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- What's up, guys? I'm Suzy with TheMediterraneanDish.com.
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Today, we're doing a little Greek twist on salmon salad,
Healthy Greek Salmon Salad.
Let's get right to it.
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We've got our salmon here, we bought a pound of salmon.
Salmon has been dried so all we need to do
is just hit it up with some salt, pepper,
let's do some oregano, oh yeah,
get all these Greek flavors going on.
I'm gonna turn it around and I'm gonna do
the same thing on the other side.
I'm gonna show you my mint vinaigrette that goes all over
the salad which makes it so epic.
Greek extra virgin olive oil, I'm using my Early Harvest.
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Generous drizzle of that,
because I want some also on the bottom,
so I'm gonna move this about.
And that's it for the salmon bit,
so we're just gonna stick this in the oven,
my oven's already been heated on 425.
Of course, if you prefer to grill your salmon,
do something in the skillet, it doesn't really matter.
Baking is available all year round, so that's what I do.
Just stick it in the oven.
While my salmon is baking, let's go ahead
and make this Greek-ish salad.
Now, I say Greek-ish because I am using lettuce
and a traditional Greek salad does not usually
contain lettuce, but this has all the flavors that I love
and I needed the lettuce to give things a little bit
of a, like a bed, a bed for my salmon.
That's what the lettuce does.
So, we start with some lettuce already cut up here,
any kind you like is fine, tomatoes,
bell peppers cut up nice and round, cucumbers.
I might be running out of room, but that's fine.
We'll figure it out as we go.
I'm adding just a few slices of onions,
any kind of onion you have, and of course, Kalamata olives.
We're gonna give this all a toss in just a minute
when we make our vinaigrette and we have our salmon ready.
Oh, it's gonna be beautiful.
Let's work on the tasty, bright, super flavorful,
mint vinaigrette.
So, I've got a food processor, I've got some garlic.
Unless you've already chopped your garlic,
just start with that.
(machine whirring)
So, about a good portion of this is olive oil,
about a half a cup.
Don't freak out, it's good for you,
especially if you're using the good stuff, so.
Lemon juice goes in here.
The start of the vinaigrette here is fresh mint.
You need a ton of fresh mint here, about 20-30 leaves.
You can also do basil, basil would be great here.
A little bit of oregano, oh yeah.
Tiny bit of paprika.
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Give this a pulse.
(machine whirring)
Okay.
We're probably gonna use about half or a little bit more
on the salad and we're gonna leave a bit
to go on top of the salmon.
My hands are gonna be more efficient and effective.
Feta cheese is my favorite part of any Greek salad.
I like to do big pieces, that way if somebody
doesn't want it, they can avoid it
and those who want it, they can get more.
I think our salmon is actually ready,
so I'm gonna grab it and we'll finish up this recipe.
Look at that, you guys.
Salmon is so perfectly cooked.
There you go.
Oh, yes.
And remember that we saved some of that vinaigrette
for the salmon, oh yeah, goes right on top.
And that's a wrap for my easy, Healthy Greek Salmon Salad.
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