Cedar Smoked Salmon

Justin and I just finished dinner, and it was so good I had to share.  It was really simple to make and so delicious!  We bought a cedar plank, asparagus, and a couple salmon filets from Kroger, and the rest is stuff we usually have around the kitchen!  Here's a picture of the end result, followed by how we made it so you can impress your friends while it's still grilling season:

Supplies:
1 cedar plank
1 grill with lid (to smoke)
charcoal (if the grill works that way, like ours)

Ingredients:
2 6-ounce salmon filets (unless you have more people, but you'll also need another plank if you have more than 4-ish)
salt
ground black pepper
dill
half a bunch of asparagus (again, we're only cooking for 2)
extra virgin olive oil
salt
ground black pepper
1 lemon, cut into 8 pieces (or however you like it)

Directions:
Soak the cedar plank in water for a few hours (we had ours sitting in water all afternoon, about 5 hours or so).
Cut (or snap) off the woody stem ends (like an inch or two, or snap it where it naturally wants to snap) off of the asparagus.  Take note: don't cut off the wrong end; one end is flavorful, the other is woody and hard and gross and we don't want to eat it.  For serious asparagus noobs (and please take no offense here, we didn't know either until Alton Brown did an asparagus Good Eats once), here's a picture of which end to cut:

Put the trimmed asparagus on a plate and drizzle on some extra virgin olive oil, salt, and pepper.  Let it marinate while you make the salmon.

Season both sides of the salmon filets with salt, pepper, and dill, and place them on the cedar plank.  Once your coals/grill are ready to go, place the plank on the grill and close the lid.  Let it smoke for about 30 minutes.  Once 30 minutes have passed, move the cedar plank to the side (still on the grill) and put the asparagus on.  Grill the asparagus for 1 minute on each side (not smoking here, just grilling.. we don't want to burn the asparagus) for a total of about 2 minutes (or until you think it's done).  Take food off the grill and put it on a place with as many lemon wedges as you want (I end up soaking everything in fresh lemon juice and eating the leftover wedges like they are oranges because I am addicted to lemons.. don't tell your dentists about that one..).

Dig in!