--- title: "Meatless Friday: Crispy Salmon with Potatoes & Asparagus" description: Carolyn Astfalk shares a simple recipe for salmon and sides, all baked on a single sheet pan. image: https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/meatless-friday-p-1024x512.jpg ---                                           [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/meatless-friday-crispy-salmon-with-potatoes-asparagus#) [MEATLESS FRIDAY](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/tag/meatless-friday) # Meatless Friday: Crispy Salmon with Potatoes & Asparagus Apr 23, 2021 7:00:00 AM  |  by [Carolyn Astfalk](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/carolyn-astfalk) ![featured image](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/meatless-friday-p-1024x512.jpg) *Carolyn Astfalk shares a simple recipe for salmon and sides, all baked on a single sheet pan.* This meal is so pretty and delicious it works as a special Sunday dinner or a meatless Friday meal. It uses common, simple ingredients and only takes about an hour to prepare — less if you’re a quick chopper! Salmon isn’t something my mother ever prepared, and I think I was at least in my thirties before I ever tasted it — a bony mess at a diner. Fast forward a decade or so, and it’s one of my favorites! My husband occasionally grills or smokes it for summer dinners, but using this recipe was the first time I’d prepared it on my own, and it couldn’t have been easier. ![20210423 CAstfalk](https://www.catholicmom.com/hs-fs/hubfs/20210423%20CAstfalk.jpg?width=3024&name=20210423%20CAstfalk.jpg) > [Click to tweet: > A simple recipe for salmon and sides, all baked on a single sheet pan. #catholicmom](https://ctt.ac/lT1K3) #### Crispy Salmon with Potatoes and Asparagus ##### Ingredients: 36 oz. baby potatoes, cleaned and quartered 6 tbsp. olive oil, divided 1 large bunch asparagus 5 skin-on salmon fillets (about 8 oz. each) 6 tbsp. Dijon mustard ¾ c. panko breadcrumbs Lemon, cut into wedges, optional ##### Directions: Preheat oven to 425 F. Line a large sheet pan with parchment paper. In a large bowl, toss potatoes with 3 tbsp. olive oil. Season with salt and pepper and arrange on prepared pan, spreading evenly. Roast 15 min. Trim the asparagus and cut on an angle into 1-in. lengths. In same bowl used for potatoes, toss asparagus with 1-½ tbsp. olive oil. Season with salt and pepper and scatter between potatoes on pan. Roast 10 min. Remove sheet pan from oven and push vegetables to the side to make room for salmon. Arrange salmon skin side down on sheet pan. Season with salt. Brush each fillet with 1-½ tbsp. Dijon mustard. In same bowl used for asparagus, toss breadcrumbs with remaining 1-½ tbsp. olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Press 3 tbsp. crumb mixture on top of each fillet in an even layer. Return sheet pan to oven and roast 15-20 min. until potatoes are tender and salmon is cooked. Serve with lemon wedges, if desired. --- Copyright 2021 Carolyn Astfalk Image copyright 2021 Carolyn Astfalk. 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Her contemporary Catholic romances are available at Amazon.com. She is a member of the Catholic Writers Guild, a Catholic Teen Books author, and blogs at My Scribbler’s Heart. 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