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Recipe: Salmon, Kale and Sweet Potato

One of my favourite meals is this salmon, kale and sweet potato dish from Ruby Tandoh’s book Eat Up: Food, Appetite and Eating What You Want. The recipe can also be found here with a far more beautiful photograph than anything I could ever hope to provide.


This meal is fantastic at any time, but it’s great for postpartum parents. It comes together in fewer than 30 minutes. It’s not quite one-pan, but there are no complicated steps involved. The Omega 3s in the salmon can help with recovery, inflammation, and may also reduce postpartum depression. Salmon also has vitamin D, which can help fight seasonal affective disorder. Not only that, but the fiber in the kale and sweet potato can help with constipation after childbirth. Kale is also an excellent source of calcium. 


I’ve adapted the recipe ever so slightly different options for kale (regular, green or purple, dinosaur kale, or frozen works fine as well) and the salmon (fresh, frozen, whatever you’ve got). 


Ruby Tandoh’s Salmon with Kale and Sweet Potato


  • Salmon fillets (1 per person). Fresh or thawed from frozen

  • Medium sweet potatoes (1 per person), cut into chunks. You can peel it if you want, but you don’t need to, and the skin has vitamins in it.

  • Handful of kale (1 per person). Fresh or frozen. You can choose regular green or red kale, or dinosaur kale. Extra-virgin olive oil

  • salt

  • Unsalted butter, softened

  • Heavy cream (please don’t skip this, cream makes life better)


  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

  2. Rub each salmon portion with olive oil. Wrap salmon in individual foil packets. 

  3. At the same time, boil the sweet potato chunks in salted water until tender.

  4. Roast the salmon packets on a baking sheet for about 20 minutes. Be sure not to overcook.

  5. While the salmon is cooking, rub the kale with olive oil and salt. During the last 5 minutes of the salmon’s cooking time, put the kale into the oven to let it wilt and get a bit crispy.

  6. Mash the sweet potatoes with some butter, a drizzle of heavy cream, and a bit of salt. Plate everything up together and enjoy!



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