This light and refreshing Apple-Fennel Salad makes the perfect side dish for Salmon or your favorite protein. The best part is that you can easily put this together in under 30-minutes! You’ll love the added boot and slight crunch of the hemp seeds and the sweet, subtle flavor of the pine nuts. 

Baked Salmon and Apple-Fennel Salad

with Pine Nuts

(GLUTEN FREE, PALEO, WHOLE30)

Makes 4 servings.

What You’ll Need

Apple-Fennel Salad
1/4 cup unfiltered apple cider
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1 large Honeycrisp apple, cored & thinly sliced
1 medium-size fresh fennel bulb, trimmed, thinly sliced
1 cup carrot greens, chopped
1 tbsp hemp seeds
1/4 cup pine nuts
Sea Salt, to taste
Black Pepper, to taste

Salmon
4 – 4 oz pieces of salmon
2 lemons, sliced in medallions
Sea Salt, to taste
Black Pepper, to taste
2 tbsp Olive Oil

What You’ll Need To Know

1. Salmon: Preheat oven to 350F. In a baking sheet add salmon, olive oil, sea salt, pepper, and lemon medallions over each salmon filet.

2. Bake for 12 minutes.

Apple Fennel Salad

1. Whisk first 3 ingredients in medium bowl to blend and season with salt and pepper. 

2. Combine apple, fennel and carrot greens in large bowl. Toss together with dressing, hemp seeds, and pine nuts.

3. Plate, serve and enjoy!