Honey Glazed Sheet Pan Salmon and Veggies Meal (Fast Prep, Healthy, Delicious and Beautiful!)
If you are looking for an easy weeknight meal that the whole family will love, try this sheet pan salmon and veggies recipe. The sweet and spicy salmon glaze pairs perfectly with green beans, sweet potatoes, and cauliflower. A complete healthy meal that cooks on one pan in the oven. Quick to make – only 15 minutes prep work – but looks and tastes so amazing you could double the recipe and serve it for a dinner party.
Okay, before we get to this outstanding sheet pan recipe, I want to digress a bit.
We need to talk for a second about the big selling point that seems to always get overlooked about sheet pan meals in general.
No, I’m not talking about how they are typically pretty easy to prep – in the case of this one you can have it in the oven in 15-20 minutes and on the table after another 20.
I’m also not talking about the other aspect that everyone raves about: Fewer dishes! Fast Clean up!
These points are both very true, as much for this one pan salmon and veggies meal as for any of the sheet pan recipes we have in our popular healthy sheet pan dinner recipe collection. No dispute – we love that they go together quickly and clean up just as fast. Five stars! Will make again!
But that’s not what I’m here to celebrate.
The thing we all seem to overlook while we’re raving about the short prep time and minimal dirty dishes: Sheet Pan meals LOOK AMAZING!
Back when we were testing one of these recipes, Robin fired off a photo of a prepped pan, about to go into the oven. It was just a quick shot – it isn’t on the blog or social media or anything – but more like a, “Hey – looks what’s for supper”. I assumed at the time that it was a carefully staged, well-lit photo that she intended for publication; it just looked so good.
Now, every time I’m about to put one in the oven, I think about that photo.
These meals are almost always both delicious to eat AND gorgeous to look at.
Let’s stop selling them short. This recipe for sheet pan salmon and green beans is no exception. Fast, simple and easy on the eyes.
While I’m at it, let’s add one more plus: HEALTHY.
We know that we should be trying to get more fish into our diets. It can be intimidating to cook, though. You don’t want it undercooked for sure – but you also can easily overcook and dry it out too.
Enter our friend the sheet pan which allows for baked salmon and veggies – the steam from the latter helping to both cook and keep moist the salmon filets.
And the sweet and spicy salmon glaze pairs perfectly with green beans, sweet potatoes, and cauliflower. All ingredients win from this combination. Oh, and you win too. You get to eat them!
So whether you add this baked salmon and green beans, sweet potato and cauliflower meal to your family’s weekly meal plan or double the recipe and serve it at your next dinner party, you really can’t go wrong.
Take a pause before you put it in the oven and take a photo. Send it to someone you want to make jealous. Or just save it to look at when you want to be reminded about what an awesome cook you are!
Honey Glazed Sheet Pan Salmon and Veggies
Categories: dairy free, gluten free, pescatarian, sheet pan, meal prep, soy free, nut free
Serves: 4
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Ingredients
4 5-6oz/140-170g salmon filets (skin on, scales removed)
2 large/600g sweet potatoes
1 medium head/400g cauliflower
¾ lb/350g green beans (Choose a Large variety like blue lake: small haricot verts will cook too fast and be soggy.)
2 tbsp/30ml olive oil
Honey Glaze:
4 tbsp/60ml honey
2 tbsp/30ml apple cider vinegar
1 tbsp/15ml Dijon mustard
¼ – ½ tsp/1g cayenne (You can adjust the cayenne to taste: it should be just a hint of spice in the tangy sweet sauce, not overpowering)
¼ tsp/ ½g ground nutmeg
1 ½ tsp/9g salt, divided
½ tsp/1g ground black pepper
Directions
Preheat oven to 400°F/200 C. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or foil.
Pat the salmon filets dry.
Leave them to marinate while you prep the vegetables.
Slice into long sticks no more than ¼” x ½” thick (6mm x 12mm).
Scatter on the baking sheet.
Remove the cauliflower stem and cut into small florets (no more than 1 ½”/3.5cm wide).
