Healthy doesn’t have to mean boring…
With temperatures outside rising, it’s time to spend some time creating some refreshing healthy meals in the kitchen.
Below we have shared four delicious salad recipes that are healthy, don’t call for pricey ingredients, are simple to prepare, and are most importantly – delicious.
Here are four delicious salad recipes you just have to try.
Waldorf salad
Here’s what you’ll need:
- 1 medium ripe apple
- 1 Cucumber or stalk celery, chopped
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- Salt and pepper
- 2 cups lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces
Method
Peel the apple and cut it into half.
Remove core and cut into slices about ¼ inch thick.
Keep 4 slices aside, and cut remaining slices into thin strips.
In a medium bowl, mix Cucumber/celery, mayonnaise and apple strips.
Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Arrange on lettuce and top with apple slices.
Tip: Add chopped walnuts if you’d like.
Greek Salad
Serves: 4
Here’s what you’ll need:
- 4 medium juicy tomatoes (preferably organic)
- 1 cucumber, partially peeled
- 1 green bell pepper, cored
- 1 medium red onion
- A handful of Greek olives, pitted
- Pinch of salt
- 4 tbsp quality extra virgin olive oil
- 1 to 2 tbsp red vinegar
- 1 block of Greek feta
- ½ tbsp quality dried oregano
- Croutons
Method
Cut the tomatoes into wedges or large chunks
Cut the partially peeled cucumber in half length-wise, then cut into thick slices (at least ½ inch in thickness).
Thinly slice the bell pepper.
Cut the red onion in half and thinly slice into half-moons.
Place everything in a large salad dish. Add a good handful of the pitted kalamata olives.
Season very lightly with salt. Pour the olive oil and red vinegar.
Give everything a very gentle toss to mix.
Add the feta crumble.
Sprinkle the dried oregano.
Serve with croutons.
Nammos salad
Here’s what you’ll need:
- 50g white cabbage
- 50g red cabbage
- 1 carrot grated
- 1 small cucumber
- Peppers, (different coloured, cut into slices)
- ½ tomato
- ½ avocado diced
- ½ orange fillet
- 1 tsp pine nuts
- 1 tsp walnuts
- 20g Parmesan flakes
- 10g rocket leaves
For the Nammos dressings:
- 2 tsp mustard
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 1 shot glass of soy sauce
- 2 shot glasses of orange juice
- 150 ml olive oil
- ½ shot glass of balsamic vinegar
Method
The dressing
Mix the dressing ingredients together, except for the olive oil, which we slowly pour into the mixture
The salad
Serve the vegetables in sequence as follows lettuce, cabbage, rocket, tomato, avocado, cucumber, orange, nuts, parmesan flakes.
Add the dressing.
Caesar salad
Here’s what you’ll need:
- 100g grilled chicken breast½ cup mix garden salad/any greens you like
- 2 cups iceberg lettuce 6 cherry tomatoes
- ¼ cup chickpeas
- 1 cucumber
- 10 croutons (optional – or you can make them from scratch, see below)
- 10g parmesan (grated)
For the dressing
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 100g parmesan (grated)
- 150ml whole milk
- 10 capers
- 5 gherkins
- 25ml white balsamic vinegar
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 pinch of pepper
- 2 tbsp olive oil
For the croutons
- 2 slices white bread
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp mixed herbs (Italian seasoning will also work)
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
Method
The croutons
Take the sliced bread and cut into equal-sized cubes
Melt the butter, then toss the bread in the butter with herbs and garlic powder
Add the bread to a sheet tray and place in the oven until toasted and set aside to cool
The dressing
Add all the ingredients of the dressing to a blender and mix well until smooth.
Place in the fridge to cool.
The salad
Cut the chicken breasts in thin strips and grill.
Add all your greens and vegetables to a serving dish.
Add the croutons.
Add the caesar dressing to the salad and mix well.
Place the chicken strips on top of the salad.
Sprinkle grated parmesan on top and serve.
