Grilled Salmon Pasta Salad Food

GRILLED SALMON PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat your grill to medium high. Sprinkle the salt and pepper on your salmon fillets.
• Cook the salmon skin side down for 7-9 minutes or until just cooked through. Remove from the grill and allow to cool and break into bite size pieces.
• Cook the pasta as per the package directions. Drain and rinse with cold water.
• While the pasta cooks, dice the vegetables and toss in a large bowl.
• Place all the dressing ingredients in a jar and shake well.
• Add the cooled pasta and salmon chunks to the vegetables and pour the dressing over top. Gentle toss the salad and the dressing until combine.

MEDITERRANEAN SALMON PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 10 minutes. Drain, rinse in cold water, drain well, and place in a serving bowl.
• Top pasta with cucumber, tomatoes, and shallot. Break up salmon and sprinkle on top.
• Whisk olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, lemon-pepper seasoning, mustard, salt, and dill in a small bowl for the vinaigrette. Drizzle over the salad and toss gently to combine.

SALMON PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Rinse & remove skin & bones & other tissue from red salmon, then break into medium-size pieces.
• Cook pasta according to box, then chill.
• In large bowl, mix together salmon, pasta, carrots, celery, olives, onion & bell pepper.
• In smaller bowl, combine vinegar, oils, sugar, oregano, salt & pepper & mix well, then pour it over salmon mixture, tossing carefully to coat.
• Serve immediately, or cover, chill & serve later.

PASTA SALAD WITH TOMATOES AND GRILLED SALMON

Steps:

• 1. Cook pasta according to package directions. Set aside.
• 2. Combine olive oil, 2 Tbsp. Mrs. Dash® Garlic & Herb Seasoning Blend, lemon juice and broth in a large bowl. Add prepared vegetables and pasta, toss well and chill.
• 3. When ready to serve, brush salmon fillets with a little olive oil and sprinkle with 1 Tbsp. Mrs. Dash® Garlic & Herb Seasoning Blend.
• 4. Grill fillets 3 - 4 minutes per side on medium heat. Serve hot with pasta salad.

GRILLED SALMON AND ASPARAGUS SALAD

Steps:

• Heat gas or charcoal grill.
• In small bowl, mix all Maple-Dijon Dressing ingredients with wire whisk.
• Cut salmon crosswise into 4 pieces. Brush salmon with 1 tablespoon of the dressing. In large bowl, toss asparagus and 1 tablespoon of the dressing. Place asparagus in grill basket (grill "wok").
• When grill is heated, place asparagus and salmon, skin side down, on gas grill over medium heat or on charcoal grill over medium coals; cover grill. Cook asparagus 7 to 10 minutes and salmon 10 to 15 minutes, shaking grill basket or turning asparagus occasionally, until asparagus is crisp-tender and salmon flakes easily with fork.
• Slide pancake turner between salmon and skin to remove each piece from skin. On 4 plates, divide salad greens, carrots and egg. Top with asparagus then the salmon. Sprinkle with pepper. Serve with remaining dressing.