Salmon Pasta Salad with Edamame and Lemon-Herb Dijon Dressing

This Lemon Herb Salmon Pasta Salad with edamame and tomato is a protein packed pasta salad recipe suitable for a meal. It is a great way to use up leftover salmon and the dish makes a protein packed meal.

Since it is just myself and my daughter in the house, unless I have guests, I often have plenty of leftovers when I cook a large slab of  wild salmon.  No complaints from me, since I always find plenty to do with leftover salmon.

Here I team a bag of shelled edamame from the freezer with fresh grape tomatoes from my garden in a flavorful whole grain mustard dressing. The result is a salmon pasta salad well suited as a main course.

Salmon Pasta Salad with Edamame

Lemon Herb Salmon Pasta Salad recipe with edamame and tomato

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Course: Main Course, Pasta

Cuisine: Asian Fusion, Italian

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Servings: 4 -6

Calories: 258kcal

Author: Robin Gagnon

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups gemelli uncooked, or pasta salad friendly shape of choice
• ⅔ cup edamame shelled
• ½ teaspoon chopped lemon thyme leaves substitute fresh oregano or regular thyme if not available
• 1 ½ tbs. olive oil
• 1 tbs. lemon juice
• 1 tbs. whole grain Dijon mustard
• 2 tbs. mayonnaise
• ⅓ teaspoon Kosher salt
• zest of ½ a lemon
• 2 tbs. freshly chopped chives substitute scallions or finely chopped red onion if not available
• 1 tbs. freshly chopped basil
• 1 tbs minced roasted garlic
• 4 oz. leftover cooked salmon
• ½ cup grape tomatoes cut in 4's

Instructions

• Boil the pasta, when about ½ way through cooking add edamame and chopped thyme to water. Drain when al dente.
• Whisk together oil, lemon juice, mustard, mayo and salt.
• Add the cooled pasta & edamame to the dressing, as well as the lemon zest, chopped herbs and garlic. Mix well.
• Break the salmon into chunks and add along with the tomatoes. Gently fold into the pasta salad.
• Serve chilled.

Notes

Crumbled gorgonzola cheese makes a great topping for this salmon pasta salad.

Nutrition

Calories: 258kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 393mg | Potassium: 301mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 265IU | Vitamin C: 7.1mg | Calcium: 105mg | Iron: 1.2mg