Roast salmon & cauliflower salad
- Weekday Hassle Free Dinners
- Serves 2
- Prep 5 min
- Cook 25 min
I love discovering new salmon recipes and this one definitely hits the mark. It is a must try recipe when cauliflower is in season. If I had my own restaurant this dish would be on the menu :)
Ingredients
- 1 cup quinoa
- 1/2 cauliflower, cut into flortes
- 2 salmon fillets
- pinch sumac and cumin
- 1 lemon
- 1 small tub of Greek style yoghurt
- fresh mint leaves
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
Method
- Preheat oven to 200 C. Place cauliflower florets on a baking tray lined up with baking paper. Sprinkle with olive oil, sumac and cumin spices. Roast , stirring once, for 25 minutes or until golden.
- Cook quinoa according to the packet instructions and let it rest.
- Mix lemon zest, crushed garlic, pinch of sumac and cumin. Place salmon fillets on a baking tray lined up with baking paper. Season salmon with salt and pepper, and spread the spice mixture on top. Drizzle some lemon juice over the salmon . Roast salmon for the last 12 minutes of cauliflower roasting time. Set aside and rest for a few minutes. Coarsely flake salmon.
- Prepare dressing by mixing yoghurt and juice of half a lemon.
- Add the cauliflower florets to the quinoa and top with flaked salmon. Drizzle with yoghurt dressing. Sprinkle with mint leaves and extra sumac.
Published 24 December 2017. All recipes