Baked Salmon With Peach and Corn Salad

For the most part I try eating healthy, which means I cut down on my sugar and refined oil consumption fairly easily. What I can never bring myself to do, however, is eat more salad. Coming from a kitchen where the base of no meal is complete without sautéing onion and garlic, it is no surprise that salads are rather boring to me.

But I can also not deny the importance of health benefits that salads offer, so I have been trying to actively and mindfully eat more greens. My struggle is that most salads available even at “health food stores” are often drowned in dressing filled with unhealthy fats and whatnot. So, I just ate a bunch of greens, but also ten times more fat and sugar? Umm, does not sound right…

Hence, I try incorporating my greens in smoothies, wraps, as a side for a brekkie of scrambled eggs or dinner of baked fish. Basically, the idea is to consume greens with foods that make greens irresistable without destroying their nutrient content.

In this post, I am sharing a combination of baked salmon with a corn and peach salad, which is to die for. The whole meal is a blast of flavors packed with tons of nutrition. Also, my god, it looks beautiful on the plate! The colors are just so appetizing together that you would not be able to resist no matter the salad.

So without further ado, follow the recipe below for a tasty and easy weeknight dinner, especially perfect in the summertime.

Ingredients for the salmon:

• Salmon filet (1)
• Paprika powder (1/4 teaspoon)
• Garlic powder (1/4 teaspoon)
• Salt (to taste)
• Lemon juice (to taste)
• Olive oil (1 teaspoon)

Ingredients for the salad:

• Your favorite green mix (1 cup)
• Corn (1/4 cup)
• Peach (1 – chopped)
• Salt (to taste)
• Paprika powder (to taste)
• Lemon juice (to taste)

Method for salmon:

• Preheat the oven to 425F/220C.
• Meanwhile, marinate the salmon in paprika powder, salt, lemon juice, olive oil, and garlic powder. You could also do this hours or night before preheating the oven for optimum flavor.
• Once oven is heated, bake salmon for 8 minutes.

Method for salad:

• While the salmon bakes, toss the corn in paprika powder and salt.
• Add the green mix and chopped corn.
• Squeeze some lemon juice on top.

Put it all together on a plate and voila! Time to devour the best dinner salad you will have this summer.