Add to the baking sheet.
Wash and trim the ends of the green beans. Set aside.
Toss to coat and arrange into an even layer on the baking sheet.
Sweet potatoes should be mostly the lowest layer – in contact with the baking sheet.
Brush the left-over glaze on top to get a nice thick coat.
Sprinkle ½ tsp/3g salt on the vegetables.
How long do you bake salmon at 400 for?
until the sweet potatoes can be pierced by a fork and the salmon is cooked through and flaky.
Honey Glazed Sheet Pan Salmon and Veggies
This sweet and spicy honey-glazed Sheet Pan Salmon and Veggies recipe is the perfect addition to your healthy & easy meal plan. Your family will love the taste and you will love that this quick meal takes only 15 minutes of prep and is very very nutritious.
Ingredients
- Four 5 oz (140-170g) salmon filets (skin on, scales removed) (Larger filets are better to get even cooking with the vegetables.)
- 2 large (600g) sweet potatoes
- 1 medium head (400g) cauliflower
- ¾ lb (350g) green beans (Choose a Large variety like blue lake: small haricot verts will cook too fast and be soggy.)
- 2 Tbsp (30mL) olive oil
Honey Glaze
- 4 Tbsp (60mL) honey
- 2 Tbsp (30mL) apple cider vinegar
- 1 Tbsp (15mL) Dijon mustard
- ¼ – ½ tsp (1 g) cayenne (You can adjust the cayenne to taste: it should be just a hint of spice)
- ¼ tsp (½g) ground nutmeg
- 1 ½ tsp (9g) salt, divided
- ½ tsp (1g) ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F/200 C. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or foil.
- Pat dry the salmon filets.
- In a medium bowl whisk together the glaze ingredients: honey, vinegar, mustard, cayenne, nutmeg, black pepper, and 1 tsp/6g salt.
- When smooth, add the salmon filets, rotating so the glaze covers all surfaces. Leave them to marinate while you prep the vegetables.
- Wash and scrub the sweet potatoes, leaving the skin on. Slice into long sticks no more than ¼” x ½” thick (6mm x 12mm). Scatter on the baking sheet.
- Remove the cauliflower stem and cut into small florets (no more than 1 ½”/3.5cm wide). Add to the baking sheet
- Wash and trim the ends of the green beans. Set aside.
- Drizzle olive oil on the sweet potatoes and cauliflower. Toss to coat and arrange into an even layer on the baking sheet. Sweet potatoes should be mostly the lowest layer – in contact with the baking sheet.
- Lay the salmon filets on top of the vegetables. Brush the left-over glaze on top to get a nice thick coat.
- Scatter the prepped green beans around the salmon, on top of the other vegetables. Sprinkle ½ tsp/3g salt on the vegetables.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the sweet potatoes can be pierced with a fork and the salmon is cooked through and flaky.
- Serve immediately.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 475Total Fat: 26gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 15gCholesterol: 103mgSodium: 244mgCarbohydrates: 29gFiber: 4gSugar: 5gProtein: 33g
We are sheet pan meal fanatics! There’s so much to love about them! Here’s a sampling of our healthy sheet pan recipes:
- 20+ Healthy Sheet Pan Dinners
- One Pan Chicken Fajitas in Oven
- One Pan Healthy Sausage and Veggies
- 5 Minute Prep! Easy Sheet Pan Chicken Thighs and Broccoli (aka Our Picky Eater’s Favorite Chicken)
- Sheet Pan Pork Chops and Vegetables with Maple Miso Glaze: Tasty, Healthy, Easy & Fast!
- Easy & Tasty Vegan Sheet Pan Dinners
Robin and Ed are a DIY-loving couple with over 25 years of design and build experience. Also, Robin is a Nutritionist and former Registered Dietitian and Ed is an award-winning Business Educator. We share strategies for living a rich life on a DIY budget: creative money-savvy ideas for a stylish home, healthy meals and family fun. Our work has been published in the pages of Do It Yourself, Farmhouse Style and Better Homes & Gardens magazines.
