Quick Dilly Salmon Salad

This quick dilly salmon salad is an awesomely delicious dish that comes together in just 10 minutes! Enjoy!

When you want a quick, easy, and flavorful lunch or dinner option, this quick dilly salmon salad is an excellent choice. We combine just a few simple ingredients to make this salad, but it’s incredibly tasty and always sure to satisfy! And since it only takes a few minutes to make, you can serve it on even your busiest of days.

Let’s talk about our main ingredients!

The star of this dish is of course the salmon! I wanted to make this a quick and easy salad, so I used canned salmon. Pink salmon is the most common canned salmon and that’s what I used to make this salad. Alternately, you can use canned sockeye salmon to make your salad. Canned salmon does contain bones. They are generally small and soft, but you can use a spoon or fork and mash them up, which is my preference, if you’d like. Also, if you’d prefer, you can absolutely substitute with fresh cooked salmon. If so, after cooking your salmon, you’ll want to use a fork to flake it or break it into bite sized pieces. To our salmon, we add diced celery and diced green onions. You can substitute with some diced red or yellow onions in place of the green onions if you’d prefer.

How do I make the dressing for this quick dilly salmon salad?

The dressing for this salad comes together quickly but is amazingly delicious! To make our dressing, we combine keto mayonnaise, lemon juice, dill, and pepper. You have some great options for the mayonnaise you use to make this salad. When buying mayonnaise, I recommend reading the nutritional labels to ensure there’s no added sugar, oils, or other ingredients you don’t want. You can also use homemade keto mayonnaise to make your salad. I love using fresh lemon juice, but you can use bottled if you’d like. I used dried dill weed to my salad, which adds amazing flavor. If you’d like to use fresh dill, you’ll want to use about a tablespoon of fresh in place of the teaspoon of dried. In addition to the black pepper, I suggest you give your salmon salad a taste and add as much salt to taste as you’d like.

What are some ways I can serve this quick dilly salmon salad?

You have some awesome options for serving this dish. It’s great served just as is in a bowl with a spoon! For a pretty presentation, you can serve it atop some lettuce or spinach. You can also serve it as a dip using raw vegetables as dippers. Some great low carb options include broccoli, cauliflower, celery, cucumbers, mushrooms, sliced bell peppers, and sliced radishes. You can also serve it with keto crackers or keto chips. This salmon salad is the perfect filling for a delicious lettuce wrap as well.  If you’d like to make a more traditional sandwich, you can use keto bread, biscuits, chaffles, or English muffins. Basic chaffles consist of just eggs and shredded mozzarella cheese. I’ve played around with ingredients and like to add a few extra to make my favorite chaffles which I’ve aptly named mom’s favorite chaffles!☺️

Here are some quick, easy, and delicious coleslaw dishes that would pair nicely with this salmon salad!

Creamy Keto Cucumber Coleslaw

Easy Keto Coleslaw

Keto Dill Pickle Coleslaw

Keto No Mayo Coleslaw

Helpful Hints:

*If you’d like, you can substitute fresh cooked salmon for the canned salmon.

*You can serve this dish immediately or can make it a day or two ahead or time and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Main Kitchen Equipment and Utensils:

• Medium mixing bowl
• Measuring spoons

Splash of Encouragement:

***Taking time for yourself gives you the strength and energy to then give of yourself to others***