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Hubby’s birthday and Father’s Day fell on the same date this year, and we celebrated by gifting him with this Cookshack  electric smoker he had been “hinting” for over the past several months.  For a man who never really desires anything, it was nice to be able to do this for him.
 

So, the first smoker effort was salmon because it is one of our favorite foods.  Perfect Daughter’s friend gave us his recipe which he declared “delicious.”  Hubby cut the salmon into two pieces and followed the friend’s instructions exactly.

Unfortunately, our first meal of smoked salmon was not something we really enjoyed.  The fish had a great smoky flavor, but it was drier than we like.  Not one to waste food, I wrapped up the second piece to take home from the lake knowing that I could come up with a way to salvage it.  The result was this absolutely delicious Smoked Salmon and Orzo Salad adapted from a Cooking Light recipe 

The vegetable amounts are very flexible.  Do them to your liking.
A surprise:  For whatever reason, this piece of salmon was cooked perfectly.  It was soooo good.  Go figure.

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