Sometimes it is difficult to figure out what to serve with a nice Salmon Filet. This list will give you some delicious options for side dishes that will be the perfect combination with a healthy and nutritious main dish.
The sides you choose for Salmon should not be heavy, a light and tasty side is always best.
1. Creamy Salmon And Asparagus Pasta
Made with curly pasta and asparagus in a creamy sauce, this is a dish for the ages. It is light and delicious, yet comforting and savory.
The dish is best with Creme Fraiche, but if it is not available, sour cream will work. This is a dish so tasty, it needs very little seasoning.
2. Salmon Pasta
This dish has flaky pasta in a light creamy sauce that is absolutely perfect. Mix in some cherry tomatoes and asparagus to turn it into the perfect dish full of flavor and nutrition.
Toss in some halved green and red cherry tomatoes for a tasty and colorful taste.
3. Creamy Smoked Salmon Pasta
A meal that is good enough to be made in a restaurant. Simple, tasty and healthy. The saucy base is made with cream cheese and parmesan cheese. The flavors together are phenomenal.
4. Prawn, Salmon and Lemon Pasta
The perfect combination of Prawns and Salmon that is made with any pasta you choose. Combined with white wine, garlic and lemon, this salmon dish is delish!
Be sure to flake the salmon after cooking to make it perfect!
5. Garlic with Lemon Salmon, Wild Rice & Green Beans
A complete meal that is filling, comforting, tasty and a one pan meal. So many layers of flavors that it seems to never end.
A blend of Wild Rice with Soy Sauce and sauteed Green beans are so good together.
6. Pihla’s Asian Oven Salmon
A blend of seasonings to drizzle over your Salmon and make it an Asian inspired dish, served with mashed potatoes and your choice of vegetables.
The blend of flavors to season the Salmon is truly savory.
7. Lemon Butter Salmon with Rice Pilaf
This meal is hearty, nourishing, tasty and easy to make any night of the week. A sense of comfort food with mixed vegetables in delicious rice pilaf.
Salmon contains many health benefits in a flavor that will please your tongue and taste buds. Rice Pilaf is delicious on its own and mixed with a variety of vegetables it tastes even better.
8. Crispy Salmon with Potato and Carrot Mash
A perfect meal in 30 minutes. Flaky and moist Salmon that will sit atop a blend of carrots and potatoes mashed together into a perfectly creamy blend.
This dish is best when served with a green side dish such as sauteed Bok Choy.
9. Orange Glazed Salmon with Green Beans and Brown Rice
This is a versatile recipe that can be changed, but why bother when a meal can taste so fabulous?
Fresh green beans sitting under a filet of Orange glazed Salmon, all aboard healthy and nutritious brown rice.
10. Salmon with Dill Sauce and Roasted Baby Potatoes
A delight that will not only satisfy hunger, it will please the taste buds. Healthy and nutritious with subtle hints of seasoning.
This is a one pan meal, great for busy nights for an easy cleaning.
11. Salmon Parcels with Vegetables
Are you ready for a healthy meal that actually tastes amazing and is ready in about 30 minutes? This is the recipe to keep handy at all times.
This dish is simple and is very easy to clean after. Place a Salmon filet on top of a bed of mixed vegetables, wrap in a foil pouch and place in the oven to bake for a short time. That’s it!
12. Baked Spiced Salmon with Green Beans and Herby Mash
There is no other meal that can quite match up to this delicious dish. Not only does it have all the flavor plus, it has a blend of savory spices in mashed potatoes. Nothing at all like this in any recipe book, be sure to save this one!!
13. Pan Seared Salmon with Quinoa Risotto
This dish is perfect for the warmer days, yet comforting enough for a chilly fall night. Quinoa risotto is slightly lighter than normal risotto, yet just as flavorful.
Place the Salmon over the risotto and a scoop of green Sweet Peas for a filling and satisfying dish.
14. One Pan Roasted, Citrus Glazed Salmon with Brussel Sprouts
This is a one pan meal that just may become your next go to dish for a busy night after a long day.
Healthy and nutritious, this dish is complete. With the right blend of seasonings and spices, Olive Oil tossed brussel Sprouts light seasoned with salt and pepper, this dish is awesome!
15. Salmon And Creamy Orzo With Spinach And Mushrooms
There is no combination of foods that taste so perfectly together and look even better. Flaky Salmon nestled next to a bed of creamy orzo and a side of Spinach with mushrooms. The perfect meal on one plate.
16. White Asparagus with Salmon, Ham and Eggs, New Potatoes and Hollandaise Sauce
A delicately flavored White Asparagus is the bed for moist and flaky Salmon. A side of ham and eggs with new potatoes completes this dish fit for a Five Star Restaurant.
17. Best Moroccan Salmon
A Moroccan inspired Seafood dish that will blow you away. This is actually an old school recipe that is not only flavorful and filling, it is actually pretty easy to make. Even easier to enjoy with a blend of Moroccan spice and added vegetable flavors.
18. Simple Oven Baked Herbed Salmon
Quite a simple dish that is packed with flavor from the spices and seasonings. A crust that is so delectable you may consider it for other foods.
All you need is to rub the salmon filets with Dijon mustard and then a combination of spice and then bake the dish. Serve this with your favorite sides.
19. Sheet Pan Pistachio Encrusted Salmon
This meal is made on one pan, making it super easy and even tastier. It is one of those meals that you find on the menus at Five Star Restaurants, but this one is without the high sticker price.
The Salmon is super flaky and savory in a crust of Pistachio and spice.
20. Balsamic Glazed Salmon and Roasted Veggie Tray Bake
The perfect one pan meal. This is filling and flavorful, eye catching and tummy satisfying. A
great combination of Salmon with a mix of vegetables, all with a great Balsamic Vinegar Glaze. Loaded with Cherry Tomatoes, Sun dried Tomatoes and kale, the nutrition is endless.
21. Salmon Poke Bowl with Spiralized Vegetable Noodles
This is the perfect Summer meal, requires no cooking and is super nutritious and tasty. This dish is topped with a Sriracha mayo, sesame seeds and green onions. A dish that tastes as fabulous as it looks on the plate.
22. Spinach Walnut Pesto Fusilli with Salmon
A delicious and tangy Spinach Pesto that covers the Fusilli pasta so that it covers every bend in the noodle.
The Salmon is cooked to perfection and is simple yet fantastically flavored with just a touch of spices. Walnuts give the pesto an extra dose of flavor and a tiny crunch, although they are crumbed nicely.
23. Honey Garlic Salmon Soba Noodle Bowls
Meals made into ‘bowls’ that are so complete are the perfect meal. Everything you would want to be paired with Salmon is in the bowl.
This dish is so colorful, so tasty and delicious you won’t get enough. Adding the Brussel Sprouts and Broccoli make the best of the best come to the forefront.
24. Easy Sheet Pan Salmon with Rainbow Veggies
It is true, there is almost every color of the rainbow tossed into this easy to make dish. It is colorful, beautiful and has the best taste ever!
Seasonings are simple with Garlic, dill, salt, lemon and honey. Simple, yet elegant.
25. Miso Salmon with Zucchini Noodles
Speaking of a light and healthy dinner or lunch, this is it. The perfect combinations of zucchini and broccolini, with a combination of Asian inspired Spices make this Salmon with Miso and the zucchini noodles the greatest, almost refreshing taste.