Baked Super Foods: Salmon, Kale & Sweet Potatoes

Jun 1, 2013 · 16 Comments

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By Christie Vanover | Published June 1, 2013 | Last Updated December 28, 2022

My husband read an article that featured five foods that are supposed to make you look younger. He must have scoured the house for these super foods because when I got home from work, all my tomatoes were gone and he asked me when I was going grocery shopping again.

The report claimed that sweet potatoes, wild salmon, tomatoes, citrus fruits and leafy greens help your skin in all sorts of magical ways. So, at my husband’s request, I went to Whole Foods after work Friday and bought these naturally magical foods. My goal was to cook them all together in one dish, and it actually worked.

The salmon had a few bones, so I used my handy kitchen tweezers and plucked them out. Hubby hates fish bones.

I julienned the sweet potato and tossed it in orange juice. Chopped the kale and tossed it in grapefruit juice. The salmon took a quick swim in some lemon juice. The tomatoes…well…I just shoved them in there. I was out of ideas at that point.

I prepared this dish in two single-serve baking dishes because it made for a really pretty presentation. If you don’t have two dishes like this, just use a 13 x 9 baking dish. The kitchen smelled so good when it was cooking. The orange juice and sweet potatoes just filled the air with a sweet aroma.

When it came out of the oven, I loved the variety of texture. The kale was slightly sour and crispy (like kale chips). The salmon was perfectly tender. The tomatoes popped in my mouth and didn’t even need added flavor. The sweet potatoes were like ribbons of pasta.

My husband devoured the dish. I was shocked that he loved it so much. His only complaint was that he wished I had added a little sugar to the sweet potatoes. This is supposed to be a super food dish, I told him. Sugar is definitely not a super food.

You’re welcome to add some sugar or honey, if you like your sweet potatoes sweeter, but I liked them just the way they were. I feel younger looking already 🙂

Baked Super Foods: Salmon, Kale & Sweet Potatoes

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Servings 2 generous servings

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Ingredients

1 sweet potato
1 bunch kale
1 lb. filet of wild salmon
1 orange
1 grapefruit
1 lemon
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 ½ tsp. kosher salt
1 ½ tsp. course ground black pepper
1 pat butter
12 cherry or grape tomatoes

Instructions

I prepared this dish in two single-serve baking dishes. You could also prepare it in one 13 x 9 pan.
Julienne the sweet potato into strips. Toss with 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 tablespoon orange juice, ½ tsp. orange zest, ½ tsp. salt and ½ tsp. pepper. Place half on one side of each baking dish.
Rinse and chop the leafy part of the kale. Toss with 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 tablespoon grapefruit juice, ½ tsp. grapefruit zest, ½ tsp. salt and ½ tsp. pepper. Place half on the other side of each baking dish.
Cut the salmon filet in half. Toss with 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, ½ tsp. lemon zest, ½ tsp. salt and ½ tsp. pepper. Place a filet in each dish between the sweet potatoes and kale, skin side down. Top with a pat of butter and a lemon slice.
Place 3 cherry tomatoes on the sides of each filet.
Bake in a 400-degree oven for 25 minutes.