Fancy weeknight salmon salad from Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food (page 14) by Julia Turshen

Ingredients

roasted salted almonds
tahini
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EYB Comments

Can substitute red onions for shallots.

Where’s the full recipe - why can I only see the ingredients?

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Can substitute red onions for shallots.
dakota_dqnii0 on January 27, 2026

I’ve made this several times. I don’t cook the mushrooms and salmon though. I need more control than that.
nicolepellegrini on March 27, 2025

Another winner from this book, though I made a couple changes based on reading the notes. Agree that it's a lot of dressing for the amount of greens so I mixed it, poured it off from the main bowl, and added as necessary. Left the skin on while roasting the salmon for the extra moisture and flavor. My mushrooms were done in about 20 minutes, the fish slightly longer as it was a thick filet, so just watch both while cooking to make sure neither element is over/under. But beyond that the flavor combo was really excellent (I only had mixed baby greens/spinach but next time I can see the arugula adding a nice peppery bite.)
anya_sf on June 04, 2024

The combination of ingredients seemed odd, but we enjoyed it. My salmon fillet was thin and I had 20 oz mushrooms, so I roasted them on separate sheet pans; the salmon took 12 min, the mushrooms 30 min. I used pickled red onions left over from another recipe, and increased the greens (mesclun) to 8 oz; there was still a little too much dressing.
ezwriternc on May 04, 2024

I thought it came out really good but my fish cooked too long and I only did 20 minutes. I added tomatoes and cucumber to the salad. Used romaine lettuce. And added toasted pistachios. I’d make this again.
Soulkitchenjen on April 11, 2023

This was…fine? I only subbed spinach for arugula. Everything else was made as directed. It tasted a little cobbled together. There was something not cohesive about it that I can’t quite place. The mushrooms might be it. They were a little random. It was a fine dinner, but I doubt I’d repeat.
snoozermoose on October 29, 2022

This is a very good and quite unique salad. It feels very extravagant but is not hard at all to pull together. It makes a really dramatic and beautiful presentation as well. My husband loves it and begs me to make it all the time.
Lepa on June 07, 2021

We loved this salad. It has a complex flavor but is easy to throw together and doesn't dirty many dishes. I loved the salad dressing here and think it really pulled all the elements together. Highly recommend!
Ileana on May 17, 2021

The dressing is really delicious and is something I keep on hand because I can't live without it now. The pickled shallots are necessary. Used toasted pumpkin seeds because I didn't have almonds. Would definitely repeat this one.
lou_weez on April 19, 2021

A great salad, tangy, crunchy, sweet and overall delicious. I substituted zucchini for mushrooms.