It has been a crazy week around here.  We’ve been out more than usual, and our children have required a good deal more discipline than usual.  So, blogging has had to take a back seat.  But here I am now, and I have a recipe to share for the October Fest Carnival of Super Foods.

This week’s theme is foods from Katie’s list of “super foods”: beans/legumes (esp. lentils/chickpeas), yogurt, eggs, tomatoes, broccoli (& other dark greens), garlic, onions, red/orange/hot peppers, oranges (& other citrus), berries, extra virgin olive oil, pumpkin/sweet potato, carrots, sunflower seeds, oats, wild salmon, walnuts/almonds (& other nuts/seeds), turkey, green or black tea, spinach.  Honorable mentions include cauliflower/cabbage, homemade bone broth, cantaloupe, red grapes, watermelon, kiwi fruit, apples, avocado, natural peanut butter, whole grains, flax, brazil nuts, cranberry juice, pomegranate, artichokes, fermented tofu, cinnamon, dark chocolate, and honey.  These are foods that pack a particular nutritional punch but, unlike other so-called “superfoods,” they are foods that most of us have actually heard of and can purchase without seeking out a special store and pawning off our firstborns.  (Though at times this week I might have been tempted, I’d prefer to keep my firstborn, thank you.)  The “rules” here are that recipes for this carnival should include at least two of the super foods, or focus on one.  For more information about these foods as super foods, or just to snag some more great recipes, visit Katie at Kitchen Stewardship.

Now, on to the recipes.  This is another one of my quick-from-start-to-finish meals.  It includes salmon as its star player, but also includes egg and a little bit of whole grain.  (I use my own bread crumbs here, usually.  When I make our bread, and we begin to slice it up, we save the heels – which no one likes to eat around here – and let them dry out, then grind them up for bread crumbs.)  They also absorb a bit of the olive oil they’re sautéed in.  So basically everything in this is a super food or honorable mention, except the seasoning.  (You could probably chop up onion or garlic and add that, too, if you wanted, to pack it even more!  Serve it with a side of broccoli, and you’re really set!)

Then, serve this for dessert. (The apples are even in season right now. 🙂 )  The star player is, of course, apples.  The topping also includes oats and whole wheat.  Replace the maple syrup with honey and you’ve added another super food.  Add a bit of the cinnamon to the topping and that’s yet another.  (In that case, you might want to switch out the maple sugar, too.  The topping can’t use honey, though; it requires a dry sweetener.  I’ve not tried coconut sugar, but that might be a workable option.)