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    You are here: Home / Recipes / Meat & Seafood / superfood salmon salad with meyer lemon dressing

    superfood salmon salad with meyer lemon dressing

    Jan 14, 2014 · 7 Comments


    2014 is still brand-new, and I know most people are still sticking to their New Year’s resolutions… for now. I didn’t even remember to make a resolution, so um… I guess I’m doing well, right? I know one of the most popular resolutions I hear year after year after year is, “I will eat healthier,” or “I will lose weight,” or “I will get in better shape.” While those are all great resolutions, you are getting nowhere fast if you think a diet of boring lettuce and bland grilled chicken is going to satisfy you. Enter… this salad. A delicious, healthy, super easy salad full of double-duty superfoods! 

    Our lovely bed of greens is composed of baby kale, baby spinach, and baby chard, which are delicious and full of iron, vitamins A and C, and beta-carotene. On top of that, we have quinoa, which is a complete protein, high in fiber, also contains iron, and even has some B vitamins. Blueberries are, in my opinion, the best berries, because they taste divine AND they are chock-full of antioxidants. The star of the show, however, is the salmon fillet! As we all know, salmon is a perfect source of Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids, which are essential to our bodies. So, um, I really see no downside to any of this. A salad full of fantastic superfoods that tastes amazing? Sign me up!


    I knew I had to choose something special to top this spectacular salad, so I picked Central Market/H-E-B’s Meyer Lemon Salad Dressing! Kinda sweet, kinda sour, and perfectly delicious. Meyer lemons are the hybrid of standard lemons and oranges, making them sweeter than normal lemons but tangier than oranges. As expected, these little fruits are as full of vitamin C and antioxidants as their parents! 

    The sweet and sour dressing went perfectly with the slightly bitter greens, sweet blueberries, and buttery salmon fillet. Match made in heaven! This salad was fast and easy to throw together, tasted amazing, and, as I explained, was super healthy! Who needs dry chicken and lame iceberg lettuce when you can have a salad like this?!

    Thank you to H-E-B’s January Primo Picks package for the Meyer Lemon Salad Dressing and so much more! You can see all of the January Primo Picks at THIS link, then locate an H-E-B near you HERE! Don’t forget to follow H-E-B on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and YouTube. Happy shopping!

    Superfood Salmon Salad with Meyer Lemon Dressing
     
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    Prep time
    10 mins
    Cook time
    20 mins
    Total time
    30 mins
     
    Author: Valentina | The Baking Fairy
    Recipe type: Meat & Seafood
    Serves: 1
    Ingredients
    • 1 heaping cup Central Market Organic Baby Kale Medley
    • ¼ cup plain quinoa, rinsed
    • ¼ cup blueberries, rinsed and dried
    • 1 small salmon fillet, rinsed and dried
    • 4-5 tbsp Central Market H-E-B Meyer Lemon Salad Dressing{more or less as needed}
    • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
    • salt and pepper, as needed
    Instructions
    1. First, cook your quinoa. In a small pot, heat up a generous ½ cup of water. When it comes to a boil, add in your rinsed raw quinoa and a pinch of salt, reduce the heat to a simmer, and cover. Let the quinoa cook for 10-15 minutes, until nearly all the liquid is absorbed.
    2. In the meanwhile, cook the salmon. Heat the one tablespoon of oil in a small nonstick frying pan over medium-high heat. Season the salmon with salt and pepper, then place in the hot oil skin-side down. Let the fish cook for about 5 minutes, until the lower portion starts to turn a light opaque pink. Flip the fillet over, and let the salmon finish cooking until it is completely opaque and develops a lightly golden crust on top.
    3. Once the quinoa and salmon are both ready, it's time to assemble the salad! Place your mixed greens in a medium bowl or plate. Stir one tablespoon of dressing into the prepared quinoa, then spoon on top of the salad. Top with the clean blueberries and salmon fillet, then dress with as much Meyer Lemon dressing as you would like. Enjoy immediately!
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    Disclosure: I received materials from H-E-B for this recipe. Posts are truthful, and all thoughts and opinions are my own and not influenced by this sponsorship. Recipe is an original creation of Valentina Celant at TheBakingFairy.blogspot.com

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    1. Jennifer S. says

      January 14, 2014 at 7:08 pm

      I love looking at new recipes for making salmon. Definitely adding this my list of recipes!

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    2. GiGi Eats Celebrities says

      January 16, 2014 at 5:19 am

      Such a beautiful plate. Salmon is BY FAR my favorite food on the face of this planet!! 🙂 I will dream about it tonight thanks to this picture, lol!

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    3. jugglingrealfoodandreallife says

      February 05, 2014 at 7:19 pm

      Hi Valentina! I’m stopping in from Let’s Get Real today. Your salad caught my eye right away. It has such beautiful color. I don’t cook salmon as often as I should. This looks like a great way to eat it. I bet the blueberries are a nice compliment to the salmon. My family eats baby greens all the time. We have pretty much forgotten that iceberg exists. There is so much more taste to be had!

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    4. Gaye @CalmHealthySexy says

      March 08, 2014 at 11:31 am

      This looks delicious! Thanks for sharing with the Let’s Get Real party. We are pinning it to our group Pinterest board.

      Reply

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