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Grilled Salmon Tacos with Roasted Poblano Avocado Sauce

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October 8, 2019 By Laura Ligos, MBA, RD, CSSD Leave a Comment

These grilled salmon tacos are super easy to make and are a delicious weeknight treat. Not to mention this simple Roasted Poblano Avocado Sauce might be a new household staple. Upgrade your Taco Tuesday (or Taco any day of the week) to these grilled salmon tacos with roasted poblano avocado sauce and stop having dinner planning burn out.

Salmon 101

I used to hate fish. I would wish every time I was handed a fish stick that it would be a mozzarella stick. I’m not going to lie, I would still prefer a mozzarella stick over a fish stick BUT I no longer hate fish. I’d prefer it to be raw or grilled and not fried but I’m way less picky these days, which is far more exciting when it comes to trying food.

Of all the fish, I’d have to say, salmon is my favorite. I could eat it often and not get sick of it. I love that it is so flaky and versatile. I’d eat it in a raw sushi roll variety or grilled, or even smoked. I’ll even eat it from a can, and make it into a salmon salad.

Why Salmon?

Well, if you must know, it’s not only delicious but it’s also healthy for you, bonus! Salmon is known for being rich in your omega 3 fatty acids, aka the nutrient that is anti-inflammatory. So many people ask me if they need a fish oil pill. My response is normally “well how much fish do you eat per week.”

More often then not, people say “none.” Well friends, you cannot (and should not) try to out supplement your diet. Instead, as long as fish is not an allergen, you should try to incorporate. If and only if you try and cannot get behind it should you then consider supplementing. I tried to give you a tasty recipe to sway you in the direction of eating some fish in your diet, you’re welcome.

Tacos Every Day

Who here loves tacos?! I’m going to assume you all said yes. I am a taco lover through and through. I mean, if we’re being honest, the taco is just a vehicle for the delicious filling and toppings it holds. More often than not I eat more of the filing than I do the actual taco shell.

Tacos can certainly be made to be unhealthy when you start adding fried foods, tons of cheese and sour cream and other toppings BUT for the most part it’s fairly easy to make tacos work for your general health goals and accommodate to many taste buds due to the vast array of toppings available.

Toppings Make Your Tacos

Here’s a list of some of my favorite taco toppings, feel free to add them to this recipe or save for another taco recipe.

  • Diced cherry/grape tomatoes
  • Sliced jalapeños
  • Olives
  • Salsa
  • Lettuce
  • Pickled red onions
  • Shredded or crumbled cheese
  • Greek Yogurt (in place of Sour Cream)
  • Avocado/Guacamole (ok, or the Roasted Poblano Avocado Sauce)
  • Hot sauce

What are your favorite taco toppings?

Grilled Salmon Tacos

I love fish tacos, I love meat tacos, I love veggies tacos, I love breakfast tacos. Seriously I probably could just stop and say I love tacos. However, these Grilled Salmon Tacos with Roasted Poblano Avocado Sauce are in my top 10 favorite taco recipes.

These tacos are super easy to make. You can even make the salmon in the oven (400°F x 15 minutes) and prepare the sauce a day or 2 ahead of time if you need to save on time or don’t have a grill.

Pro Tip: Stock your freezer with good quality salmon filets so you have no excuse to get a quick & healthy dinner on the table. I’ve been using Butcher Box (not sponsored) and love them, use my referral link here.

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Grilled Salmon Tacos with Roasted Poblano Avocado Sauce

  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x
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Salmon

  • 4 6 oz. salmon filets
  • 1 Tablespoon avocado oil
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/2 lime juice

Poblano Avocado Sauce

  • 2 poblano peppers
  • 2 avocados
  • 2 limes (juiced)
  • 1 tablespoon avocado oil
  • 1/4 cup cilantro
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon cumin
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (optional)

Tacos

  • 8 corn tortillas
  • Toppings: cherry tomatoes, cilantro, corn, red onion, jalapenos, salsa, etc.s

Instructions

Salmon

  1. Preheat grill to medium heat
  2. Mix oil with lime & spices and spread evenly on top of salmon
  3. Place salmon, skin side down on grill and grill for 10 minutes or until salmon flakes easily

Poblano Avocado Sauce

  1. Place peppers on a foil lined baking sheet and broil for 5 minutes, turn over and broil for an additional 5 minutes.
  2. Remove from oven, and wrap peppers in foil so they are sealed for 5 minutes outside of oven, until skin is easy to peel
  3. Peel peppers and remove stem & seeds
  4. Add all ingredients for sauce to a blender and blend until smooth

Tacos

  1. Warm corn tortillas either on the grill, over gas-stove flame, or in the microwave.
  2. Assemble 2 corn tortillas with 3 oz. salmon with 1 tablespoon of sauce & toppings of choice for one serving.

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Sassy

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We’ve made it over a week together and it feels We’ve made it over a week together and it feels like it’s always been this way.

