Looking for an easy weeknight dinner? In this Seared Salmon with Mango Salsa Salad a simple seared salmon rests atop a bed of greens and topped with a fresh mango salsa!
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Easy Summer Salad
This is the start of what is going to be a series. Â A series of salads. Â Of course, I have no idea if that will actually happen, my track record of proposing things and then actually completing this is rather dismal. Â I have a habit of declaring things. Â Anyone remember the time I declared “The Summer of Cleaning Out my Garage” – yeah, that so didn’t happen. Â And then there was “The Summer of Herbs” – where I was going to be diligent in using my herbs from my garden – yeah, that didn’t happen so much either. Â So, we’ll just have to see if this “Summer of the Salads” will happen.
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Seared Salmon with Mango Salsa Salad
Here’s the gist of it. Â I plan on taking a sort of salad formula and working my way through the different variations, creating salad recipes that are easy to follow and easy to tweak to your tastes. Â I love salads. Â I especially love salads with a bit of protein in them. Â They are easy one bowl meals that fill me up and make me feel good about myself. Â My basic formula is some sort of salad greens, topped with a lean protein, and then finally topped with a sort of salsa. Â The perfect one dish meal with endless variations!
You could easily change this to a more substantial meal by serving the mango and salsa over a whole grain.
Seared Salmon with Mango Salsa Salad
Ingredients
Salmon
- 2 salmon fillets
- olive oil
- salt and pepper
Salsa
- 1 mango , peeled and diced
- 1/4 red onion , diced
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- juice of one lime
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 jalopeno pepper , sliced
Salad
- 4 cups salad greens
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Heat a frying pan over medium high heat with a little olive oil. Place salmon flesh side down and sear for 3 minutes, turn and finish cooking for about 3 more minutes. Remove from heat.
- Place salsa ingredients in a medium bowl and toss to combine.
- Divide salad greens between two bowls. Place lemon juice, olive oil and salt and pepper in a small jar and shake to emulsify. Pour over salad greens and toss lightly in bowls. Place a salmon fillet on top. Top the salmon with the mango salsa.
Nutrition
Looking for more easy salmon recipes:
Grilled Salmon with Tomato Caper Vinaigrette
LOL I’m totally the same way with making declarations and then sadly not following through. BUT this salad looks so delicious (love the salmon and mango combo!) that I think you NEED to follow through on this one! Can’t wait to see what you come up with next 🙂
I love salmon!! With a mango salsa, I love the Caribbean flavor combo! This looks so yummy!
Keep this up and I’ll be inviting myself around for dinner. . . and lunch. . .
yay!!! Bring on the sale recipes, I’m bored w my usual!
I love your choice of bowl for those photographs! It’s the perfect color to go with the mango.
Pam, I am such a big fan of salmon, and we need to eat more salads! I saw mangoes on sale too recently, and I think this combo is one I look forward to making. Cheers!
I too have been thinking I want more salads, main course entree salads. They are huge here in Italy and I love some of the combinations more than I would have expected. I would definitely dig in to yours–I adore mango salsa!
Dear Pam, this salad sounds marvelous. I love the mango salsa served along side it…fresh, delicious and healthy! xo, Catherine
It is delicious!
This looks so good. What a great summer dish to make. Thanks for sharing over at the Snickerdoodle Sunday.
Delicious Pam! A nice glass of white wine and I’ll be ’round for supper.
Oh, yes, I hope the Summer of Salads is a happening thing!! I love salads and eat one every day, so this is going to be great!! xo
I plan on sticking to this one!
Pam,
I just picked up some magically marked down salmon at the grocery store yesterday, thinking that I wanted to try and grill it, but then not sure what to do next. I love the idea of this salad–it looks terrific for a Spring/summer meal, and yes, an excellent way to get those farm share greens out of the fridge!
Thanks!
I can’t wait till my CSA kicks in and I have all sorts of things to use for my salads!
gorgeous Pam!
Thank you!
I am already TOTALLY EXCITED for this series! Bring on the salads! And yay for kicking it off with one with SO MUCH FLAVOR. Totally into it.
Me too!!