Seared Salmon Kale Salad With Apple and Peanuts
The salad that may keep your doctor away.
Jul 07, 2025
If your doctor sent you home with a note to eat more green vegetables, do yourself a favor and head to the market to pick up some kale.
Kale is considered a superfood; here are five reasons to eat it:
- It's a good source of calcium, which helps support bone health
- Its nutrients may protect you against heart disease
- As well as protect from cancers
- Supports eye health
- Vitamins C and E help support immunity
With this many benefits, kale sounds like the vegetable version of salmon, which is why they pair so well together. Hence, this salad.
Leafy kale and all its nutrients is topped with seared salmon for a dose of protein, then topped with crunchy peanuts and crispy apple that adds delightful texture.
After eating this, you may never see your doctor again, unless it's to give her the recipe.
- 4 5-ounce salmon fillets (about 1 inch thick)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- Salt to taste
- 6 cups kale (ribs removed)
- 1 honeycrisp apple
- 3 tablespoons roasted peanuts (crushed)
- 14 cup grated Parmesan
- Thaw salmon fillets at room temperature at least 10 minutes before cooking.
- Combine the lemon juice, olive oil, and salt in a mixing bowl.
- Add the kale to large bowl and mix with the lemon dressing and gently toss. Set aside.
- Slice the apple and crush the peanuts. Combine them with the kale and toss.
- Preheat a skillet on medium heat. Once heated, add 2 tablespons of olive oil and allow it to heat up.
- Cut the salmon fillets into 1x1 inch cubes, season with salt and pepper to taste. Place the cubes in the pan skin-side down and sear until golden brown, about 4 minutes. Then, flip and finish cooking on the other side, for another 2-3 minutes.
- Place the salmon cubes on top of the plated kale salad and sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the dish before serving.
AUTHOR
Seafood Nutrition Partnership (SNP) is the leading 501(c)(3) non-profit organization building awareness of the health and nutritional benefits of seafood in the United States. SNP is addressing the country’s public health crisis through education programs that inspire Americans to incorporate more seafood and omega-3s into their diets for improved health, as per leading health organizations.
