Blackened Salmon with Creamy Lime Sauce

Ingredients

• Garlic powder

  Spices

  ½ tsp or 2g

• Cumin

  Spices, cumin seed

  ½ tsp, ground or 2g

• Chili powder

  Spices

  ½ tsp or 1g

• Onion powder

  Spices

  ½ tsp or 1g

• Salt

  Table

  ½ tsp or 3g

• Paprika

  Spices

  ¼ tsp or 0.5g

• Cayenne pepper

  Spices, red or cayenne

  1 pinch or 0.4g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  ½ tbsp or 7g

• Atlantic salmon

  Fish, wild, raw

  8 oz or 227g

• Nonfat greek yogurt

  Nonfat, plain

  3 tbsp or 45g

• Limes

  Raw

  1 fruit or 67g

• Honey

  ¼ tsp or 2g

Directions

1. Combine garlic powder, cumin, chili powder, onion powder, salt, paprika, and cayenne pepper in a small bowl.
2. Sprinkle the spice mix evenly on both sides of the salmon fillets.
3. Heat olive oil in a sauté pan over medium-high heat.
4. Once the pan is hot, add the salmon fillets and sear until browned on both sides.
5. Remove the salmon from the pan and set aside.
6. In a bowl, mix Greek yogurt, half of the lime zest, lime juice, and honey to make the lime cream.
7. Drizzle the lime cream over each salmon fillet and top with the remaining lime zest.