Baked Salmon and Couscous

No one in my family likes salmon. Especially my mother. In fact, my mother hates salmon so much that when I told her I was making salmon for a date last week, she was pretty convinced I'd end up alone, forever.

"Are you sure he likes salmon?" she asked. "Maybe you should make lasagna or meat and potatoes." I assured her that I had already asked him if he liked salmon and he said yes.

"I don't know," my mother insisted, "salmon is so hard to make, what if you mess it up?" Little did she know, I had a simple and foolproof salmon recipe that was man-tested and approved. 

Spinach and Feta Hummus

I have a love hate relationship with hummus. If it's seasoned enough to hide the taste of the chick peas or creamy enough to make me forget that its made from chick peas, I love it. If it's truly just brown, mushed up chick peas, forget it. I've tried many popular brands of hummus and I've only found one or two that I really like.

This recipe was featured on Tasty Kitchen a few months ago. I love anything that involves feta and spinach so I knew I would have to give it a try. The one thing I modified from the original recipe was the tahini. I ommitted it for two reasons. One, I don't think I like tahini and two, it was $8 for a jar of it at my grocery store. I can find much better things to do with that $8, like putting it towards shoes or rent perhaps (if I'm feeling really responsible).