Do you want a quick and healthy dish to make for lunch that you can either eat at home or take to work? Well I have one for you. If you have been reading my blog for a while, you will know how much I LOVE salad. Adding pasta to salads make them a bit more substantial and filling.
I truly don’t think there is anything “bad” about pasta (you know I don’t believe any food is good or bad), and although I wouldn’t eat it every day, genuine allergies aside it is fine as part of a balanced diet.
I love the combination of flavours in this dish and balsamic and basil is like a match made in heaven.
Ingredients – Serves 2:
- 2 Salmon fillets
- 100g/1 cup wholewheat pasta
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1 handful of spinach, chopped
- 1 handful of romaine lettuce, chopped
- 2 tomatoes, diced
- 2 tbsp fresh basil, chopped
1) Cook pasta according to instructions.
2) Grill/broil salmon fillets for 10 minutes
3) Drain the pasta and stir in all the other ingredients and flake the salmon fillet on top. Add some cracked black pepper.
Nutritional Information:
Calories: 411
Fat: 20 (healthy fats from the salmon and olive oil)
Carbs: 35
Protein: 27
Fibre: 8
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Thank you Dannii. Your recipes have helped me lose 5lbs this week.
I love that you don’t see any individual food as good or bad. I totally agree. Was it you that said there are only some choices better than others?
I might make this with smoked salmon as I am craving it so much at the moment. Don’t worry – I am pregnant!
This looks delicious.
I have no food in the house and all your photos are making me so hungry lol. I am going to make this tomorrow night for my lunch on Monday. I am in such a lunch rut at the moment. I’m bored of sandwiches and wraps.
I have loads of salmon in the freezer than I was wondering what to do with. I usually just have it with a sweet potato and broccoli. I never thought to add it to pasta to take to work. I think my kiddies would enjoy this for their lunch too. Thanks hunni.