Looking for a delicious, colorful salad to brighten up your dinner? This sesame salmon salad is just the thing. It has all the Asian flavor but doesn’t use soy for those of you who are avoiding it.

Instead, I used liquid aminos. You can find it in your local grocery store, usually in the health foods section or it can be easily bought online. I find the taste is incredibly like regular soy sauce and I use it quite often in my cooking. You could also use coconut aminos.

If you are wanting to keep this for work lunches, it’s a great idea – just keep the dressing separate otherwise it will get the lettuce leaves all soggy.

Yields 6 servings of Sesame Salmon Salad

The Preparation

Salad:

4 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon sesame oil
2 tablespoons soy sauce
24 ounces salmon
500 grams iceberg lettuce, chopped
1 medium red bell pepper, diced
1 medium yellow bell pepper, diced
1/4 cup green bell pepper, diced

Dressing:

4 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon sesame oil
5 tablespoons soy sauce

The Execution

1. Heat up the ¾ of the olive oil for the salad in a pan over medium heat. Add the sesame oil, coconut oil, and liquid aminos.

2. If needed, cut your salmon into smaller pieces. (I halved both filets to make 4 pieces.)

3. Place your salmon in the pan and let it cook for 5-7 minutes.

4. Flip them over and continue to cook for an additional 5 minutes. They should be a light pink to white color on the inside once they are done.

5. While your salmon is cooking, place your lettuce and peppers into a salad bowl.

6. In a smaller bowl – mix your dressing ingredients together.

7. Once the salmon is done, place on top of the salad, top with the dressing and enjoy!

This makes a total of 6 servings of Sesame Salmon Salad. Each serving comes out to be 440 calories, 33.8g fats, 4.2g net carbs, and 27.7g protein.

NUTRITION	CALORIES	FAT	CARBS	FIBER	NET CARBS	PROTEIN
4 tablespoon olive oil	477	54	0	0	0	0
1 teaspoon sesame oil	40	4.5	0	0	0	0
2 tablespoon soy sauce	17	0.2	1.6	0.3	1.3	2.6
24 ounce salmon	1402	84	0	0	0	150.4
500 gram iceberg lettuce	70	0.5	15	6	9	4.5
1 medium red bell pepper	36	0.4	6.9	2.4	4.5	1.1
1 medium yellow bell pepper	31	0.2	7.3	1	6.2	0.6
1/4 cup green bell pepper	7	0.1	1.6	0.6	1	0.3
4 tablespoon olive oil	477	54	0	0	0	0
1 teaspoon sesame oil	40	4.5	0	0	0	0
5 tablespoon soy sauce	42	0.5	3.9	0.6	3.3	6.5
Totals	2639	202.9	36.3	10.9	25.4	166
Per Serving (/6)	440	33.8	6	1.8	4.2	27.7