Nigella Lawson served up wild Alaskan salmon with avocado, watercress and pumpkin seed salad on Simply Nigella.

Nigella says: “This is a regular lunch or supper at casa mia, as anyone who follows me on Twitter or Instagram will recognise. I sometimes poach the salmon and keep it in the fridge, just so that I can make it even faster when the need hits. It’s quick work anyway, so this is more of an aside than a piece of advice.”

The ingredients are: 2 wild Alaskan salmon fillets, 2 spring onions, trimmed, 1 tsp black peppercorns, 2½ tsp lime juice and 2 tsp sea salt flakes.

For the salad: 3 tbsp pumpkin seeds, 100g watercress, 1 tsp organic cloudy apple cider vinegar, 1 small ripe avocado, 1 tbsp cold-pressed rapeseed oil or extra-virgin olive oil and 1 tsp sea salt flakes, or to taste.

The recipe is taken from Nigella’s book titled: Simply Nigella: Feel Good Food, available from Amazon now.