Easy Sheet Pan Salmon with Garden Vegetables

Looking for an easy, nutrient-dense meal you can make at the end of a long day? This simple sheet pan meal uses garden vegetables and wild salmon, and it can be prepped and cooked in under 30 minutes!

Salmon is a rich source of a carotenoid called astaxanthin. This potent compound is also found in crab, shrimp, lobster, krill, and salmon eggs (roe), however, wild salmon contains the highest concentration of this potent anti-inflammatory compound. Astaxanthin acts as an antioxidant in the body by donating electrons to neutralize free radicals, therefore protecting against oxidative stress, inflammation, and neurodegeneration. Astaxanthin, like other carotenoids, also stimulates the Nrf2 transcription factor in our cells to upregulate the production of numerous antioxidant and detoxification enzymes! Sulforaphane from raw cruciferous vegetables, resveratrol from grape skins, EGCG from green tea and matcha, and quercetin from onions, apples, and berries also stimulate the Nrf2 pathway, upregulating numerous detoxification and antioxidant enzymes.

Therefore, if you want to boost brain health, reduce systemic inflammation, prevent cardiovascular disease, assist your body in processing the daily onslaught of environmental chemicals, and improve mitochondrial health, then increasing your consumption of nutrient-dense foods like wild salmon will help you do this at the biochemical level!

This easy sheet pan salmon dinner can be used during an Elimination Diet, Low-Carb Diet, Mediterranean Diet, and many other diets. Pictured here are fresh, wild Alaskan king salmon fillets along with baby zucchini and green beans from my gardens. Other vegetables can be added, such as sliced fennel bulb, cherry tomatoes, or thinly sliced sweet onions! If you don't own a large, rimmed sheet pan, use two baking dishes to give the salmon and veggies plenty of room for air to circulate during roasting and properly cook everything.