Mediterranean
Zaatar Salmon
Zaatar Salmon is Mediterranean home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 4 salmon fillets
- 3 tbsp za'atar seasoning
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 lemon
- 2 garlic cloves
- 4 cups baby spinach
- 3/4 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Heat the oven to 400F and line a baking sheet.
- Pat the salmon dry and set it skin side down on the sheet.
- Stir the za'atar with 2 tbsp olive oil and the garlic, then spread it over the salmon and season with salt.
- Bake until the salmon flakes easily, about 12 minutes.
- Toss the spinach with the remaining olive oil and a squeeze of lemon.
- Serve the salmon over the dressed spinach with lemon wedges.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Zaatar Salmon carries fish and sesame. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Baked Falafel Plate |
| Sesame | Yes | Beef Kofta Kebabs |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Meat or fish, Vegetables, and Nuts and seeds
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Zaatar Salmon takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on salmon, spinach, and lemon.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
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