Gluten-Free Dinner: Lemon Salmon Traybake with Potatoes and Beans

One tray, naturally gluten-free

Baked salmon with roast vegetables is one of the dinners in our guide to a sensible week of eating with Hashimoto's. This version goes on a single tray: baby potatoes first, then salmon, beans and tomatoes for the last 12 minutes.

It's gluten-free as written, which is handy if you have coeliac disease or cook for someone who does.

Serves 2 · Prep 10 minutes · Cook 25 minutes

What you need

• 500 g baby potatoes, halved
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 salmon fillets, skin on
• 200 g green beans, trimmed
• 1 punnet cherry tomatoes
• 2 garlic cloves, sliced
• 1 lemon, half sliced, half for juice
• A small handful of dill or parsley, chopped
• Salt and pepper

How to make it

1. Heat the oven to 200°C (180°C fan). Toss the potatoes with 1 tablespoon of oil, salt and pepper on a lined tray and roast for 15 minutes.
2. Push the potatoes to the sides. Add the salmon in the middle, skin side down, with the beans, tomatoes, garlic and lemon slices around it.
3. Drizzle with the remaining oil and squeeze over the lemon juice.
4. Roast for 10 to 12 minutes, until the salmon flakes easily and the beans are tender.
5. Scatter with herbs and serve straight from the tray.

Notes before you start

• Gluten-free as written. If you add anything packaged, such as a spice mix or stock, check the label.
• Going gluten-free only matters if you have coeliac disease. If you're unsure, ask your GP about a coeliac test before cutting gluten, because the test needs you to be eating it.
• Swap salmon for any firm white fish, or chicken thighs (roast those for 20 to 25 minutes, until cooked through with clear juices and no pink).

Why it suits a thyroid routine

• Baked salmon with roast vegetables appears in our sensible week of eating built on the Australian Dietary Guidelines.
• Fish adds protein, and seafood is one of the ordinary foods that give you iodine.
• This is a dinner that happens to be gluten-free, not a Hashimoto's diet. Trials haven't shown that cutting gluten changes Hashimoto's unless you have coeliac disease.

This is everyday food, not treatment. Check with your doctor or dietitian about advice for you.