Women’s Luncheon Herb Crusted Salmon Salad, a healthy and satisfying dish for a variety of women’s gatherings!
When Women ‘Do’ Lunch!
A woman’s luncheon is expected to have bling, be healthy and taste amazing!
This herb de Provence and rice flour crusted salmon, seared to a crisp perfection, served over a colorful array of oranges, apples, nuts, dried fruits and arugula salad, has all the bling and taste!
But first, we want to start off with a gorgeous and nutritious piece of salmon!
Salmon
Salmon is my most favorite fish. It is fatty enough to have lots of flavor, dense enough not to fall apart when cooking and can be prepared a gazillion ways!
Salmon can be baked in the oven, seared on the grill or cooked on top of the stove. The trick to cooking salmon? Timing!
Make sure the heat is hot enough to sear the outsides quickly and then just lightly cover and let it cook another ten to fifteen minutes, depending on the thickness.
Salad
Throughout the spring months I grow lettuce and many veggies in my garden for a salad, as well as other healthy dishes.
Searing a lightly crusted salmon in a hot iron pan and serving it over a medley of my favorite salad ingredients is something I could eat every day!
A salad should have a variety of ingredients in it and they don’t all need to be savory.
Since salmon lends itself to both a sweet or savory accompaniment, I chose to put both in this salad.
Fresh fruits or dried for sweetness, nuts for crunch and texture, feta for a creamy salty bite and my favorite Lemon Thyme Dressing, which (in my opinion), goes with everything!
More Salmon Recipes To Love
These days, it seems everyone has become dietary specific, and having a large family I’ve tried to accommodate many of these.
Fish is, and always will be, a welcome ingredient in my kitchen, and so I have several recipes I believe you will love, if you love fish!
- Smoked Okra and Smoked Salmon Salad – Freshly smoked and charred okra with smoked salmon over a salad bed of beet greens and fresh oregano, easily homegrown garden to table recipe.
- Salmon Croquettes With Chili Honey – Salmon Croquettes With Chili Honey, ginger and five-spice, tossed in rice crumbs, gently fried and drizzled with chili honey, are loaded with flavor!
- Herb Dusted Salmon Over Salad – A woman’s luncheon is expected to have bling, be healthy and taste amazing; this herb dusted salmon salad delivers all the bling.
Women’s Luncheon
We women love to make time to get together and ‘replenish’ each other!
But don’t think for one minute that while we engage in deep and profound conversations, that we lose site of ‘bling’.
The table needs to look pretty, just as we will make the effort to look pretty for each other.
We women expend so much of our energy managing all the things that life places at our feet, so when we make time to have a luncheon together, we are usually in need of replenishing, and nothing does it quite like the company of other women.
Ingredients Needed
- Salmon filets
- Olive oil
- Butter
- Rice flour
- Herbs de Provence
- Salt
- Arugula, lettuce or spinach
- Apple
- Feta
- Walnuts
- Raisins
- Fresh dill or other herbs
- Orange zest
- Lemon Thyme Dressing
Equipment Needed
- Saute pan with lid
- Large Mixing bowl
- Cutting board
- Chopping knife
- Measuring cup
- Measuring spoons
- Citrus press
- Spatula
- Grater
- Salad Spinner
- Stovetop or burner
Women’s Luncheon Herb Crusted Salmon Salad
Equipment
- Saute pan with lid
- salad bowl
Ingredients
- Salmon Ingredients
- 2 6 oz Salmon Filets
- 1 tbsp Olive oil
- 1 tbsp Butter
- 1/2 cup Rice flour
- 1 tsp Herb de Provence
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- Salad Ingredients
- 3 cups Lettuce, Arugula, Spinach or your favorite salad greens
- 1 Apple skin on and cut into half inch cubes
- 2 oz Feta cut into cubes
- 1/4 cup Walnuts rough chopped
- 1/4 cup Raisins
- 2 tbsp Fresh herbs, dill or parsley rough chopped
- 1 tbsp Orange zest
- 3 tbsp Lemon Thyme Dressing homemade
Instructions
- Salmon – Place the flour, salt and herbs in a baggie or bowl and mix it up. Toss the salmon in the mix until well coated.
- Heat the oil and butter in a hot pan and sear both sides quickly (about 1/2 minute per side). Cover, lower and cook on medium/low for 12 minutes.Remove and set on a wire rack.
- Salad – In a large mixing bowl, toss the greens, chopped apple, walnuts, raisins and fresh herbs with Lemon Thyme Salad Dressing.
- Divide the salad between 2 large plates. Place feta on top. Salmon on top and orange zest across the top. Serve!
I believe the table... that place that draws people to gather, is the most powerful symbol of togetherness. All that happens before the table is set, the planning, the gathering, the preparing, are all an intricate part of the dance that create the mood of celebration to share with friends and loved ones.