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Thai Salmon and Spiralized Vegetable Salad

April 22, 2016

Thai-Salmon-Salad

I had something else planned to post today, but I couldn’t wait to share with you how I used my new spiralizer! As some of you may have seen on Snapchat, I picked up a spiralizer attachment for my Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer this past weekend. I immediately came home and spiralized just about everything I could find…or everything in my fridge that could be spiralized (and a couple things that couldn’t). In the end I was left with a huge bowl of zucchini, cucumber, carrot, and bell peppers. What is a girl to do with all those veggie noodles. 

Zucchini Noodles-1

It only seemed appropriate with the mix of vegetables that I do something Asian inspired. And since I had some salmon in the freezer, Thai Salmon it was! I knew it would go perfectly with the cashew dressing I had in mind for the veggie noodles! 

For the salmon, I marinated it in a mixture of soy sauce and chili powder for about an hour, then broiled it for a few minutes until it was cooked through. It was so easy! Sometimes I forget how easy salmon is to cook at home. 


The cashew dress was a little bit more complicated, but it was oh, so worth it! Normally I would make a peanut dressing using peanut butter, but I’m avoiding that right now (thanks, Whole 30) so I used cashews instead. If you don’t like cashews, you can easily replace the cashews with peanuts (or peanut butter). Since cashew butter is hard to find, I just ground up some cashews into basically a butter consistency, then mixed in some soy sauce, coconut milk, chili powder, and cilantro. 


Once the salmon and dressing were done, all that was left was to load up a bowl with some spiralized noodles and top it with the Thai salmon and cashew dressing. 

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Thia Salmon-9

Not only did we have this for dinner, but I also had it for lunch the next two days. It was so good! And that’s saying a lot for a girl who doesn’t totally love fish. The cashew dressing is delicious and the marinade on the salmon is so flavorful and just a little bit spicy. Enough to hide the fishy taste, which is very important for me. 

 

If you aren’t a salmon lover, you can make this same salad with with chicken. You don’t have to replace any of the ingredients! I can see myself making up a big batch of spiralized vegetables and chicken for my lunches during this round of Whole 30, and even afterwards. That’s what I love about this recipe, is that even though it is Paleo, it’s not rub-it-in-your-face Paleo. Which is the best kind of Paleo. 

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/ Filed In: Eat, Main Dishes, Other Savories New, Paleo Dishes, Seafood
Tagged: salad, salmon, spiralizer, Thai

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Comments

  1. Sid says

    February 21, 2017 at 4:36 pm

    Love this idea! And the presentation is amazing with the spiraled veggies. How do you pack/reheat the salmon for lunch? I love cooking fish for dinner, but can never figure out how to properly reheat leftovers the next day for lunch. Would love your advice here 🙂

    • followtheruels says

      February 21, 2017 at 4:47 pm

      Hey Sid!! Thanks so much. I have to admit, I am not very well versed on packing and reheating fish. I typically will just place it in a microwave-safe container and then reheat at 50% power. I’m sure there is a better way!

  2. Cher says

    May 23, 2018 at 2:00 pm

    Ok so….

    Use this recipe BUT steam ALL the spiraled veggies and serve !!

    It’s amazing steamed too!

    • followtheruels says

      May 23, 2018 at 2:16 pm

      Love that!!

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