Super Salads - Some Tips for Building A Better Salad

Salads make a nutritious and satisfying meal, whether it’s for lunch or dinner. The best part is that no two salads are exactly the same. There are limitless ways to make salad unique and flavourful. Get some tips for what to add to your next salad below!

Choose Your Base

Choose your favourite green as your base. There are a variety of greens to choose from, including romaine, spring mix, spinach, kale, rocket (arugula), cabbage, and iceberg lettuce.

Layer on the Vegetables

Chop up your favourite veggies, you can choose from tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, beets, carrots, peppers and radishes to get a great crunch and bite. Go the extra mile with additions like avocado, cucumbers, and broccoli. Who says salads are boring? Mix it up and you will never have a dull moment with your salads!

Make it Sweet

You can make your salad sweet or savoury, depending on the ingredients and dressings. To make a sweet salad, which is fun at any time of year, add sliced pears, green apples, strawberries, or dried cranberries.

Make it Savoury

You can make your salad savoury by adding a variety of nuts: Try slivered almonds, chopped walnuts, and whole pecans to give your salad a great crunch.

Choose Your Dressing Wisely

Everyone now knows it’s important how you dress your salad. Try making your own homemade dressing with the recipe below!

• Use a 3 to 1 ratio of oil versus vinegar. As a substitute for vinegar, you can use balsamic, red wine, apple cider, or sherry vinegar, or lemon juice. 
  
• Add in chopped herbs, minced garlic, a dash Himalayan or Pink sea salt. 
• Store your creation in a glass jar with a tight lid in the refrigerator.

Some salad recipes to try:

Spinach Strawberry Salad, a refreshing spinach salad topped with sweet strawberries, green onions, and toasted sesame seeds - more details here 

South-western Chicken Salad, made with chicken, black bean, corn, green and red bell peppers - more details here 

Arugula/Rocket Salad, made with cherry tomatoes and shaved Parmesan cheese tossed with arugula (rocket) in a lemony dressing - more details here 

Courgette / Zucchini Walnut Salad, this is a very green low-carb salad that goes great as a side dish to meat or fish. Alternatively serve by itself together with cold cuts, boiled eggs, smoked salmon, canned tuna fish or mackerel - more details here 

Avocado, Bacon and Blueberry Salad, a tasty salad that's super quick to make. Packed with creamy avocado, peppery rocket (arugula) and smokey bacon topped with a delicious fruity dressing - more details here 

Triple Berry Salad is so colourful and absolutely delicious - more details here

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A variety of articles and recipe ideas are within this blog. Please note, not all may be suitable for you. If you may have any food allergies, or underlying health issues these must always be taken into account. If you are a diabetic and not sure how certain foods may affect your blood sugars, test is best, i.e. use your meter.

All the best Jan