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, photo by Emma Shevtzoff
, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE
in Recipes, Dinner, Lunch, Meal Salmon salad with feta cheese and avocado dressing
Colorful, flavorful, keto-full! Salmon, feta cheese, mint, and onion combine in delicious harmony for a satisfying keto salad. Cherry tomatoes, cucumber, and olives add heft and zest. Topped with a home-made avocado dressing, this salad has the taste and texture to become an easy favorite.
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Ingredients
- 10 oz. 280 g salmon, boneless filletsalmon, boneless fillets
- 1 tbsp 1 tbsp olive oil or avocado oil for frying
- salt and ground black pepper
- 8 (5 oz.) 8 (140 g) cherry tomatoes, diced
- 4 oz. 110 g cucumber, diced
- 4 oz. (¾ cup) 110 g (170 ml) feta cheese or goat cheese, crumbled
- ½ (½ oz.) ½ (14 g) Romaine lettuce, cut into bite size pieces
- ¼ (1 oz.) ¼ (28 g) red onion, slicedred onions, sliced
- 1 oz. (31⁄3 tbsp) 28 g (50 ml) olives (preferably Kalamata)
- 1 tbsp 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp 2 tbsp fresh mint roughly chopped
- ½ ½ lemon, slices for servinglemons, slices for serving (optional)
Avocado dressing
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Instructions
- Heat a skillet or grill pan over medium-high heat. Add olive oil. Season the salmon with salt and pepper and sear on both sides until crispy and cooked to your liking.
- While salmon is cooking, prepare all of the salad ingredients and combine in a large bowl.
- For the dressing, add all the dressing ingredients into a food processor or mix it with a hand mixer until smooth. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add water to preferred consistency.
- Slice salmon and arrange over salad. Serve with lemon wedges and avocado dressing.
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