This Salmon Chop Salad is a protein packed salad full of veggies, without the need for leafy lettuce.
Hi Friends!
So remember last week when I was talking about non-traditional salads, and I was saying that hubby can be totally happy eating just a giant bowl of lettuce with a few broccoli stems on top and calling it a salad? Well, in that post I also mentioned that I’m not actually the biggest fan of lettuce. Give me ALL THE TOPPINGS though! Who’s with me?
Well, if you are with me…then you’ll probably like this Salmon Chop Salad. It’s basically lots of goodies that I would top a traditional salad with….sans lettuce.
Here’s my recipe. Lucky for you, this “recipe” is about as lax as it gets. So if you see something you don’t like (including the salmon), feel free to swap it out for one of your favs!
PrintSalmon Chop Salad
A salad with all the delicious toppings and none of the boring lettuce!
- Yield: 2
Ingredients
- 6 oz salmon, cooked and flaked
- 1 cup green beans, cut and cooked
- 1 cup red peppers
- 2 eggs, hard boiled & chopped
- 1 cup sweet potatoes, diced and cooked
- 1/2 medium avocado, diced
- 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- Feta cheese, crumbled (optional)
Instructions
- Split ingredients equally into two bowls.
- Top with dressing of your choice.
Feel free to prepare the veggies however you want. I microwaved my green beans and sweet potatoes but next time I’ll definitely grill or roast them! If I could eat feta right now, I definitely would have included it…but if you don’t like it, leave it out or add your personal favorite cheese. Cubes of fresh mozzarella would be great!
Another good thing about this salad – you can pretty much top it with any dressing and it will be delicious. So I’m leaving that up to you. HOWEVER, I have a recipe brewing in my head for a new salad dressing I want to try…and I think it’d go particularly well with this salad…so later this week I’m going to remake this and try out my idea. If it turns out, I’ll share it with you guys!
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
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chopped salads are the best!
A lettuceless salad trumps all- I love the ingredients in this, reminds me of a nicoise salad!
Id soo eat salmon all day every day too.
LOVE THIS.
I refer to these as “picnic dinners”; when I have assorted stuff in the fridge and I don’t really want to cook. It all goes on one plate. I might put it on top of cold soba noodles.
that sounds delicious!
Great idea! Like a chipotle, but a fish-y, fancy, sophisticated, non-mexican version! Yum!
I love salmon, and it’s a great addition to salad!
Looks delicious! I love salmon on salads. Pinning it!
This reminds me a bit of a nicoise salad… Which is hands down my FAVE!!! 🙂 And I adore salmon, so you better believe I will be throwing this recipe back VERY SOON 😀
★★★★★
I love this! Who needs lettuce anyway?
This is a very interesting salad! I like the fact that it’s non-traditional. I bet it’s awfully filling too! Looks delish!
Yum! I finally got the hubs to eat salmon so maybe I’ll use this to try to make him eat salads! 😉
woohoo!
My boyfriend feels the same way about lettuce. He’d rather have all the “goodies” on top!
You have literally combined all of my favorite things in one. I cannot wait to make this!!
I always like throwing my leftover salmon into a salad. Chop salads are one of my favorites!
Sharing, thanks Lindsay!
This looks great! I actually am not a fan of lettuce either. I use mixed greens in my salads more for filling factor. Hmm maybe I’ll start trying more “non-traditional” salads!
This looks delicious, filling, and so easy. I love switching up my salads, and using little bites of food instead of just all leafy greens! Thanks for the idea!
This is my kind of salad!
Yum this looks delicious! I’m a big fan of salads that don’t have that much or even any lettuce 🙂
Not a salmon person – wish I was – but dang that looks good!
you could try with a chicken! or add some beans for a veggie version.
Looks good!
I am such a salmon lover. This salad looks right up my alley!
I bet this is really good! I’m a huge salmon salad fan. I love adding capers and/or artichokes for that extra bite of flavor.
I have been looking for a recipe like this! I want to incorporate fish into more of my summer foods and this works perfectly!
awesome! enjoy!
This looks so yummy – I can’t wait to make it this weekend! I’ve been wanting to do a chopped salad with salami because I have leftovers from a girls wine and cheese party. Do you have a recipe for that?
i don’t, sorry!