Easy
Salad Recipes
Don't Have To Be Boring!
Salads are
the easiest, most healthy thing to prepare quickly. These easy salad
recipes will add variety and versatility to your existing salad recipe
repertoire. Using these salad tips and a little imagination, you can
morph a boring, one-dimensional salad into a creative and exciting
salad.
LIVEN UP YOUR EASY SALAD RECIPES WITH FIXINGS
What's the
first thing that comes to mind when you think "salad recipe"? Lettuce,
tomatoes, cucumbers, cheese and dressing? Boring! Salads don't have to
be boring. Liven up your salad recipe by adding different kinds of
scrumptious fixings. Fruit and nuts are great additions to salads. They
add texture and break the monotony of the greens in the salad. Some of
the more common fruits used in easy salad recipes are apples, grapes
and strawberries.
But thinking laterally, how about some citrus additions like mandarin
orange slices, pomelo or even pineapple? Raisins and dried fruits are
also a great addition to your salad. Fruits give a naturally sweet
taste to the salad and they mix well with many vegetables. Nuts and
seeds such as sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, pine nuts, pecans and
grated coconut work well as salad toppings. Not only do they give the
salad a crunchy texture, they are a good protein source. You can also
add bacon bits to enhance the flavor.
COLORS OF THE VEGETABLE RAINBOW
A really
simple but effective way to make a salad even healthier is to add a
variety of different colored vegetables and fruits. Vegetables and
fruit with different color pigments contain different vitamins and
minerals that are unique to it.
Red -
Red bell peppers or capsicums, beet, tomatoes, strawberries, etc
Yellow/Orange
- Yellow bell peppers or capsicums, carrots, yellow zucchini, oranges,
mango, etc
Green -
Lettuce, green bell peppers or capsicums, broccoli, asparagus, green
apples, snow peas, etc.
Blue/Purple
- Eggplant, grapes, purple cabbage, blueberries, raisins, etc
White - Potatoes, parsnip, cauliflower, garlic, etc
SALAD DRESSINGS ADD ZEST TO SALADS
Ok, I know
what you're thinking . . . salad dressings are the nuclear bomb that
will
wipe out all the health benefits of the salad! This is most certainly
true with rich dressings like Thousand Island or cream based dressings
that are high in calories. A healthier alternative to these
off-the-shelf dressings is to make your own at home, using lemon juice,
olive oil, balsamic vinegar or yoghurt as your base. You can add
pepper, sesame oil, mustard, honey and chili to add that zing to your
home made salad dressing.
With a little
imagination and creativity, it's simple to turn your easy salad recipes
into your own unique signature salad! Try out different concoctions for
your home made salad dressings and stay away from calorie-rich
commercial dressings.
EASY
SALAD RECIPES
Here are
some delicious, refreshing salad recipes. And they are definitely not
boring salads!
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