You can cook salmon and chicken in a covered pyrex dish with water onions and other vegetables in the oven.Or cook in plain boiling water.Don't fry or grill.If you don't have a problem with eggs use the whole egg.The yolk is full of nutrients.Not familiar with lotus stalks.Farm raised salmon has many additives.It's better to use the wild caught used in canned salmon from Alaska or sardines with the oil or sauce removed.