The warm weather forces us to eat light and healthy dishes. You need to absorb enough fluids. Fresh vegetables are of course an excellent source to stay hydrated. And as a surplus they contain lots of vitamins. If you want, you can eat a piece of bread with this summer salmon salad. But because you are less active, you also need fewer calories. So the salad in itself is probably sufficient to be satisfied. And maybe a glass of white wine or rosé.
Summer salmon salad
Ingredients
- 250 gram salmon
- 50 gram arugula salad
- 4 tomatoes
- 1 cucumber
- 1 red onion
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- pepper
- salt
Instructions
The preparation
- Remove the skin from the salmon and cut it into cubes of about 1 cm.
- Halve the onion. Cut one half finely and the other half into rings.
- Finely chop the arugula salad.
- Halve the cucumber lengthwise. Cut them in half again lengthwise and then cut into cubes of about 1 cm.
- Also cut the tomatoes into small pieces and remove the hard pieces on the stem.
- Mix the tomatoes, cucumber, onion rings and arugula salad in a bowl.
- Season with olive oil, lemon juice, pepper and salt.
The finishing touch
- Preheat the oven to
200 °C - Mix the salmon cubes with the chopped tomatoes and the mayonnaise in an ovenproof dish.
- Cook the salmon in the oven for two to three minutes. This keeps it nicely tender and juicy.
- Arrange the lukewarm salmon with the salad on a plate and enjoy this delicious light lunch during a warm summer day.
Nutrition
About summer salmon salad
This summer salad with tender salmon is ready in fifteen minutes. Perfect for a quick and light meal. You just have some cutting and chopping during the preparations. You can finely chop the tomatoes, cucumber, onion and arugula to your own taste. Then mix everything together in a bowl. Finally, season them with a spice to taste. You can of course also use other vegetables in your salad. Check your fridge or use yesterday's leftovers!
The tender salmon is the protein source of this meal. And perhaps the hardest part at all is removing the skin from the salmon steak. So that will work for everyone. Then cut the salmon into small pieces of about one centimeter. Because we only cook the salmon in the oven for a very short time. Then mix the salmon with the finely chopped onion and two tablespoons of (homemade) mayonnaise.
The salmon only needs to cook in the oven for three minutes. This way it stays nicely tender and juicy. The salmon is then just cooked enough to be tasty and easily digestible. And just tender enough without getting dry. It goes perfectly with the juicy salad.
And that is it! Nothing else is needed, except... a cool glass of wine. Because late in the evening you can enjoy this together with a glass of rosé or white wine. The ideal end to a hot summer day.
More surprising.summer
Due to the warm and longer summers, we also have to adjust our eating habits. So more ideas to get through this period are certainly welcome:
- Summer lunch with chicken and croutons.
- Watermelon-strawberry salad.
- Zucchini lunch with cheddar sauce.
- Easy apple-potato salad.
- Watermelon gazpacho.
- Creamy peach gazpacho with almonds.
If you speak Dutch, you can find the Dutch version of this recipe on gerechtenweb.blog.
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