Motherhood is a wild ride & it’s only getting started. I have never been so tired & simultaneously so fulfilled in my life. That’s not to say it’s not filled with tears, worries and doubts but what fun would it be if it were all sunshine and roses anyway?

Going into this all I have felt so supported by friends going through this with me BUT I felt so unsupported by the general public. It seems like we want to fear and shame moms because misery loves company, right?!

The focus quickly shifts from mom to baby (still shocked that I only have an appointment at 6 weeks even though my body went through the biggest event of its life) and there also seems to be this shift from joy to shame & guilt.

Here’s some of what I heard from people:

😕Sleep when baby sleeps. You’ll never sleep again.
😕Don’t let baby sleep in a car seat, or a bouncer, or anywhere but their crib EVER. 
😕You’ll never have time to shower again, enjoy it now. 
😕Cry it out is cruel and harmful to the baby. 
😕Get baby on a schedule/never put baby on a schedule.

These are all things I heard and that truly led me to believe I was going to lose all sense of who I was and my life as I knew it.

What I wish people had said instead were:

🥰Your heart will grow bigger than you could imagine.
🥰You’ll cry the happiest tears you’ve ever cried.
🥰You’ll feel like a giant hole was filled that you didn’t even know was there.
🥰You won’t feel guilty about cleaning your house, it just won’t matter anymore.
🥰Babies pooping will make you laugh so hard you will feel like a kid again.
🥰You will have time to eat and shower and you don’t have to neglect yourself.

We need to do a better job of building each other up, supporting one another and our decisions while refraining from offering unsolicited advice and opinions. 

So for all you future mamas and new mamas out there, I see you, I’m proud of you and I cannot wait to share our stories with one another and the world.

Let’s stop fear mongering (just like the diet world) and start building one another up.

Xoxo,
Sassy & lil sassy man
🌈Some things truly are worth the wait. It’s b 🌈Some things truly are worth the wait. It’s been a long year of loss, unknowns and worry but it’s all been worth it to get to meet my lil man🥰
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Now time to introduce this sassy human who is already so well loved to the world...
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Introducing 

💙 Connor James Ligos 💙
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After an almost 24 hour labor, Connor joined us over a week past his due date on 2/12/21 at a whopping 9lb2oz & 22.5 inches long with a full head of hair and lungs to scream hello to us with.
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We are so in love already and cannot wait to share him with the world. Thank you for all the love and support from friends and family and to all those that helped us in the hospital. Holy cow labor & delivery teams are truly magical and I cannot imagine doing it without all of their support.
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Now back to snuggling this human of mine and trying not to cry at every last thing he does 🥰 
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Mom, Dad & Bode are all doing well!
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I get it, we all eat so we all then want to talk t I get it, we all eat so we all then want to talk to others about what worked for us. That's great!
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What's not great is when we push our nutrition and eating behaviors onto others ESPECIALLY when we are not qualified to do so.
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So often when people meet me for the first time they are worried to eat around me and/or buy groceries around me. My friends can attest I am not judgemental around food and will gladly eat that cake, queso dip or sip on that glass of wine right alongside of you. I am not the food police and do not offer unsolicited nutrition advice unless it's a client who is paying for my help OR on Instagram and other social media platforms where my goal is to educate.
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Why do I share this? 
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Because I see far too many people diving down diet rabbit holes, finding success & then claiming to be nutrition experts purely because something worked for them. 
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I've also seen this alot being pregnant, everyone wants to tell you what worked for them. IF you use that stipulation of "this worked for me" then fine, share away but if you start doleing out advice please pause, take a breath and think about NOT doing it.
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People are OVERWHELMED by diet culture and some so badly want to change but YOUR way is not the only way and it most likely is not what will work for your friend/coworker/cousin/neighbor so please, stop trying to be an expert in something you aren't.
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Got it!?! 
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Ok, carry on.
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xoxo,
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#nutrition #nutritiontips #nutritionist #dietitianapproved #rdapproved #rdchat #dietitiansofinstagram #dietitian #dietitiansofig #albanyny #albanynutrition #albanynutrition
Your nutrition does NOT need to be all or nothing. Your nutrition does NOT need to be all or nothing. I'm not saying you have to find perfect balance (does that even exist?) but I am saying that we shouldn't feel like either we have to eat perfectly or that we might as well give up.
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Instead we should look to the grey area in between for our nutrition guidance. 
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What do I mean?
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I mean that we need to realize that we can still eat cookies but we probably should throw some veggies in there. 
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We can have a glass or 2 of wine but we should probably also drink some water. 
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We can take rest days but we should also find ways to move our bodies regularly.
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And the list goes on.
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It's not about all or nothing it's about doing something daily to help your health and nutrition without it feeling like a set of rules or a free for all.
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How do we find that grey area in between?
👉🏻 stop hopping on and off fad diets
👉🏻listen and trust your self, not your coworkers and cousins 
👉🏻focus on the simple things (ie drinking water instead of worrying about supplements)
👉🏻work to remove guilt and shame around food & body
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Where do you currently fall Right now?!
🤪 all
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🙅🏻‍♀️ nothing 
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