Baked Salmon with Kale Lemon Pesto

This salmon is incredibly juicy and flavorful with homemade kale walnut pesto. A nice way to jazz up your salmon and make it memorable if you're having friends over for dinner.

Total Time

35min

4.0

3 Ratings

Author: Joyous Health

Servings:

Ingredients

Pesto

•

1 bunch

Curly Kale

or Dino Kale

•

3/4 cup

Walnuts

•

1 clove

Garlic

•

Lemon , juiced

•

1/3 cup

Olive Oil

•

to taste

Sea Salt

Salmon

•

Salmon Fillets

•

Lemon , sliced

•

to taste

Ground Black Pepper

Cooking Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Place parchment paper onto a baking sheet or pan.

In a large food processor, add Curly Kale (1 bunch) , Walnuts (3/4 cup) , Garlic (1 clove) , juice of a Lemon (1) , Olive Oil (1/3 cup) , and Sea Salt (to taste) . Give it a blitz. Taste and add more lemon or sea salt if needed. Set aside while you make the salmon.

Place Salmon Fillets (4) skin side down on the baking sheet. Sprinkle with Sea Salt (to taste) , Ground Black Pepper (to taste) , and place Lemon Slices (1) on top.

Bake for 20-25 minutes to the desired doneness. Halfway through top with pesto.

Once the desired doneness is reached, top with more pesto and serve right away. I recommend serving this with baked broccoli and cauliflower with a tahini lemon sauce

Nutrition Per Serving

CALORIES

445

FAT

37.1 g

PROTEIN

22.8 g

CARBS

8.6 g