We love a fresh vegetable salad in our household. And because we also love fish, the only natural thing to due is combine them both. Voila!!! Salmon Salad....
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Here is how my wife Lupe makes her salmon salad:
Ingredients:
- 1 long Asian purple eggplant, diced thinly;
- 10 Star/Winged Beans, cut cross-ways about 1/8 inch;
- 8 Yard Long/Asparagus beans/frijoles, cut no longer than one inch and then blanched;
- 12 Cherry tomatoes, diced;
- 3 Green onions, diced;
- 1 Can of red salmon, 14-15 oz. can, break up the salmon, baked fresh salmon if you have;
- Juice from about 6 calamansi lemons;
- Salt to taste.
Directions:
- Toss the vegetables together just to mix them up good.
- Add just enough lemon juice to wet the mix. You don't want to soak everything!!
- Then add the broken up salmon. You add the salmon last so that you don't break it up into very small pieces when you toss the veggies.
- Add salt to taste and garnish with a little more diced green onions.
Notes:
Veggies are approximate to your desire and depending on availability in your area. Substitute if you like.
The eggplant is cut cross-ways about 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick. Then each piece is quartered.
If calamansi lemon is not available in your area, you can used regular U.S. yellow lemons and a very small squeeze of fresh orange juice. You want some tang for flavor though.
There you have it. A real great, refreshing salad with an abundance of flavors.
Enjoy!!!
Until next time....
