Recipe: Perfect Salmon Quinoa Salad

Salmon Quinoa Salad. Salmon Quinoa Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette. A simple pan-seared salmon recipe served with tricolor quinoa, chopped tomatoes, chopped onions, arugula, and a simple balsamic vinaigrette. I love me some quick and easy meals, especially when they're healthy and good for meal prep! This salmon recipe is one of my faves. Quinoa Salad with Salmon - so delicious, nutritious and easy to make.

Full of bright and zesty flavors it's a great healthy family meal. Today, I am going to share with you a very simple quinoa salad with salmon. This Salmon Quinoa Salad is a light, healthy and filling summer dish with a zesty creamy dressing, perfect for and easy dinner, or lunch. You can have Salmon Quinoa Salad using 13 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Salmon Quinoa Salad

1. It's 12 oz of Salmon.
2. You need 3 tbs of Coconut oil.
3. It's of Capers (optional).
4. It's 3 cups of Quinoa cooked.
5. It's of Broccolini Trader Joes.
6. Prepare 1 can of Chickpeas.
7. You need 1/2 cup of Cherry Tomatoes.
8. It's 1/2 of Red onion.
9. You need 10 - 12 of Limes.
10. You need of Cilantro.
11. You need of Salt.
12. You need of Pepper.
13. It's of Garlic salt.

Its crispy pan fried salmon, together with a quinoa salad of cucumber, mint, coriander, Spanish red onion, baked sweet potato, capsicum and optional chickpeas and lightly toasted walnuts. My Salmon Quinoa Salad is a combo of the many variations I tried. This recipe is perfect for family meals & summer entertaining! Another bonus is it's gluten free.

Salmon Quinoa Salad instructions

1. Mince red onion and cover with lime juice.  Set aside..
2. Cook fish skin side down on med-high heat in coconut oil.  I like to add capers but this is optional.  Cook salmon about 6 min each side.  When finished set aside and let cool..
3. In a bowl add quinoa, chopped broccolini, drained chickpeas, halved cherry tomatoes, cilantro, salt, pepper and garlic salt.  Add salmon, I like to shred it and mix it in but it can also be served on top of quinoa salad..

Alaskan salmon is pretty much the best wild caught fish in the world. For this recipe, I found a gorgeous piece of Alaskan King Salmon here at the market in Telluride, CO. Salmon and fresh mint quinoa salad. Quinoa comes in different colors, such as off-white, red and black quinoa, which all have similar flavor, texture and nutritional content. I love using quinoa to replace rice or other grains as a side dish, as a base for salads, to make meatless croquettes, stuffed peppers and as an addition to soups.