photo: Lemon Butter Salmon Dinner, Level 6 plate

Lemon Butter Salmon Dinner

Name: Lemon Butter Salmon Dinner (IDDSI Level 6)
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 1 + the family
Ingredients: 140 g salmon fillet; 100 g broccoli florets, steamed very soft; 120 g well-cooked mashed-texture rice or soft polenta; 2 tbsp lemon butter sauce

Level 6 — Soft & Bite-Sized · 25 min · serves 1 + the family

The family’s version

Pan-seared salmon
Steamed broccoli
Rice pilaf

The Level 6 version

140 g salmon fillet
100 g broccoli florets, steamed very soft
120 g well-cooked mashed-texture rice or soft polenta
2 tbsp lemon butter sauce

Convert it

Poach or bake the salmon gently until it flakes — avoid searing, which creates a tough crust.
Steam broccoli past “crisp-tender” to genuinely soft; stems should squash under a fork.
Swap rice pilaf for soft polenta or well-moistened mashed potato — plain rice scatters and is hard to control.
Cut everything to 1.5 cm pieces (about the width of an adult thumbnail).
Dress generously with lemon butter so every bite is moist. Fork-pressure test a piece of each component.

EquipmentSteamer, fork for testing

SLP tipAt Level 6 the knife test is your guide: if it needs a knife, it isn't tender enough yet.

Before serving: run the fork pressure test on the finished plate. Recipes guide you to a texture — only the test confirms it.

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