Salmon with Quinoa and Sweet Lemon Dressing

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This recipe for salmon with spicy quinoa is wonderfully simple and irresistibly good! It’s prepared super quickly in the evening after a long working day, but also impresses your guests at your next lunch.

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Salmon with Quinoa and Sweet Lemon Dressing – Recipe

The way of preparations – easy

Yields – 2 Serves

Ingredients:

2 salmon fillets ( or 1 big one)
1 cup uncooked quinoa (about 150 g)
40 g pistachios
fresh coriander
fresh mint
parsley
1 – 2 cloves of garlic
cherry tomatoes (optional)

Dressing:

1 lemon
pinch of ground cumin
1 – 2 tablespoons honey
olive oil
Salt & pepper

Instructions on how to make Salmon with Quinoa and Sweet Lemon Dressing

Briefly wash the quinoa in a strainer, drain and place in a small saucepan and cook
You should know that water quinoa ratio 2:1
Cook till the quinoa soaked up all the liquid.
Finely chop pistachios

Dressing

Squeeze the juice of half a lemon, mix it with about 4 – 5 tablespoons of olive oil, salt, pepper, half a teaspoon of cumin and 2 tablespoons of honey.
Heat a pan with a little oil and sear the salmon filets.
Mix the cooked quinoa with the pistachios and some dressing.
Arrange the quinoa with the salmon fillets and cherry, and drizzle with the lemon-honey dressing.
Finally add some sea salt and the fresh herbs.
Serve and enjoy

Note:

Quinoa is one of the world’s most popular health foods.

Quinoa is gluten-free, high in protein and one of the few plant foods that contain sufficient amounts of all nine essential amino acids..

11 Proven Health Benefits of Quinoa