Power couple, Cuisinicity style! Wild salmon + walnuts = highly nutritious, totally delicious! This is such an easy recipe. It definitely passes the test for my “Simply Recipe” collection–it has all of 2 ingredients! You just dredge the salmon with ground walnuts and throw on top of a rack (any simple cooling rack placed on top of a baking sheet will do!) in a hot oven and cook for 20 minutes and you are done! No fishy smell in the house, only the wonderful aroma of baked walnuts, how wonderful is that?!
I like to serve this salmon on top of a bed of my Simply Quinoa or with French lentils and a mixed green salad with lots of local fresh veggies. It is so elegant and absolutely delightful on a beautiful platter for a holiday party, served with a side of my luscious “rich” (of course you know me, it’s just made with plain greek yogurt!) Simply Spinach Dip filled with fresh baby spinach!
PS: Watch my cooking class video on how to make this recipe! It’s so ridiculously easy and quick!
- 2 filets of wild salmon* (little less than 1 lb)
- ½ cup walnuts, coarsely ground
- Pinch of coarse sea salt
- Fresh ground pepper
- Preheat oven 375
- Salt and pepper the salmon.
- Place the ground walnuts on a plate and dredge the top of each slice of salmon with the walnuts. Add any remaining ground walnuts that didnʼt stick on top of each slice.
- Place the salmon skin-side down on a rack (any simple cooling rack will do just fine!) placed on top of a baking sheet and cook for 20 minutes.
- When ready to serve, use a spatula to lift the salmon off the rack (the skin will peel off and stay behind on the rack--perfect!)
Nora says
May 28, 2018 at 1:27 amThis is an exceptional recipe! I just discovered your site as I am presently reading your husband’s book, “Diease Proof.” Do you have a cookbook of your own? It would be excellent and I would be very interested in it!
Catherine Katz says
May 30, 2018 at 7:33 amThank you Nora, I am delighted to hear it! I don’t yet have a cookbook of my own as I have just been giving all my recipes for free as a way of paying it forward but so many people have asked me, I am thinking about it!! Thank you for your kind words!
Deb says
November 5, 2016 at 9:28 amHi Catherine, I just wanted to let you know I tried the walnut-crusted salmon about a month ago. Really good! Your newsletter reminds me that it’s time to put it back in the lineup 🙂 All the best
Miriam levy says
April 29, 2015 at 1:20 pmHi Catherine….I was @ the IIN conference on Sunday & very impressed with your family. Your son was adorable..you should be very proud. I also follow your husbands work as I am constantly trying to achieve the marriage of my foodie & nutrition values vs a workaholic husband who thinks pork chops & steak are healthy. It’s been a challenge & I hope to use your recipes soon to achieve very healthy delishous meals. Thank you for this beautiful site.
Kind regards,
Miriam
Catherine Katz says
April 29, 2015 at 1:33 pmHi Miriam! So good to hear from you! Thank you so much for such a lovely comment! I know exactly what you mean (you are so cute, I am still chuckling!!) and I think this may well get even your husband to start loving food that will love him (and your family) back! I am so delighted to have you at the Cuisinicity table! I love having you, a BIG WELCOME!!
Kristin Brown says
April 26, 2015 at 7:30 pmHello, I was watching the IIN conference today live streaming. I live Wilmington NC and I am a graduate of IIN in April 2013.
Thank your for this amazing website! I made the Walnut Crushed Salmon and it was amazing! Never thought about cooking on rack. I bake salmon a lot! I added in the last 5 minutes a drizzle of Vermont Maple Syrup – it was yummy.
My dog Benji enjoyed it also with his sweet potato!
l look forward to sharing your site with my clients and friends. Thank you to your husband also -it was his inspiration that I enrolled in IIN.I signed up after hearing him speak on a webnair in 2012.
Thank you again and to health and happiness, Kristin Brown
Catherine Katz says
April 27, 2015 at 5:13 pmI love it Kristin!!! In fact I am making this salmon tonight too. Your kind words make me SO HAPPY!! I will tell my husband too, it’s always so wonderful to hear such positive feedback! Your little Benji is so lucky too!! Did you see my 3 puppies on my “about me-family” page? We love our pets so much, don’t we?!