This simple salmon recipe hits all the marks in my books. High in protein, healthy fats and lots of veggies make this a perfect lunch!
Remember eating healthy doesn’t have to be fancy or complicated. This took me 10 mins to whip up and as long as you keep your pantry and fridge stocked, you will always have enough ingredients to make your own version of this. Don’t turn your nose up to canned salmon, it’s so good for you and you can do so many things with it!
Examples of 10 easy meal ideas using canned salmon:
- Salmon cakes
- Add it to pasta
- Pile it on a green salad
- Add it to stews and soups
- Mix it with rice or quinoa
- Make a salmon hash with potatoes
- Add it to your eggs or omelet.
- Use it in rice wraps or homemade sushi
- Move over tuna melt, salmon melt on seedy bread
- Salmon loaf with grated zucchini
See!? Easy and so versatile. Let me share a fully loaded salmon salad that I had on romaine lettuce “boats”. I made lots as it stays fresh in the fridge for 2 days.
Salmon Salad in Lettuce Boat
2016-02-09 13:34:39
Serves 4
Easy to make lunch perfection.
Prep Time
15 min
Ingredients
- 2 can of sockeye salmon
- 1-2 dill pickles
- 1 red pepper
- 3 stalks of celery
- 2-3 green onions
- 1/2 green apple
- 4-5 romaine lettuce leaves to use as boats
For the Dressing
- 2 tbsp of veganaise (or reg mayo)
- 1 tbsp of dijon mustard
- 1 lime juiced
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Chop up all the veggies and apple into small pieces. Open the cans of salmon and mix everything in a big bowl.
- Use a mason jar to shake up all the dressing ingredients.
- Pour the dressing over the salmon and veggies and mix well.
- Scoop the salmon salad into romaine lettuce leaves.
- Season with salt and pepper.
Notes
- This keeps well in the fridge for a few days. This recipe makes a lot but my family enjoys it on seedy bread or on its own as a quick snack.
- Enjoy!
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