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Cooked salmon in casserole dish beside a bowl with cooked spinach, beans and pesto butter salmon, beside a blue and white tea towel.

Pesto Butter Salmon

Pesto butter salmon is an easy and delicious dinner meal. Not only is it flaky and juicy, but it is full of omega 3 fatty acids that can reduce inflammation, and soluble fiber that controls cholesterol.
If you are looking for a heart healthy recipe to serve your guests, this is it!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course dinner
Cuisine American
Servings 4
Calories 395 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Saucepan
  • 1 oven safe casserole dish

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lbs salmon
  • 3 tbsp unsalted butter softened
  • 2 tbsp pesto
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 can white kidney beans no salt added
  • 2 cups baby spinach

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 425F and prepare a baking sheet or casserole dish with parchment paper.
  • Place salmon on the prepared baking sheet.
  • In a bowl, combine the softened butter, pesto using a fork.
  • Spread the butter pesto mixture evenly over the top of the two salmon fillets.
  • Bake the salmon on the prepared baking sheet for 15-17 minutes, or until cooked to your liking.
  • While salmon is baking, add olive oil and chopped garlic to heated frying pan. Fry farlic on medium heat for 3-5 minutes until golden brown.
  • Once the garlic is brown, add the rinsed can of kidney beans to the frying pan and cook for about 5 minutes.
  • Then add the baby spinach to cook and wilt down for a final 3-5 minutes.
  • You will know the salmon is done because it is opague in color and flakes easily wiht a fork. Take it out of the oven and top with white beans and psinach mixture.

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Nutrition

Calories: 395kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 29gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 86mgSodium: 423mgPotassium: 945mgFiber: 7gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 1866IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 80mgIron: 3mg
Keyword pesto, pesto butter, salmon
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