MSG Free Whole30 Smoked Salmon and Avocado Plate
Smoked salmon dishes can be tricky territory when you're avoiding hidden additives, since many cured and packaged fish products sneak in flavor enhancers that have no business being on your plate. This one keeps things clean and completely natural, leaning on the salmon's rich, briny depth alongside creamy avocado, crisp cucumber, and paper-thin red onion for contrast. The bright lemon-caper dressing ties it all together with just olive oil, fresh lemon juice, sea salt, and black pepper — nothing processed, nothing suspicious. Butter lettuce leaves stand in as a fresh, elegant base that makes the whole plate feel like something you'd order at a nice café. A shower of roughly chopped dill at the end adds an herby lift that makes every bite feel intentional and alive. It comes together in minutes with no cooking required, which means less time hovering over a stove and more time actually enjoying a genuinely satisfying meal.
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2 servings
- 4 oz smoked salmon
- 1 large ripe avocado, halved, pitted, and sliced
- ½ english cucumber, thinly sliced
- ¼ small red onion, very thinly sliced
For the dressing
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp capers, drained
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- ¼ tsp fine sea salt
For serving
- 2 tbsp fresh dill, roughly chopped
- 4 large butter lettuce leaves
- lemon wedges, for serving (optional)
Instructions
- 1
In a small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil, capers, black pepper, and sea salt until combined.
- 2
Arrange 2 butter lettuce leaves on each plate as a base. Fan the avocado slices and cucumber slices over the lettuce, alternating them across the plate.
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