Responding to comments.

I am really new to blogging. I have been doing this for what 4 months now. Gee... that sounds like a long time but I still don't feel like I know what I am doing and I am learning new things all the time. But I have a question for anyone who also uses Blogger.

I love to receive comments. It is always fun to see what other people have to say about what ever I posted about. Plus it just makes me feel like I am actually talking to someone other than myself. I have actually received a few questions via comments and feel bad that I don't know how to reply except to comment again on the post.

I get an email in my gmail inbox that tells me that someone commented and what the comment says but the email is always sent from a noreply@blogger address. So I can't reply directly to the person who commented. Do I have some setting that is making it do this? and if so how do I change this. Or is there some other way to respond without having to just comment again on my post. I would like to make sure the person who commented knows that did read what they took the time to write. I would like to be able to actually respond to questions and such but am just clueless... not rude.

Can anyone help?

One of the questions that I never answered:

Lee asked how I prepare my salmon that I splurge on.

There are a few ways I cook salmon.
Often I just make it baked with lemon juice and lemon pepper on it.

I also sometimes bake it in teriyaki sauce.
It is a different flavor than I usually expect for salmon but it is fun to have variety.

But my family loves it when I make it fried with stewed tomatoes.
I can't find the original recipe anymore and I couldn't find a picture on the web that even closely resembled this recipe. I will just try to explain how it is made. I don't know all the cooking terms. I am not an expert.
I just use the frozen Costco Salmon that has each piece individually wrapped. Roll the thawed salmon in a bit of flour until it is coated. Then put the pieces in a medium hot skillet with a few tablespoons of olive oil. Fry the salmon a few min on each side until it is golden brown. Or until you know it is cooked through. Remove the salmon and place it on a plate. Then open a can of stewed tomatoes and pour that in the hot skillet. Chop up a clove or two of fresh garlic and let that simmer a little while.Lightly salt and pepper the salmon on the plate. Then add a dash of basil to the tomatoes in the pan. Fresh if you have it but I often just use dried. Put Salmon back into the tomato mixture and let it sit for a min.

I usually serve this over a little pasta. The whole thing takes no longer then 20 min. It is seriously great! I wish I could find the actual recipe. I got it from a Real Simple magazine a few years ago. It also had a few variations on the page that we have tried but we love the original recipe the best.

I hope that makes a little sense.