Salmon Sheet Pan Dinner Recipe

March 10, 2022 By Marcia Pell Leave a Comment

For a quick and healthy dinner, try Salmon Sheet Pan Dinner. It’s so beautiful you can serve it to company.

Salmon is ideal for getting Omega-3 fats, and this recipe has great flavor with very little salt. This recipe is ideal for people with diabetes, overweight/obesity, heart disease, and those who want to feel satisfied without getting too many calories.

It’s everything I want in recipe:

great taste
super easy
really healthy
fast cleanup

It’s from one of my most-used cookbooks, 30-Minute Heart Healthy Cookbook: Delicious Recipes for Easy Low-sodium Meals by Cheryl Strachan, RD.

Chili Salmon Sheet Pan Dinner Recipe

Serves four
Hands-on time 20 minutes
Total time 30 minutes

Ingredients
1 1/2 tablespoons chili powder

1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

One large sweet potato, scrubbed and cut into 3/4-inch cubes

2 tablespoons canola or sunflower oil, divided

1 head broccoli, cut into florets or 2 cups frozen broccoli florets

1 pound sustainably-sourced salmon fillets, fresh or thawed

Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 420°F. Line 2 rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.

2. Mix the chili powder, oregano, and salt in a small bowl.

3. Toss the sweet potato in a large bowl with 1 tablespoon of oil and 1 teaspoon of seasoning mix. Spread out on one baking sheet and slide into the oven.

4. In the same bowl, toss the broccoli with the remaining tablespoon of olive oil and another 1 teaspoon of seasoning. Spread out on the other baking sheet and put in the oven. Set the timer for 5 minutes.

5. Rub the remainder of the seasoning mix onto the salmon. When the timer goes off, toss the sweet potatoes and broccoli. Slide them over, and add the salmon to the sheet pans.

6. Remove the salmon from the sheet pans when it is nearly done, 8 to 10 minutes, depending on the thickness, and tent with foil. Keep roasting the vegetables until they are as crisp as you like them, about five minutes more.

Per serving: calories 317, total fat 14 g, saturated fat 2 g, cholesterol 62 mg, sodium to 233 mg, carbohydrate 21 g, fiber 4 g, added sugar 0 g , protein 25 g.

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