Greek Pasta Salad with Fresh Greens and Grilled Salmon

This salad has quickly become a favorite around our house. It is the perfect light yet satisfying meal and is full of fresh veggies and bright flavors from the red wine dressing. The whole wheat pasta noodles help to give some body to the salad to make it a bit more satisfying. It is pretty easy to put together too! I made this when we didn't have much left in the fridge. We loved it so much we are having it again tonight! The salmon is really easy to prepare and is absolutely wonderful. I am in LOVE with the Johnny Garlics seasoning I found at Costco. I use it on all types of meat, seafood, potatoes, veggies. etc. This salad was perfect with a side of hummus and toasted pita bread . There isn't really a strict recipe for this salad...it is pretty much just a bunch of ingredients thrown together. Please let me know if you have any questions! Enjoy!

Greek Pasta Salad with Fresh Greens and Grilled Salmon

For the salmon:

Salmon fillets, thawed if frozen (however many you want-I made one big one and split it)

Lemon or lime juice (fresh is the best)

Johnny Garlic seasoning (from Costco)

Fresh black pepper

Place salmon fillets on a baking sheet lined with foil. Squeeze fresh lemon or lime juice over fillets and season with Johnny Garlic seasoning and fresh black pepper. Place fillets under the broiler for 5 minutes or until cooked through but not dry.

Pasta Salad:

I didn't measure the amounts, so you will have to eye it.

Cooked whole wheat pasta noodles (I cooked 1/2 of a box of corkscrew pasta)

Chopped broccoli florets

Chopped carrots

Sliced kalamata olives

2 sliced scallions

Combine the above ingredients in a bowl, then add desired amount of the dressing and toss.

Dressing:

2 Tbsp. red wine vinegar

2 Tbsp. olive oil

2 tsp. Dijon mustard

salt and pepper to taste

1/4 tsp. thyme

Mix ingredients together.

Salad Greens:

Combination of field greens and romaine

Sliced hard boiled egg

White beans

Diced tomatoes

Diced cucumber

Diced avocado

Feta cheese

Assembly:

Place salad greens on the plate. Top with egg, avocado, beans, tomatoes, cucumber and feta. Place a scoop of the pasta salad on top of greens. Top everything with one cooked salmon fillet. If desired, drizzle a bit more salad dressing on top.