Healthy Salmon Salad

Total Time: 28 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 5 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon dijon-style mustard
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/3 cup plain fat-free yogurt
• 12 ounces boneless salmon fillets (1 inch thick fresh or frozen skinless)
• nonstick spray coating
• 10 cups torn romaine lettuce
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion
• 1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
• 1/2 cup pitted ripe olives, halved (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a small saucepan heat olive oil over medium-low heat.
• 2 cook and stir garlic in hot oil for 1 minute or until garlic is lightly golden.
• 3 transfer garlic to a blender container.
• 4 add lemon juice, worcestershire sauce, mustard, water, and pepper.
• 5 cover; blend until combined.
• 6 reserve 2 tablespoons of garlic mixture; set aside.
• 7 add yogurt to remaining garlic mixture in blender.
• 8 cover and blend until smooth.
• 9 chill until serving time.
• 10 thaw salmon, if frozen.
• 11 rinse salmon; pat dry.
• 12 brush the reserved garlic mixture evenly over salmon.
• 13 cover and chill for 30 minutes.
• 14 spray the unheated rack of a broiler pan with nonstick coating.
• 15 place the salmon on the rack.
• 16 broil 4 to 5 inches from heat for 8 to 12 minutes or until salmon flakes easily when tested with a fork, turning once.
• 17 meanwhile, in a large bowl toss romaine, onion, and parmesan cheese with the chilled yogurt mixture.
• 18 divide romaine mixture among 4 salad plates. place one salmon fillet on each salad.
• 19 top with tomatoes and, if desired, olives.