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I eat nourish bowls on a weekly basis but I sure don’t post them on my website often enough! Most of the time my nourish bowls are super simple – just a protein, veggie, and quinoa or rice. But I decided to make this one a bit more fun with some fresh mango salsa. These Chili Lime Salmon Bowls with Mango Salsa are delicious and nutritious, that’s for sure!

Nutritional benefits of this recipe

Wild-caught salmon is rich in omega-3’s, protein, vitamin B12, vitamin D, selenium, and more. It’s a superfood for sure! It’s also a smaller fish, so it’s lower in mercury (compared to large fish like tuna), making it an even healthier option.
Quinoa is a lower glycemic grain and has fiber, some protein, antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals. It’s my favorite ingredient for nourish bowls! I used tri-color quinoa for this recipe.
Mango is rich in antioxidants, vitamin C, vitamin A, magnesium, and more.
Cilantro is fantastic for helping the body detoxify from heavy metals such as mercury. This is especially beneficial when paired with fish!

Chili lime salmon bowls with mango salsa

Mercury in fish

Large fish, such as tuna, have higher mercury levels because of bioaccumulation. This is where mercury builds up in their bodies over time as they eat smaller fish that have already accumulated some mercury, essentially concentrating the contaminant as they move up the food chain. In other words, larger fish have had more time to accumulate mercury in their tissues. In addition, there are some fish that are on the smaller side (like orange roughy) which are known to have high mercury levels because they live a long time, so keep that in mind as well! Read below for what fish to enjoy more of and what to limit your intake of.

Fish to eat more of:

**Always buy wild-caught for every fish!**

Salmon

Chub mackerel

Anchovies

Sardines

Herring

Scallops, oysters, squid and other shellfish

Haddock

Trout

Cod

Essentially, any fish that is small / lower down on the food chain

Fish varieties to limit due to high mercury levels:

Tuna, shark, swordfish, barramundi, king mackerel, marlin, stingray, orange roughy, tilefish, etc.

*Smaller tuna varieties such as canned skipjack can be low in mercury (they’re caught young), but the more common varieties such as albacore, bigeye, bluefin, and yellowfin are high in mercury.

When eating fish with higher mercury levels, it can be helpful to pair them with food that helps the body eliminate heavy metals, such as cilantro, milk thistle, spirulina, garlic, onion, etc.

Ingredients

Salmon – always use wild-caught!

Quinoa

Mango

Red bell pepper

Cilantro

Fresh lime juice and zest

Avocado oil for cooking

Spices – chili powder, granulated garlic, ground cumin, ground paprika, salt, and pepper.

Avocado

Jalapeno – optional

Method

Cook the quinoa in broth according to package instructions. I always recommend broth instead of water because it’s so much more flavorful.
Drizzle the avocado oil and lime juice over the salmon and add the lime zest, chili powder, granulated garlic, ground paprika, ground cumin, salt, and black pepper.
Place a piece of parchment paper onto a baking sheet. Transfer the salmon to the parchment paper and let it sit while the oven preheats.
Preheat the oven to 375ºF. Once preheated, bake the salmon for 12-15 minutes until it flakes with a fork. Broil for 2 minutes at the end if desired to brown the top a little.
Prep the mango salsa: toss all prepped ingredients in a bowl until combined.
To serve: Put a bed of quinoa into the bottom of a shallow bowl. Add the baked salmon, the mango salsa, fresh avocado, cilantro, and drizzle with lime juice. Grate some lime zest on top as well if desired. Enjoy!

Modifications

Make this recipe into wraps/tacos if you want! You can use Siete taco shells or tortillas.
For a more mild fish, opt for cod instead!
Switch up the salsa: You can use Pineapple Salsa or even this Peach Avocado Salsa instead of the mango salsa.
Use rice instead of quinoa if desired.

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