Grilled Salmon with Meyer Lemon Compound Butter recipe pictures

Here’s what you’ll need. Forgot to picture the olive oil…sorry

Grilled Salmon with Meyer Lemon Compound Butter recipe pictures

Combine butter, garlic, zest, dill and thyme

Grilled Salmon with Meyer Lemon Compound Butter recipe pictures

Brush each piece of salmon with olive oil. Season with salt Please excuse my CK sweatshirt…circa 1990

Grilled Salmon with Meyer Lemon Compound Butter recipe pictures

Wrap the butter up into a log and refrigerate until ready to use

Grilled Salmon with Meyer Lemon Compound Butter recipe pictures

Grill the salmon for 3 minutes then turn 90 degrees and continue to grill for 2 more minutes

Grilled Salmon with Meyer Lemon Compound Butter recipe pictures

Then flip them over and grill for 2 more minutes. Look at those perfect grill marks!

Grilled Salmon with Meyer Lemon Compound Butter recipe pictures

Put 2 slices of the compound butter on top of the cooked salmon and allow it to melt

Grilled Salmon with Meyer Lemon Compound Butter recipe pictures

Doesn’t it look great? And healthy too…

 

Grilled Salmon with Meyer Lemon Compound Butter recipe pictures