Recipe:​ Roasted Tomato Walnut Pesto Salmon

A simple heart-healthy salmon dish, packed with multiple artery-healing ingredients.

INGREDIENTS:

Yield: 2 servings (1 serving = 4 oz fillet)

2-4 oz salmon fillets

2 Tablespoons of walnut pesto

2-3 slices of tomato

1 tsp of dried basil (or fresh minced basil)

¼ tsp of black pepper

Heart Healthy Walnut Pesto: 

• 2 oz fresh basil leaves (about 1 cup)
• 1 cup walnut halves
• ½ cup olive oil
• 3 large garlic cloves

DIRECTIONS:

Pre-heat oven to 400 º F. Grease a tin pan with olive oil spray. Place all pesto ingredients into a food processor and blend pesto until a spreadable consistency. Place salmon fillets in the pan and cover each fillet with 1 Tablespoons of pesto. Top salmon with tomato slices and sprinkle with dried basil and black pepper. Bake salmon until opaque in the center, about 20-25 minutes.

Nutrition Information Per Serving:

Food weight: 3.0, Calories: 273 kcal, Carbohydrates: 3 g , Dietary Fiber: 1 g, Fat: 15 g, Cholesterol: 81 mg, Protein 30 g, Sodium: 67 mg