Faye James is nutritionist with a passion for helping midlife women get the nutrition they need, in a healthy way. Her latest book The Menopause Diet includes delicious and easy-to-follow recipes designed to help women to lose weight and stay healthy as they get older.

Here, she shares a salmon noodle salad that is high in protein, healthy and easy to make.

SERVES: 4

PREP: 10 minutes

COOK: 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 skinless salmon fillets
  • 250g soba noodles
  • ¼ cup lime juice
  • 2 tbs vegetable oil
  • 1tbs rice wine vinegar
  • 2tsp tamari sauce
  • 1tsp sesame oil
  • 1 Lebanese cucumber cut into ribbons
  • 100g edamame, cooked
  • 1 carrot, peeled and cut into matchsticks
  • 2 long green shallots (spring onions), chopped
  • 3 radishes, thinly sliced
  • toasted sesame seeds

Method

  1. Bake the salmon fillets in the oven at 180°C for around 7 minutes until tender. Let rest for 5 minutes before flaking with a fork.
  2. Cook noodles according to instructions on the packet, drain and toss in a little sesame oil.
  3. Mix the lime juice, vegetable oil, vinegar, tamari sauce and sesame oil in a bowl. Toss in the cucumber, edamame, carrot, spring onions and radish and mix well so everything is well coated.
  4. Top with flaked salmon and sesame seeds.

Tip: Want a vegan version? Sub the salmon for tempeh.

Learn Faye James’ top tips for your menopause diet or listen to her advice in our podcast Thriving in Menopause.

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