Holy Crap, I love salmon... part 1

If you'll recall, I told you I was a pescatarian, which means I eat seafood. Some people say this makes me a total cheater, and if so, i'm not even sorry because I love seafood, especially salmon. Salmon is the most perfect, amazing thing ever created. I love it in all forms... salmon sushi... salmon croquettes, and this magical, delicious baked salmon.

This salmon is so easy and delicious, and that sauce in the middle makes it even more freaking awesome. So, let's get started.
First, you're going to need these things:

Ten crushed up Ritz crackers, 1/4 cup of mayo, 2 tablespoons of parmesan cheese, the juice of 1/4 of a lemon, a little pepper to taste, and some salmon fillets. Just mix all of these things up in a bowl. POW:

Then, you have to prep your salmon. For some reason, salmon in the grocery store is effing enormous.

I don't know what up with that, but unless you're totally unreasonable or hungry, you're gonna want to cut it in half. I cut mine vertically, but I think you're actually supposed to cut it horizontally. Do whatever you want to do, because it will taste the same either way. I just cut it where it sort of naturally looked like it should be cut, right in the middle:

Great! Then, just spray a pan with some cooking spray, put down your salmon, and put the cracker mixture on top, like this:

Put in a 400 degree oven for 15-20 minutes, depending on the thickness of your salmon. Now, while that's cooking, make your awesome, magical salmon sauce.

It's just a tablespoon of minced onion, 1/2 tablespoon of dill, 1/3 cup of mayo, 1/3 cup of sour cream, a teaspoon of lemon juice, and a teaspoon of garlic powder. I didn't have garlic powder, so I used a teaspoon of the weird juice in my jar of minced garlic... It was surprisingly not gross!

Just mix all of these ingredients together and use as a sauce for your salmon. The longer you can make this ahead of time, the better. The flavors get all personal with each other until all of their deliciousness is brought out... But if you have to eat it right away, that's ok, too.

Ok, so check on your salmon after the allotted tiiiiiiime... and it should look like this!

Then just serve it on a plate with your magic sauce. I made broccoli and rice with mine, and it was so good. You will love it, I promise!

Just to remind you...

mmmmmm...