Best Recipe For Salmon With Pesto

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This Baked Pesto Salmon recipe is made with just 4 ingredients and done in 20 minutes. The oven-baked salmon filets are moist, healthy, and so flavorful! This is an easy and delicious weeknight dinner.

This Baked Pesto Salmon recipe is made with a super flavorful homemade pesto and fresh cherry tomatoes. With only 4 ingredients, it comes together in just 20 minutes. It’s a stress-free dinner for a busy weeknight, but it is also perfect for serving to guests. Everyone will fall in love with the bright, fresh flavors after their first bite!

Ingredients

Yes, make some extra for the week. Store in a container in the fridge for up to three days. Reheat for lunches or serve on salads, quinoa bowls, or pasta.

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Place leftovers in a container and store in the fridge for up to 3 days. Reheat in the microwave when ready to eat. You can also wrap it gently and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the fridge and reheat until warmed through.

The recommendation from the FDA is to cook the salmon to an internal temperature of 145°F. To measure this temperature, insert a food thermometer in the thickest part of the salmon filet until it reads 140-145 °F. It will continue cooking slightly in the hot pan after removing it from the oven.

We highly recommend keeping the skin of the salmon on because it provides an extra layer of safety between the flesh and hot pan. Lay the skin side down in this recipe. You do not need to flip your salmon when baking.

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This Baked Pesto Salmon recipe is made with just 4 ingredients and done in 20 minutes. The oven-baked filets are moist, healthy, and so flavorful. This is an easy and delicious weeknight dinner.

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This Baked Pesto Salmon recipe with Basil Walnut Pesto is a heart healthy dinner made in under 20 minutes. The BEST baked salmon recipe ever!

Baked Salmon with Basil Walnut Pesto is one of our new favorite healthy seafood dinners. Pat is always begging me to do more healthy recipes, requesting I make recipes like our Grilled Salmon with Avocado Salsa, Cilantro Lime Shrimp Scampi, Bang Bang Shrimp, and Weight Watchers Lasagna again and again. This Baked Pesto Salmon recipe is next in the rotation to be one of our go-to healthy recipes. I might just give up decadent recipes after all.

Easy Pesto Salmon

Salmon is an absolutely amazing fish with so much healthy fat. Mixed with this delicious Basil Walnut Pesto, you’re sure to love this good for you seafood feast. SO MUCH FLAVOR, made in under 20 minutes, and only one pan to clean. Is this heaven?

This Baked Pesto Salmon is full of flavor and so simple. It’s an easy seafood recipe we love to make again and again.

Pesto

We used the ultimate Baked Salmon Recipe for the base of this delicious meal. It’s the best and most fool-proof way I know to prepare salmon. For the Basil Walnut Pesto, I simply layered the ingredients in a high powered blender and let it do its work. SO EASY! We save the extra pesto to put on everything from toasted bread to steak and chicken. Delicious!

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This baked salmon recipe with pesto is SO easy to make. What’s better than a HEALTHY dinner that’s EASY? Nothing…Just prepare the pesto and then the rest of the recipe will only take about 20 minutes. So you have an amazing salmon recipe ready for dinner!

This Pesto Salmon recipe wouldn’t be complete without the Basil Walnut Pesto, and the pesto wouldn’t be complete without WALNUTS! Talk about DELICIOUS! I’m so excited to be partnering withCalifornia Walnutsthis year, and this heart healthy salmon recipe is the 4th of my 6 recipes. Did you know just 1 ounce of walnuts is packed with 4 grams of protein, 2 grams of fiber, and 2.5 grams of plant based omegaalpha-linolenic acid (Walnuts are the only nut that contain significant amounts of this beneficial nutrient!).

Walnuts add such dimension and nutrition to any dish they’re added to. In this Pesto salmon they’re blended into the pesto and also chopped and sprinkled onto the top as garnish. The rich nutty flavor and subtle crunch are the perfect complement to the flaky and tender salmon. YUM!

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A common misconception when eating healthy is that all fat is bad. Your body needs “good fat” to run and good fat is actually quite nutritious! This Pesto Salmon has all the right kinds of fat thanks to the Salmon, olive oil, and of course, walnuts!

The USDA recommends an internal temperature of 145°F for Baked Salmon, but it is safe to eat as low as 125°F. I prefer my salmon cooked to 130-135°F. Use an internal thermometer to check the fish at the thickest part of the fillet. Typically, when the fat starts baking out of the salmon and the skin becomes pink/white, you’re good to go.

Baked

Yes, you can grill the salmon for this recipe instead of baking! If you prefer grilled salmon, you can use an electric grill for 5-7 minutes per side or until cooked through. That’s also a delicious way to cook salmon. Just make sure use the pesto for this salmon and you’ll get the same amazing flavor!

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Since this baked pesto salmon recipe is nice and healthy, I like to keep my sides healthy too. Everything from a simple salad recipe to herb roasted potatoes are amazing with this easy baked salmon. Some other ideas are Lemon Butter Grilled Asparagus, Roasted Lemon Parmesan Broccoli, or Mandarin Orange Salad. It pairs beautifully with white wine as well…if you were wondering.

We’ve got you covered with a full post devoted to this DELICIOUS sauce that you can pair with anything and everything…veggies/steak/chicken/pasta/ANYTHING! Walnut Basil Pesto is great on this Salmon and great from a spoon. Be sure to check out the link in the recipe card.

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Calories: 575 kcal (29%) Carbohydrates: 6 g (2%) Protein: 9 g (18%) Fat: 57 g (88%) Saturated Fat: 12 g (75%) Cholesterol: 31 mg (10%) Sodium: 278 mg (12%) Potassium: 186 mg (5%) Fiber: 2 g (8%) Sugar: 1 g (1%) Vitamin A: 995 IU (20%) Vitamin C: 7 mg (8%) Calcium: 203 mg (20%) Iron: 1.5 mg (8%)

Becky woke up on her 30th birthday and realized she didn't know how to cook, anything! She started The Cookie Rookie as a way to document her journey to learn how to cook, one recipe at a time! The Cookie Rookie is a place to find easy recipes that anyone can make, and everyone will love!Pesto Salmon is a taste of sunshine! Tender fillets of salmon slathered with pesto and baked alongside juicy roasted tomatoes that have been tossed in even more pesto, this healthy dinner recipe is exactly what to cook for dinner next week.

Grilled

A blend of herbs, Parmesan cheese, nuts, lemon, and olive oil, Basil Pesto sings with the promise of warm afternoons, late sunsets, and the kind of easy dinners I long to cook all summer long.

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Pesto is versatile, vibrant, and anything you add it to comes to life (I actually have a whole list of simple, unique ways to use pesto sauce in my cookbook!).

This recipe’s ingredient list is short, one of the reasons I adore it for easy weeknight dinners that still taste special enough to serve to guests.

If you are new to cooking salmon, be sure to check out How to Cook Salmon, which contains my best salmon cooking tips.

Baked Pesto Salmon Recipe

Thanks to the vegetables that cook along with this baked pesto salmon recipe, you can easily serve it as a stand-alone main course. If you’d like to bulk it up more, here are some ideas:

Your jar of pesto need not go to waste! Try pesto spread on a sandwich, as a salad dressing, scrambled into eggs, or as a marinade for Grilled Chicken Skewers.