Cooking With Pia : Salmon with Baby Spinach Salad

This salmon salad recipe is delicious, filling, and easy. Want to learn how to make it? Read on.

Feeling stiff post-workout? Trying to dynamically loosen up for a game? Then this is the healthy recipe for you. From the salmon to the walnuts, the plate is loaded with fish-oil-would-be-envious Omega-3's. Throw some brown rice on there and you've got yourself a delicious, filling recipe, that required just eight simple ingredients, and at most a half-hour of your time. No wonder it's a OneResult favorite. 

Here's what you'll need:

• 1 center-cut salmon fillet (6 oz)
• 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons of olive oil
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

And here are the salad's ingredients:

• 2 cups of baby spinach leaves
• 1/8 cup of shelled, and halved, walnuts
• 1/8 cup of blue cheese
• 1/2 small granny smith apple
• 1 teaspoon of olive oil
• 1 teaspoon of lemon juice

Once you've pulled that all together, here's how you'll actually make the dish:

1. Place the salmon fillet in a shallow bowl. Toss well with lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Let that sit for 15 minutes.
2. Cook the salmon skinside down, in a nonstick skillet, over medium-high heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Make sure to shake the pan, while carefully lifting the salmon with a spatula to loosen it from the pan.
3. Reduce the heat to medium. Cover the pan and cook the salmon until it's cooked through, which should mean about 3 to 4 minutes more. The skin should now be crisp and the flesh medium rare (there should be no more bright pink and the fish should start to flake slightly!)
4. While this is happening, add spinach, walnuts, blue cheese, and a granny smith apple to a bowl. Just before serving, season the box mix with salt and pepper, and drizzle oil and lemon juice on top. Toss well.
5. Top with salmon, and dig in!

Yeah, the title of this meal may be intimidating... But as the above would suggest, this healthy recipe is doable regardless of your level of expertise. Oh, and it's tasty and nutritious! Give the pizza a rest at some point this week, and get the salmon and salad in the house!

For more of Cooking With Pia, try these healthy recipes:

Grilled Chicken and Tomato Omelette
Fajita Shrimp Salad
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Turkey Burgers with Sweet Potato Fries
Chicken Stir-Fry

Additionally, if you're too tight on time to make this delicious salmon recipe (come on 1R, find the time!), we'd recommend the following supplements:

1. Optimum Nutrition Fish Oil – These tasteless fish oil pills will help you burn fat, improve joint health, and reduce inflammation associated with hard training
2. Optimum Nutrition Opti-Men – A high performance multivitamin, Opti-Men will improve your energy levels and cover your nutritional bases so that you’re able to get the most out of your workouts
3. Cytosport Joint Matrix – When you’re training hard, and/or training heavy, your joints inevitably take a beating. Joint matrix will ensure that you don’t feel that beating the next day