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Mediterranean Avocado Salmon Salad with an incredible lemon dressing!

A twist on your favourite Mediterranean Salad, this Salmon Salad comes fully loaded with pan seared, tender-crisp salmon fillets, cucumber, olives, tomatoes, feta cheese and avocados drizzled in the best lemon herb mediterranean dressing!

Avocado Salmon Salad with an incredible lemon herb Mediterranean dressing! Loaded with cucumber, olives, tomatoes and feta cheese on a plate

Salmon Salad Recipe

Full of healthy fats thanks to the salmon and avocado slices, this salad is another meal in a bowl recipe ready in minutes! Crisp, fresh vegetables give this salmon a refreshing crunch, while the dressing in this bowl is what makes this salad incredible!

The full package!

Salad Dressing

As usual, I always try to create salad recipes that you only need ONE dressing / marinade. A salad that uses one thing for two uses. This comes from years of making salads that require completely different marinades for your meat of choice, then drowning it in a completely different tasting dressing, only confusing my brain and taste buds even more. Why do that when you can create one delicious marinade and use it as a dressing? That kinds makes more sense.

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Raw Lemon Herb Avocado Salmon Salad ready to marinate

How To Make Salmon Salad

This recipe is so simple, we can break it down in four easy steps:

  • Make dressing/marinade
  • Coat salmon in said dressing/marinade
  • Sear salmon
  • Mix all salad veggies together and top with salmon

What Goes In Salmon Salad

We used typical Mediterranean ingredients to make up the bulk of this salad:

  • Sliced cucumbers
  • Feta cheese — you could also use Goats cheese
  • Kalamata olives — or nay olives your prefer
  • Tomatoes

Feel free to toss in some sliced marinated artichokes, grilled eggplant, or sun-dried tomatoes to switch things up. You can even swap out the protein entirely—this Garlic Lime BBQ Chicken Salad is the perfect canvas for whatever you have on hand!

The creamy avocado slices bring all of those ingredients together to create perfect harmony with the seared and crisp salmon pieces.

Avocado Salmon Salad with an incredible lemon herb Mediterranean dressing! Loaded with cucumber, olives, tomatoes and feta cheese in a pan

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5 from 15 votes

Avocado Salmon Salad

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Avocado Salmon Salad with an incredible lemon herb Mediterranean dressing! Loaded with cucumber, olives, tomatoes and feta cheese!
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Ingredients 
 

Marinade/Dressing:

  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice fresh squeezed
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar optional
  • 1 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped
  • 2 teaspoons garlic minced
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 pinch cracked pepper to taste
  • 1 pound skinless salmon fillets

Salad:

  • 4 cups Romaine lettuce or Cos lettuce leaves, washed and dried
  • 1 cucumber large, diced
  • 2 Roma tomatoes diced
  • 1 red onion sliced
  • 1 avocado sliced
  • 1/2 cup feta cheese crumbled
  • 1/3 cup pitted Kalamata olives or black olives, sliced – optional
  • 3 lemon wedges to serve

Instructions 

  • Whisk together all of the marinade/dressing ingredients in a large jug. Pour out half of the marinade into a large, shallow dish. Refrigerate the remaining marinade to use as the dressing later.
  • Coat the salmon with the marinade. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a skillet or grill pan over medium-high heat. Sear salmon on both sides until crispy and cooked to your liking.
  • While salmon is cooking, prepare all of the salad ingredients and mix in a large salad bowl. 
  • Slice salmon and arrange over salad. Drizzle with the remaining UNTOUCHED dressing. Serve with lemon wedges.

Notes

Tip: You can also add in sliced marinated artichokes, eggplant, sun dried tomatoes, or any other ingredients you have on hand!
 

Nutrition

Calories: 444kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 31g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 17g | Cholesterol: 79mg | Sodium: 1.034mg | Potassium: 1.194mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 4.745IU | Vitamin C: 27mg | Calcium: 170mg | Iron: 3mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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25 Comments

  1. Rick says:

    5 stars
    First time making a salad, especially for family, I did NOT let down thanks to this amazing recipe, the dressing was so good and I dont even like salads! Trying to be healthier so this is definitely a step up in the right direction! Soooo good.

  2. L says:

    5 stars
    This was insanely good. Thanks for the recipe!

  3. Jen says:

    5 stars
    Fantastic recipe – so glad I found it. Looked as good as it tasted! Really looking forward to trying your other recipes!??

  4. Mitch says:

    Spectacular salmon salad
    Rich in flavours and textures
    A real winner thanks

  5. Ana says:

    5 stars
    This recipe is amazing! I have been hoping to find a recipe that had the flavors of this salad and boy did this deliver! I opted to add the red wine vinegar. Thank you so much for creating this recipe and I can’t wait to make it again!

  6. Barry Weinstein says:

    5 stars
    I made it tonight and give it an A+. The salad was a potpourri of flavor and textures, as the crunchiness of the cucumbers complemented the smoothness of the avocado, the seared salmon with the sweetness of the tomatoes, and the feta cheese and olives topping it off with a saltiness and chewiness.

    Yet it is the dressing that is key. All that flavor could have been drowned out if the dressing was overpowering or too strong. But this dressing was perfect. It highlighted the flavors and brought out each individual quality- it didn’t compete with them. Just a great and healthy recipe. Thanks for sharing with us.

    As an fyi I did do one thing different that I think actually added something to an already great recipe. I followed the advice from America’s Test Kitchen and seared the salmon in a pan that started out cold and gradually heated it up (which allows the fat to melt better in the fish). I therefore didn’t marinade the fish. After searing it I cut it up and put it in a bowl and drizzled some dressing over it and mixed it. Then I transferred it to the salad.

  7. Adrianne says:

    5 stars
    Great photos in the post, bright and very sharp! YUM!!

    1. Karina says:

      Thank you so much! That means a lot and is so sweet of you! Thank you for following along with me!

  8. Sue R says:

    I was just about to say I’m drooling but I see someone else had the same thoughts. I love this and pinning it to my must do list. Simple, healthy but going to be oh so tasty! Thank you 🙂

  9. Lello Pasta Bar says:

    5 stars
    I can’t help myself but to drools all throughout the read. Salmon salad is awesome, cheers!!!

    1. Karina says:

      YAY!! That is the best! I am so glad that you enjoy my recipes! Thank you so much for sharing!

  10. Ask Reddit Food says:

    Looks like a very fresh tasting salad. Very nice way to incorporate salmon into a salad.