Clare’s Simply Scrumptious Salmon Salad

Mid-week meals can prove to be the hardest to think about sometime but this, Simply Scrumptious Salmon Salad makes for an easy, low cal, no fuss yet exceptionally tasty home cooked mid-week meal. This is one of my families favourites.

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Makes: 4 servings

Preparation Time: 20 minutes

Total Time:  35 minutes

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Ingredients 

  • 1lb of green beans
  • 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon melted coconut oil
  • 1 tablespoon minced shallots
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, divided
  • 4  salmon fillets
  • 1 large bag mixed salad greens
  • 1 large red onion
  • 2 large hard boiled eggs

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PREPARATION

1. Preheat your grill to medium.

2. Place beans in large pan of boiling water; cook 2 minutes. Drain and plunge beans into ice water; drain.

3. Combine vinegar, mustard, oil, shallots, 1/8 teaspoon pepper in small bowl, stirring well with whisk, set aside.

4. ,If you want to, you can spray both sides of each fillet with olive oil via a mister or use one of the low cal oil sprays, I think there is no need for any oil but I know with older grills or ones not so non stick this is a necessary step,  1/8 tea-spoon pepper. Place fish, skin side up, on grill rack; cook 5-6 minutes on this side then turn and cook for another 2-3 minutes on the other side.

5. Arrange 1/4 of the greens leaves in each of the 4 bowls top with your finely sliced red onion, the egg slices, and beans. Top with salmon and  drizzle with your delicious dressing.

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Tip: Add some fresh chill to the dressing for a fiery hit, also I like to warm the dressing a little at this time of the year and you may even leave the beans warm, all ways this dish works!!

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Thank you for reading you FABULOUS people

❤ Clare with the Hair ❤

Here is where my life of Blog began

face6Today September 1st 2014 on a bright Monday afternoon my life of Blog begins 🙂 Exciting times ahead I am sure. 

Just to begin with I would like to tell you a little about me.

I am a mother to two amazing young ladies , a wife to one incredible husband and owner of once of the cutest bundles of fluff I ever did see (our fur baby Honey) ((I will pop up pictures of the family + doggie shortly))

I would nearly (scratch that) I do annoy people with how positive I am, I feel very lucky and this makes me lucky 🙂

I work 4 days per week in the world of IT as a Marketing / Digital Marketing / PR & New Business Manager, in addition to this I present a Radio show at Limerick City Community Radio http://www.limerickcitycommunityradio.org/  called “What’s Going On . this show goes out at 2pm – 3.30pm each Friday . as well as a bi weekly slot with www.clarefm.com  , with a weekly feature in RSVP Magazine with #TastyThursday http://rsvpmagazine.ie/tasty-thursdays-clares-beef-mango-meatballs/ and a monthly beauty column with Inspire Limerick magazing. I am also part of the TV3’s Xpose Beauty and Fashion Panel (all links to my appearances will be added) and I have been a food critic on TV3’s The Restaurant. I am pretty active home wise and work wise but I love all I get to do and feel blessed for how things have panned out for me.

On this day I have also begun keeping a food diary & exercise diary which I will share with you all, no matter the results in time 🙂 No pressure on me sure 🙂

I have loads of beauty products I have been testing that I want to share with you, I will run many competitions and I will also run a problem section where I invite people to send me their questions (styling , beauty, hair, fitness, food) and I will do my best to get you the answers.

I guess this Blog will be like an online magazine with my own personal journeys thrown in for good measure.

My life detailed above is pretty incredible but over the coming weeks I will share with you the personal journey I have taken to became the lady I am today, it has been somewhat of a roller-coaster but one I am delighted I lived because it have given me the drive , determination and gratitude I have today and I hope by sharing this story with you that someone who is at the beginning of where I was all those years ago will see there is always something worth driving on for.

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