

Sweet Cajun salmon
Ingredients
- 2 x 120g salmon fillets
- 3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons quinoa
- 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
- 1 cup sweetcorn, sliced off the cob (or use frozen kernels)
- 150g watercress, roughly chopped, to serve
- For the cajun marinade
- 1 tablespoon milled flaxseed (or gluten-free wholemeal breadcrumbs)
- 2 teaspoon cajun spice blend
- Grated zest and juice 1 lime
- 1 teaspoon brown sugarlight brown cane sugarX or coconut sugar
- 2 teaspoons coconut oil, melted
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Instructions
1 Mix the marinade ingredients in a bowl. Add the salmon fillets and leave to marinate for 20 min. While the salmon is marinating, soak the quinoa in a bowl of water for the same amount of time.
2 Add the quinoa to a dry saucepan set over a medium heat and toast the grains for a few min. Boil 1 3/4 cups water, then add it to the pan of quinoa along with the paprika, sweetcorn and some freshly ground black pepper. Simmer for 15 min, then plate up with the watercress.
3 Meanwhile, heat a frying pan over a medium-low heat. Transfer the marinated fillets to the pan, skin side down, pressing them gently for the first 30 sec. Cook for about 6 min until the top side begins to turn opaque, then flip the fillets over and cook on the other side for a further 3–4 min until cooked through.
Serving suggestion
Serve salmon next to quinoa and watercress mix.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 643cal
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Kilojoules 2690kJ
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Protein 44g
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Total fat 27g
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–Saturated fat 7.7g
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Carbohydrates 48g
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–Sugars 8.9g
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Dietary fibre 12g
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Sodium 118mg
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Calcium 263mg
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Iron 11mg
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