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Healthy Salmon Recipes and Cooking Tips

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Salmon Burgers with Green Goddess Sauce

The key to perfect salmon burgers is to handle the fish delicately: don't overseason, overhandle or overcook it. Cutting the salmon into small pieces by hand takes a little while, but you want it in tender little bits. Serve over a bed of salad greens with the Green Goddess Sauce dolloped on top.

» Salmon Burgers with Green Goddess Sauce

Cashew Salmon with Apricot Couscous

Yogurt sauce flavored with lemon, cumin and cilantro tops this Indian-inspired grilled salmon.

» Cashew Salmon with Apricot Couscous

Salmon Chowder

The flavor of this salmon chowder is greatly enhanced by adding either fresh dill or dried tarragon: each herb lends its own distinctively different and appealing character to the soup. Even if you don’t keep instant mashed potatoes in your pantry, it’s worth picking some up for this soup. They give the soup a thick, chowder texture without any heavy cream or butter. Leftover mashed potatoes work too, but give a slightly less-velvety texture.

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Salmon Rösti

Convenient frozen hash browns and flaked salmon come together for a twist on this traditional Swiss favorite. We love the creamy dill sauce, but a dollop of ketchup is tasty too. Serve with: Steamed green beans tossed with sliced scallions, Dijon mustard and lemon juice.

» Salmon Rösti

Salmon Salad Sandwich

Salmon salad served on tangy pumpernickel bread makes for an easy dinner—a double batch will give you lunch the next day.

» Salmon Salad Sandwich

Salmon & Roasted Vegetable Salad

Toss roasted vegetables and salmon with a flavor-packed vinaigrette to serve on top of greens for a hearty dinner salad. For a twist, add a poached or fried egg on top. Serve with: Toasted whole-grain baguette and a glass of Riesling.

» Salmon & Roasted Vegetable Salad

Black Bean & Salmon Tostadas

Pickled jalapeños, cilantro and avocado perk up convenient canned salmon for a quick tostada topping. Skip store-bought and make your own crispy shells in the oven. Serve with: Brown rice cooked with diced tomatoes and onions or salsa.

» Black Bean & Salmon Tostadas


Heart healthy salmon recipes are the centerpiece of quick suppers and easy entertaining.

No common fish delivers more of the omega-3 fatty acids that help keep arteries clear and hearts strong than salmon. The past decade has shown that these fatty acids may also strengthen the immune system and eyesight, and even improve mental health.

These health benefits have helped inspire Americans to more than triple their consumption of fresh and frozen salmon in the last 15 years, from 50,000 metric tons in 1990 to 180,000 in 2004. The only fish we eat more of are shrimp and canned tuna. Whether grilled, seared, broiled or made into burgers or cakes—you can't go wrong with our salmon chowder recipes, grilled salmon recipes, salmon salad recipes and more healthy salmon recipes.

Healthy Salmon Recipes

Blackened salmon is great in a sandwich with a spread of mashed avocado and low-fat...
We use a generous amount of fiber- and vitamin C-rich bean sprouts in this quick...
Pickled jalapeños, cilantro and avocado perk up convenient canned salmon for a quick...
Versatile miso (fermented soybean paste) keeps for months in the refrigerator and...
Yogurt sauce flavored with lemon, cumin and cilantro tops this Indian-inspired...
If you are trying to boost your intake of omega-3s, try this simple favorite. It is...
Delicious warm white beans and fennel are topped with succulent fennel-seed-crusted...
If you can find (or grow) them, use sturdy rosemary branches, stripped of leaves, as...
Jazz up simply grilled salmon and summer vegetables with a zesty sauce based on the...
Salmon cooks over a bed of lemon and fresh herbs to infuse it with flavor and keep...
Fish tacos have become all the rage in recent years and are a specialty of the...
A sweet, tangy and salty mixture of soy sauce, rice vinegar and honey does double-...
Salmon and lentils are a familiar combo in French bistro cooking; here they combine...
This updated French bistro dish makes a simple dinner any night of the week. You...
This gravlax is a play on the traditional Scandinavian recipe. Thinly slice the...
Baking salmon fillets, covered, with a little wine and some shallots produces moist...
Crunchy fennel gives great texture to this tomato-based salsa, which is itself a...
Using a plank to grill fish keeps it from sticking or falling through the grate and...
Easy poached salmon is sophisticated with a creamy caper-and-lemon sauce. Make it a...
The key to perfect salmon burgers is to handle the fish delicately: don't...
The flavor of this salmon chowder is greatly enhanced by adding either fresh dill or...
Simmered with carrots, turnips and thyme, the lentils make a lovely, hearty bed for...
This traditional Italian bread salad is full of tomatoes and cucumber and gets a...
Although you can use any firm-fleshed fish, such as halibut or cod, salmon is...
Toss roasted vegetables and salmon with a flavor-packed vinaigrette to serve on top...
Convenient frozen hash browns and flaked salmon come together for a twist on this...
Salmon salad served on tangy pumpernickel bread makes for an easy dinner—a double...
Most canned salmon is wild, making it a sustainable and convenient choice. The...
Pungent red chiles and sweet mango flavor this robust sauce, which accents simply...
Fire up the food processor, add a few simple ingredients, and you've got a...
This twist on a classic salade Nicoise uses smoked salmon in place of tuna and adds...
A touch of chile-garlic sauce and hot sesame oil add heat to this delicately...
In this salsa, citrus shows its two sides, the sweetness of the oranges contrasting...
In a kind of updated homage to Swiss rosti, this light salad combines things we love...

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