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Wild Salmon with Basil Pesto

Wild Salmon with Basil Pesto

Course Main Dish
Cuisine Gluten-Free, Paleo

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb wild salmon fillets
  • 1/2 cup red onion sliced
  • 1 cup Fresh basil
  • 2 tbsp fresh parsley
  • 3 walnuts
  • 3 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 1 garlic clove minced
  • 8 cups mixed salad greens- (romaine, arugula, endive)
  • 1 Cucumber sliced
  • tomatoes, diced optional
  • 1/2 tsp Sea salt

Instructions
 

  • Preheat barbeque or oven to 350F. If cooking in oven place salmon on a greased oven dish. If cooking on barbeque use wire mesh container or cook in greased aluminum foil
  • Cook salmon for approx 10-12 minutes depending on thickness of fish
  • Wash and dry salad greens and place in a bowl. Add in chopped cucumber, red onion and tomatoes. Many of my followers tell me that they cannot eat tomatoes, so you can leave the tomatoes out of this recipe
  • To make basil pesto- wash and dry basil and parsley. Place basil and parsley in food processor. Add in lemon juice, sea salt, olive oil, walnuts and garlic
  • Place salad greens on plate. Place salmon on top of salad greens and top salmon with basil puree