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Mediterranean Foil Packet Salmon

Foil-baked salmon with cherry tomatoes, zucchini, kalamata olives, feta cheese, and lemon for a bright weeknight dinner with minimal cleanup.

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Ingredients and instructions

Servings
4
Total time
31 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
16 min

Ingredients

  • 4 Each Salmon fillets - 4 (6-ounce)
  • 1.5 Cup Cherry tomatoes, halved - 1 1/2 cups, halved
  • 2 Cup Zucchini, thinly sliced into half-moons - 2 cups, Sliced into half-moons.
  • 0.33 Cup Kalamata olives, pitted and sliced - 1/3 cup, pitted and sliced
  • 0.5 Cup Feta cheese, crumbled - 1/2 cup, crumbled
  • 1 Each Lemon, thinly sliced - 1 (medium), thinly sliced
  • 2 Tablespoon Extra-virgin olive oil - 2 tablespoons
  • 2 Count Garlic, minced - 2 cloves, minced
  • 1 Teaspoon Dried oregano - 1 teaspoon
  • 0.75 Teaspoon Kosher salt - 3/4 teaspoon
  • 0.5 Teaspoon Black pepper - 1/2 teaspoon

Instructions

  1. Preheat and prep vegetables

    1. Preheat the oven to *425°F*; finish *halving the tomatoes*, *slicing the zucchini*, *slicing the olives*, and *mincing the garlic*.

  2. Build vegetable bases

    2. Tear 4 large sheets of aluminum foil and place them on a baking sheet; divide the zucchini and tomatoes among the sheets, then drizzle with *1 tablespoon olive oil* and season with *1/4 teaspoon salt* and *1/4 teaspoon black pepper*.

  3. Add and season salmon

    3. Pat the salmon dry, place 1 fillet on each vegetable pile, and season with the garlic, oregano, remaining *1/2 teaspoon salt*, remaining *1/4 teaspoon black pepper*, and remaining *1 tablespoon olive oil*.

  4. Seal packets

    4. Top each fillet with *lemon slices*, kalamata olives, and feta, then bring the foil edges together and *crimp tightly* to make sealed packets with a little space above the salmon.

  5. Bake salmon packets

    5. Bake for *14 to 16 minutes*, until the salmon is *just cooked through* and flakes easily with a fork.

  6. Rest, open, and serve

    6. Let packets rest for *2 minutes*, then carefully open away from your face and serve the salmon with the vegetables and juices.