These Salmon Dinner Ideas are a great way to add this seafood favorite into your regular diet. Making a healthy meal has never been easier! Flavorful, quick, and always delicious, salmon is such an easy thing to cook. Plus there are plenty of side dishes to serve along with these salmon recipes for the perfect dinner!
Best Salmon Dinner Recipes
Salmon is one of our favorite things to make for dinner when looking for recipes that are quick, easy, healthy, and tasty! This seafood staple cooks fast, and it’s packed with nutrition. All you have to do is add a simple glaze, sauce, or a few herbs and spices.
Serve salmon with rice, pasta, veggies, or any of your favorite side dishes, and you’ll have a simple meal ready to go.
These are our best salmon dinner ideas, and we hope you’ll love them too. Choose from sheet pan dinners, grilled fish, and all kinds of salmon and veggie recipes. Bookmark these easy ideas for weeknight meals, meal prep lunches, or special dinners that will wow your guests.
Tip!
The FDA recommends eating salmon or other seafood 2 to 3 times a week for its many health benefits. It is a fatty fish filled with Omega-3, which is good for heart health, plus it’s a great source of protein and other nutrients.
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Healthy Salmon Dinner Recipes
Salmon is always a great dinner idea if you’re looking for something healthy. It’s lean and filled with nutrients, so it’s easy to make a well-balanced meal with these recipes at the center.
- Sheet Pan Lemon Salmon: This quick meal idea comes together in about 30 minutes, and includes salmon and asparagus roasted in one pan. It’s a well-balanced dinner, and perfect for meal prep.
- Air Fryer Salmon: Cooking salmon in the Air Fryer is so quick and easy. And the seasoning mix makes for a really simple, tasty, and healthy recipe that you can serve with rice and veggies.
- Tequila Lime Salmon Salad: This salad is filled with avocado, lettuce, beans, corn and more, then topped with marinated salmon and tequila lime vinaigrette. It makes a great healthy lunch!
- Air Fryer Miso Salmon: Flakey fish is cooked fast in the Air Fryer, along with fresh veggies, all coated in a tasty Japanese-inspired sauce. Serve salmon with rice to finish the meal!
- Salmon Burgers: Add a healthy (but still delicious) option to burger night! This unique and interesting salmon recipe will give you a whole new way to enjoy seafood.
Grilled Salmon Dinner Ideas
With summer in the air and grilling season in full swing, these healthy grilled salmon ideas are the perfect thing to make for dinner right now.
- Grilled Salmon: This simple, quick, and healthy salmon recipe is about to be your go-to! The herb-filled, savory and citrus-y marinade creates the best flavor, and it cooks on the grill in 10 minutes.
- Garlic Butter Salmon: The garlic lemon butter gives the salmon such a simple but delectable flavor, and it pairs perfectly with lemon butter asparagus!
- Grilled Salmon with Avocado Salsa: This Whole30 approved salmon recipe is so quick to put together, and it’s absolutely tasty!
Salmon Sheet Pan Dinners
These sheet pan meals are a quick and easy way to get dinner on the table! Combine flakey salmon with fresh vegetables, tasty glazes, and pop it in the oven.
- Baked Salmon and Asparagus: The hoisin glaze adds so much flavor and it’s already paired with asparagus, all baked in one pan.
- Maple Glazed Salmon and Potatoes: Salmon is covered in a sweet and tangy maple mustard glaze, and cooked along with the most delectable garlic potatoes.
- Honey Mustard Salmon and Potatoes: This salmon dinner idea is made with potatoes, green beans, and tomatoes for a veggie-filled meal!
- Herb Crusted Salmon with Goat Cheese Polenta: This baked salmon is so good with cheesy polenta and roasted tomatoes. Such an easy seafood dinner idea with no lack of flavor!
Quick and Easy Salmon Ideas
Since fish cooks fast, you’ll never be in the kitchen long when you’re making salmon for dinner. These meal ideas are all so quick to make!
- Lemon Butter Salmon in Parchment: Salmon, asparagus, onions, lemon, and thyme are covered in a lemon butter sauce, and oven-baked wrapped in parchment paper. It’s such an easy way to make a whole meal!
- Miso Salmon: The salty and savory flavors of this miso glaze creates a delicious salmon dish that’s ready in less than 30 minutes.
- Baked Pesto Salmon: This basil walnut pesto is the perfect topping for flaky fish. It’s a simple recipe but it’s so flavorful! It’s so good served with pasta.
- Pan Seared Salmon: Pan-searing is a quick and simple way to cook salmon filets for any meal. For this recipe, we’re adding buttery garlic capers for extra flavor!
- Orange Glazed Salmon: The zesty, sweet, and savory orange glaze adds a kick of flavor, and like most salmon recipes, this dish is ready in less than 30 minutes.
- Air Fryer Cilantro Lime Salmon: The cilantro lime flavor is so delicious, and it’s ready in 25 minutes. This is an easy salmon idea for any lunch or dinner.
Flavor-packed Salmon Meal Ideas
These salmon recipes are filled with flavor! Salmon isn’t boring when it’s so well-seasoned, cooked in delicious sauces, and served with your favorite side dishes.
- Salmon Piccata: The super creamy, tangy, garlic-y sauce makes this recipe absolutely delectable! Serve it with pasta or veggies.
- Caprese Stuffed Salmon: This recipe is literally filled with flavor! Mozzarella and tomatoes are stuffed right into the salmon, and it’s baked to perfection. Plus, the balsamic roasted tomatoes pair nicely on the side.
- Honey Garlic Salmon and Asparagus: This is one of my favorite salmon dinner ideas. The addition of asparagus and a tasty honey garlic sauce is just so delicious.
- Tuscan Salmon: Flakey fish and a creamy sauce with tomatoes, all cooked in one pan, is the most delicious Italian seafood dish for weeknight dinners!
- Blackened Salmon: Our blackened seasoning is a mix of spicy and savory flavors, and it coats the fish in a crispy, delicious texture.
- White Wine Dijon Salmon: Coated in a crispy garlic Parmesan crust and covered in a white wine dijon sauce, we love this recipe for special occasions and dinner guests!
What to Serve with Salmon for Dinner
For healthy salmon dinner ideas, we like to serve it with some combination of grains and vegetables. A baked or grilled salmon fillet served over white or brown rice (like this Instant Pot basmati rice), along with broccoli or asparagus is a delicious and simple meal.
But one of the best things about salmon is that it can easily be served with all kinds of veggies, side dishes, pastas, salads, and more. It goes well with grilled veggies, vegetable stir fry, roasted baby potatoes, or cucumber tomato salad.
Now that you’ve got all these delicious salmon dinner ideas to choose from, you have no excuse not to make a healthy dinner tonight. With so many tasty and easy salmon recipes, you’ll have meal ideas for weeks!
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Thank you so much for including me in this amazing roundup! Sharing and pinning! xo!
You are welcome and thank you, Jen!!
So many delicious salmon recipes! Definitely bookmarking this!
Awesome, I love that :)
These all look incredible!
Thanks Eden!
Salmon is my absolute favorite! These recipes are going to make me happy for months!
Thanks Steph, I agree!
Now which one do I try first?? They all sound incredible.
Thanks Suzy!!
I want to try every single recipe! They all sound so good.
muah!!
This is stunning and amazing! will look forward to the same!
Thank you!
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