This roasted kale and salmon detox salad recipe is amazingly delicious, healthy and Whole30 compliant! The salmon sits atop a bed of kale and cherry tomatoes, and beautiful blood oranges add a hint of sweetness. And best of all, this salad can all be cooked in one pan, yay for sheet pan dinner recipes.
I never thought I’d be jazzed up about a salad, but when they are salads like this steak and nectarine salad, or this soft boiled egg spinach salad or this kale and salmon one pan detox salad recipe that I’m sharing with you today, what can I say? They’re just good!
After the holidays, I think some detox and healthy recipes are always in order to help balance things out. I always think back to when I did the Whole30 program (see overview here, here, here, and here for weekly overviews of what I ate on the program) and was so happy to realize this salad was a whole30 compliant one – if you’ve never heard of it, whole30 is basically a program focusing on eating whole foods where one cannot have added sugar, no grain, gluten, legumes, alcohol, no dairy. Whole 30 or not, this salad is amazing.
This salad has it all: a little crunch, a little citrus, delicious leafy greens and perfect flavor combinations.
Normally, the way I make salmon is by simply baking it, but I bake it with a lemon on top. By baking it with the lemon, subtle citrus notes stay with the salmon. I took that same concept of baking the salmon with this salad, but this time I placed blood orange slices on top of the salmon. It added a pleasant sweetness. And can we talk about the gorgeousness of of blood oranges? I just cant get enough! I love the deep red (blood) color and unique orangy flavor. My only wish is that I could have a year round supply in my house (someone needs to invent abundant citrus trees in my back yard (I live in Wisconsin so these trees would have to be ok in winter, just throwing that out there…)
And let’s not forget the amazingness that is kale! Kale is packed with tons of vitamins and nutritional value, and is perfect in this recipe.
Fresh, a little crispy around the edges, sweet acidity that counteract the earthy tones of the kale, the little tomatoes burst in your mouth, everything about this salad is fantastic!
Other recipes you might enjoy:
- Perfectly Baked Salmon
- Baked BBQ Salmon With Mango Salsa Recipe
- Garlic Lemon Salmon with Peppers and Brown Rice
Roasted Kale and Salmon Detox Salad
Ingredients
- 1 bag 10oz kale, cut
- 4 3-4 oz each salmon filets
- 1 blood orange peeled and thinly sliced
- 2 Tbs extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes
- 2 tbs pecans
- 1 tsp garlic salt
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350, line baking sheet with aluminum foil.
- Place kale on the baking sheet, then nestle the 4 salmon fillets in the middle/center on top of the kale.
- Next place slices of blood orange on top of salmon fillets, then drizzle olive oil over the kale and salmon.
- Place cherry tomatoes and pecans around the salmon, sprinkle with garlic salt, salt and pepper and bake for 20-25 minutes, until the salmon is cooked through. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes, then enjoy!
Nutrition
Karen @ Seasonal Cravings says
Superfood salad for the win! This has all of my favorites including my current obsession which is blood oranges! Looks awesome.
Sweetphi says
Blood oranges are such a winter favorite of mine, they’re just so pretty to look at!!!!
Kristen @ The Endless Meal says
This salad looks amazing! My idea of the perfect dinner. 🙂
Sweetphi says
Thank you so much! I love this salad because it all bakes on one baking sheet and just comes together in a flash 🙂
Thalia says
Phi this is one beautiful salad. I love your photography of it especially – you just make me want to devour a bowl!
Keith says
Hey Phi, just throwing an idea back…I live in Michigan, ever thought about greenhouseing? Thanks for sharing your love for cooking.
Sweetphi says
Hi Keith, thank you so much for the comment. I have definitely thought about green housing and it has been a dream to have a little green house where I can grow vegetables year round. Right now our house is super tiny with no room, but when we move I’m hoping to start a green house (I even have a compost in the basement that I use for our garden every year) do you have any resources? I always love learning more, my email is sweetphiblog@gmail.com
steworastory says
I LOVE that you roast everything at the same time here. The ease makes me much more likely to make it. And I agree with you, the blood oranges are just stunning here, especially in contrast with the dark green kale. Stunning!
Sweetphi says
Thank you so much!! I totally love meals that can be made in the same pot or pan, like this salad. Just throw everything on a baking sheet, bake it, and voila, that’s my kind of meal 🙂
Ashley says
This is such a pretty salad! I love that you used a blood orange … I can’t get enough of them!
Sweetphi says
Aren’t blood oranges the best? I love the hint of sweetness they added to the salmon!
Amanda says
This is so pretty! I could eat this all the time!
Sweetphi says
Aren’t foods that are pretty just THAT much more delicious? lol, even if it’s a salad 😉 Thanks for commenting!
Kathy @ Olives & Garlic says
This is gorgeous and delicious. I can detox eating this on a daily basis. Yum!
Sweetphi says
I could totally eat this salad every single day too, yay for salads!
Rachel @ Bakerita says
Wow, this looks incredible! The colors are so vibrant, definitely doesn’t look like a detox.
Sweetphi says
Thank you so much Rachel, this detox salad had me super fooled because it was so good 🙂
Liz @ The Lemon Bowl says
This is gorgeous my friend!! Loving your healthier recipes!!
Sweetphi says
Thank you so much Liz, I’m loving these healthier recipes too…doesn’t mean I don’t dream about cookies sometimes lol 😉