SALMON WITH CREOLE FLAVOURS AND LIME YOGURT

Salmon with Creole flavours and lime yogurt. In this recipe the Cajun spice gives the salmon a taste of the Creole kitchen. The fresh lime yogurt is perfect to serve on the side.

Recipe courtesy Seafood from Norway

Prep and cooking time: 20minutes

Serves: 4

Skill level: Easy

Ingredients

640g salmon fillet, skinned and deboned
2tbsp salt
2 limes
200ml yoghurt
Sugar
3tbsp Cajun spice

Method

• Cut the salmon into portions and rub with salt and Cajun spice. SALMON WITH CREOLE FLAVOURS
• Grill the salmon for approx. 2 minutes on each side.
• Zest and juice 1 of the limes and mix with the yogurt.
• Season the yogurt to taste with sugar.
• Serve the grilled salmon with lime yogurt and garnish with lime wedges.

Source

Salmon health benefits

Salmon can deliver a good chunk of the essential nutrients you need, plus it lends itself to some cooking techniques that are the best for your heart health — it holds up well to roasting, grilling, searing, baking, poaching, steaming — this means you can get a tasty and perfectly cooked filet without excessive amounts of fats and sodium.

Salmon nutrition facts:

• • Protein: 23 g
  • Fat: 7 g (only 1.5 g is saturated fat)
  • Vitamin D: 11.1 mcg (444 IU, or 74% of your daily value)
  • Vitamin B12: 4.9 mcg (204% of your daily value)
  • Choline: 85 mg (15% of your daily value)
  • Selenium: 39.3 mcg (7% of your daily value)
  • Potassium: 425 mg (9% of your daily value)
  • Iron: .27 mcg (3% of your daily value)
  • Omega-3 fatty acids: 1.8 mcg