Salmon salad with crunchy nuts

Salmon salad with crunchy nuts sounds delightful doesn’t it?

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Baked salmon mango avocado kale quinoa salad with crunchy nuts

In my opinion enjoying food isn’t just about taste but also texture and mouthfeel. I didn’t realise mouthfeel was a word until I started food blogging. When I was younger I really liked really crunchy (like crunchy nuts) and chewy (like nougat) foods but being a child of a less than enlightened government dental health policy in Queensland in the 1960s and 1970s, I never had the benefit of fluoridated water. That’s about my only complaint I’ll ever share about Queensland Government when I was growing up. Without fluoridated water, coupled with a stubborn refusal to obey my mother’s instructions to regularly brush and floss my teeth thoroughly, many of my teeth have cavities and fillings. I have three ceramic crowns and two gold crowns worth thousands of dollars not to mention about half of my teeth have had root canal treatments.

Sorry, back to mouthfeel. I like the smoothness of some mango in salad as well as the crunch of some nuts not to mention the creaminess of avocado. Tonight I enjoyed the soft warm flakey feel of just cooked Atlantic salmon along with the sweet tangy happiness of mango and the robust texture of some crushed crunchy nuts.

Do you like crunchy nuts?

Salmon salad with crunchy nuts
Recipe Type: Dinner
Cuisine: Australian
Author: [url href=”http://about.me/garydlum” target=”_blank”]Gary Lum[/url]
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Cook time:
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Serves: 1
Ingredients
  • Atlantic salmon 1 fillet
  • Kale coleslaw 1 cup
  • Kensington Pride mango 1 diced
  • Hass Avocado 1 diced
  • Mixed nuts ¼ cup
  • Lemon zest and juice of one lemon
Instructions
  1. [url href=”http://bit.ly/perfectlybakedsalmon” target=”_blank”]Bake the salmon[/url]
  2. Make the salad
  3. I usually put the nuts into a small plastic bag and with a metal tenderiser I lightly crush the nuts
  4. Flake the salmon through the salad
  5. Plate up and shoot a photograph
  6. Eat the meal
  7. Wash the dishes
  8. Write the recipe
  9. Blog (verb)

Monday blogging link love

Today I wanted to share some links from the Canberra Food Bloggers Facebook group as well as some other bloggers I’m friendly with.

Little Monster Girl | Jennifer | I’ve done a shout out to LMG before. Jennifer remains one of my most engaged and engaging social media friends (across Twitter, Flickr and blogging). NSFW

Shenaniganagain | Rose | I’ve only just started following Shenaniganagain today. After I made a comment on a post by The Bloggess today, Rose liked my comment. I took a look and discovered Rose has irritable bowel syndrome. We shared a little about our dreams to fart with confidence.

Champagne and Chips | Nicole | I met Nicole at Eat Drink Blog 2015 in Canberra and have enjoyed reading her twice a week updates for some time.

Off centre and not even | Timothy | This is a photography blog that usually links to Timothy’s Zenfolio profile

 

From the Canberra Food Blogging scene

Michele | Tavern 42° South Hobart https://fineeating.wordpress.com/2016/01/12/tavern-42-degrees-south-hobart/

Anna | ’Art meets food’ at the Wedgwood Tea Room http://shenannagans.com/wedgwood-tea-room/

Rose | A typical Saturday in Canberra http://www.travelandbeyond.org/2016/01/14/saturday-in-canberra/

Bec | Patissez, Canberra City http://www.inexplicablewanderlust.com/patissez-canberra-city/

Elissa | Vegetarian pastry parcels with roast vegetables and goat cheese http://fivebeansfood.com/2016/01/17/vegetarian-pastry-parcels-with-roast-vegetables-and-goat-cheese/

Serina | $5 Friday: New Year’s diet Thai green chicken curry http://msfrugalears.com/2016/01/15/5-friday-new-years-diet-thai-green-chicken-curry/

12 Responses

  1. Oh snap, I need to make this RIGHT NOW. I haven’t even tried this yet but I’m rating it 5 stars because how could it be any less than that!

    1. Thank you Rose. I also dream of a day when I can go out early for a walk and not have to wonder if the urge to purge will hit me unexpectedly. Do you mind if I replace the words “Not sure” with “Rose” in the text of that post?

      1. Sure – sorry I only just saw this. Rose is my name and I rather like it, so you’re welcome to use it.

    1. Mmm…I love ripping and tearing meat off the bone. All that flavour and just the addition of extra teeth and lip use.

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