Lemon Honey Soy Salmon with Greens and Quinoa

07 Jan Lemon Honey Soy Salmon with Greens and Quinoa

Enjoy this tasty recipe for summer, courtesy of Harriet Walker (SDA member)

 

Ingredients

• 4 150g salmon portions (approx. 1200g)

• 2 tbs honey

• 2 tbs dark soy

• 2 lemons, juiced

• 1 cm grated ginger

• 100g quinoa

• 1^1/4Cups water

• 250g sweet potato

• 2 spring onions

• 200g broccoli

• 75g pine nuts

• 1 tbs olive oil

• Salt

 

Method

1. Pre-heat oven to 180C.
2. Chop sweet potato into 1cm cubes, lightly coat in olive oil and bake for 25-30 minuted until soft.
3. In a small pan, heat and mix lemon juice, honey and soy into a glaze and paint the individual salmon fillets. Bake for 30-40 minutes until cooked through – cooking time will depend on fillet thickness.
4. Add water and quinoa to a pan with a pinch of salt and simmer until cooked for approximately 15 minutes.
5. Boil a pan of water and blanch broccoli for 2 min until just soft, remove from water and refresh in cold water.
6. Chop broccoli into small florets.
7. Finely slice spring onion.
8. In a hot pan, dry cook pine nuts for 1 minute, stir continuously until lightly browned.
9. Add quinoa, sweet potato cubes, broccoli, and pine nuts into a bowl. Mix through 2 tbs olive oil and a pinch of salt.
10. Spoon quinoa mixture evenly into four dishes and top with a baked fillet.                      Serves 4

 

Nutritional value

Per serve:

• Energy kg                 2276
• Protein (g)                 37
• Fat (g)                        32
• Saturated Fat (g)     5
• Carbohydrate (g)    27
• Sugars (g)                 11
• Fibre (g)                    5

 

 

Source:

https://www.sportsdietitians.com.au/recipes/baked-salmon/

First published on harrietwalker.com.au