What can you make with salmon for dinner?

Bake or pan-cook salmon fillets when you want a straightforward plated meal with a vegetable or starch on the side. Salmon cooks quickly, so stop when the centre is just opaque and flakes easily, rather than leaving it in the oven while you finish everything else. Lemon, herbs, citrus, mustard or pesto add enough flavour to make a simple fillet feel complete without covering the fish.

Turn it into patties, burgers, pasta, wraps or skewers, where salmon is combined with another filling ingredient and divided across the meal. Rice, mash, pasta, bread, vegetables and sweet potato add substance while keeping the salmon as the main flavour. This is also useful when you have a smaller quantity of salmon than you would need for two large fillets.

Choose salmon burgers or salmon and cucumber wraps when you want something informal that can be assembled at the table. Pick salmon and broccoli pasta or salmon with spring onion mash for a warmer, more settled meal, especially when you want the side dish built in. For a lighter option, baked salmon with herbs and lemon or citrus salmon fillets leave more room for a simple vegetable side.