Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees. Place a baking sheet in the oven while it heats up. Then tear off two pieces of aluminium foil big enough to wrap around the salmon and stack them on top of each other. Pour a bit of olive oil onto the foil and place the salmon on top. I was just making this recipe for myself, so I only used one salmon filet.

Spread about 2 tsp of pesto on top of the salmon. To be honest, I didn’t measure. Just coated it generously.

This was the pesto I used. And I’m thinking that it’s also the reason my salmon wasn’t as tasty as I had wanted. The pesto itself was pretty bland. Not that I’m a pesto connoisseur. I just grabbed this one from the 5 or so to choose from at The Market.

Slice your tomatos and place on top. I used 3 medium slices from one tomato. I munched on the rest of the tomato while the salmon cooked.

Wrap the salmon up in the foil. I just folded up the sides and then curled the ends. Take the hot baking sheet out of the oven and place the foil-wrapped salmon on top. Cook in the oven for 15 minutes. After my failed salmon attempt on Valentine’s Day, I was happy to learn that 15 minutes is the perfect amount of time for baking salmon.