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    Home > Main Dishes Seafood > Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad with Dill

    Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad with Dill

    Published: Jun 22, 2013 · Modified: Aug 17, 2020 by Lea Ann Brown · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Smoked Salmon, it’s not just for crackers, take a look at this Smoked Salmon Pasta with Dill. And those olives add a great zing.

    Salmon pasta salad

    For this week’s Salmon Saturday, I turned to a package of Honey Smoked Salmon that we always seem to have in the refrigerator.

    We pick it up at Costco and usually just serve it on crackers with horseradish sauce and cheddar cheese for an appetizer or light lunch. I grabbed a sack of whole grain farfalle from the pantry and used some produce that I had on hand and ended up with a pretty darn tasty dinner.

    Sauce for salmon

    I simply mixed together some mayonnaise with some lemon juice and lemon zest. Added some salt and pepper and chopped dill.

    Summer Salmon Pasta Salad

    I chopped and sauteed some Vidalia onions and a red bell pepper in some olive oil and stirred those in to the mayonnaise combination.

    olives

    My last visit to Costco, I found these Mezzetta Castelvetrano olives and quickly grabbed a jar. When I Googled the company for the link, I learned that it’s run by the fourth generation of Mezzetta family members and their olives are grown in California. I love Castelvetrano olives and am feeling very smug to have a nice big jar to snack on.

    After carefully folding in the cooked pasta and salmon into the mayonnaise sauce,  I sliced a few up of the olives and they provided a perfect zing to finish off this Summer pasta salad.

    Salmon Sense: Omega-3 improves the electrical properties of cells present in heart and is also defensive against abnormal heart rhythms.

    Smoked Salmon pasta salad, with dill cream sauce

    Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad With Dill

    Smoked Salmon, it's not just for crackers, take a look at this Smoked Salmon Pasta with Dill. And those olives add a great zing.
    4.67 from 3 votes
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    Course: Main Course Seafood
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 620kcal
    Author: Lea Ann Brown

    Ingredients

    • 1 pound whole grain farfalle pasta
    • 1/4 pound smoked salmon cut into chunks
    • 1 small Vidalia Onion sliced thin
    • 1 red bell pepper chopped
    • 1 Tablespoon olive oil
    • 1/3 Cup mayonnaise
    • 2 Tablespoon lemon juice
    • zest of one lemon
    • 2 Tablespoons chopped fresh dill
    • 1/4 Cup green olives sliced
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    Instructions

    • Cook and drain pasta according to package directions.
    • In the meantime saute bell pepper and onion until soft. In a bowl, mix the mayonnaise, lemon juice, zest, and chopped dill until combined. Fold in the cooked onion, pepper and the sliced olives.
    • Pour over the pasta, sprinkle in the chunks of smoked salmon and gently combine. Serve immediately.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 620kcal | Carbohydrates: 90g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 484mg | Potassium: 396mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 1005IU | Vitamin C: 43mg | Calcium: 59mg | Iron: 5mg
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    Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad with Dill…It’s What’s for Salmon Saturday.

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    Comments

    1. Keith says

      July 05, 2016 at 12:48 am

      4 stars
      This looks fantastic, Honey Smoked Salmon, this should be delicious, just want to try.

      Reply
      • Lea Ann Brown says

        July 09, 2016 at 3:02 pm

        Thanks so much for the visit and the comment. We really enjoyed this recipe. Let me know what you think.

        Reply
    2. Vickie says

      June 24, 2013 at 8:59 am

      5 stars
      Oh dear, dear, that salad sounds scrumptious! And you have no idea how excited I am to see that Castelvetrano’s come in jars now. Yippee!!

      Reply
      • Lea Ann says

        June 25, 2013 at 1:53 pm

        I love those darn things. And have been paying almost $9 a pound at my local upscale grocery. I think you know who I mean.

        Reply
    3. Roz says

      June 23, 2013 at 1:39 pm

      5 stars
      Lea Ann,

      I am stunned that just last night I was talking to my mother on the phone about Castelvetrano olives from the Mazzereti family. When we were in Italy last October, we devoured these olives canned by locals and my mother said that the Mazzaretti olives are just as good and so delicious! How wierd is this, that I should visit you today and read about your experience with Castelvetrano olives too! I will have to see if any store offers them for sale in this tiny town where I live (I doubt it though).

      I love your salmon salad. Anyway that I can get more salmon in my nutrition works for me! I’ll come right back and add a link to your round-up!

      xoxo
      Roz

      Reply
    4. TasteofBeirut says

      June 23, 2013 at 11:47 am

      I have not had salmon in so long your recipe and photos are making wish I could have some like that tonight! OK I’ll wait till tomorrow

      Reply
      • Lea Ann says

        June 23, 2013 at 4:35 pm

        Joumana, it’s so good to hear from you!

        Reply
    5. adam @unorthodoxepicure says

      June 23, 2013 at 9:29 am

      I have olive envy! — The pasta salad looks fantastic. 🙂

      Reply
      • Lea Ann says

        June 23, 2013 at 4:35 pm

        I’m an olive FREAK-o

        Reply
    6. Chris says

      June 22, 2013 at 6:24 pm

      This would be great even without the salmon (which is the way I would eat it, fish….blech lol). Alexis and Trevor will love this, those salmon freaks.

      Reply
    7. Susan says

      June 22, 2013 at 5:21 pm

      I love salmon salad with dill! I have a very similar recipe but it uses yogurt as the base for the dressing. So delicious and I love the olives in this one.

      Reply
      • Lea Ann says

        June 22, 2013 at 6:48 pm

        Yogurt seems to be the best choice for this type of recipe. Why oh why do I always have mayo on hand. Thanks so much for stopping by Susan. Always appreciate you taking time to comment.

        Reply
    8. Larry says

      June 22, 2013 at 12:48 pm

      I don’t remember every making pasta salad with salmon but don’t know why – it sounds delicious.

      Reply

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