Sheet-Pan Roasted Salmon With Pea Pesto

Looking forward to trying this recipe. I noticed the recipe call for olive oil, not extra virgin olive oil. Is it ok to sub the EVOO?

I cooked this entirely on the grill. Super easy and delicious. I doubled the amount of peas in the pesto but kept the rest of the ingredients mostly the same. Delicious.

Loved this dish! The pesto can definitely be modified to taste but the overall system is fantastic. The serving size was ample for our family and we got two amazing meals from this recipe. The next night, I took the leftover pesto, tossed it with some cooked pasta and some of the cooking liquid, and then flaked in the leftover salmon. Delish!

Made the pesto to freeze ahead of a dinner party. Agree that the amount of lemon juice is too much. In fact, I would start with 1/4 of what's needed then add in to taste. Same with garlic (and I LOVE garlic)! In addition I only used about 1/4 of the evoo listed, maybe adding more will temper the lemon/garlic power punch...we'll see when I actually cook the salmon and potatoes. I think the peas add a very nice flavor and also a heft to the pesto; maybe that's why I didn't use all the oil

I was skeptical this would be a five star recipe but it was very good. I eyeballed the measurements on the pesto, but used less garlic and oil and slightly more peas and basil. I also used juice from 1.5 XL lemons. I recommend starting with less garlic, lemon, and oil and adding to taste until the final product tastes right for you! Anyway, this came out great. Will make again!

This pesto… so good. Subbed pistachios for Almonds.

So easy and delicious! I used a mix of herbs (basil, dill, tarragon, cilantro) in the pesto because I have a lot of great herbs growing in the garden right now, and it was delicious.

So good.

Made as directed with exception of throwing the garlic in the boiling water with the peas to take the raw edge off. Delicious - a keeper.

Delicious, especially with the fresh, zingy take on pesto. I skipped the additional olive oil at the end, added green beans with the potatoes, and substituted pistachios for the almonds to make a nicely alliterative pistachio pea pesto.

This was delicious. I made it exactly as directed. I don't understand why people are complaining. It seems to me that the pesto is supposed to be lemony and garlicky. And I love that there's no dairy in this at all. Fantastic meal simple delicious.

Halved the lemon juice and garlic per suggestions -- still had plenty of zing. After the 8 min roast of the salmon, plated the potatoes, then flipped the salmon and broiled for a few minutes to crisp up the skin. Overall very yummy!

I was duped by the five stars into trying this recipe, crazy-hopeful that somehow the flavor of 1/2 cup of peas would bring something novel to the party. The method for the potatoes and fish without the sauce is respectable enough, but the faux-pesto is so overloaded with lemon juice that even the flavor of garlic disappeared, and of course the peas only served as a coloring agent. So disappointing.

Wholly agree with those who’ve said there’s way too much lemon. I ended up adding the whole little bag of frozen peas to dilute it. It was delicious - even our youngest who doesn’t like salmon loved it! The pesto would also be good on angel hair pasta. The potatoes were a little bland… I’d opt for different roasted veggies in the future.

Loved this recipe, pesto was fantastic and worth the effort. And it all came together rather quickly. We really liked the amount of garlic and lemony zing—my 2 yo included.