Cucumber, tomato and avocado salad
Natasha is a blogger of Ukrainian origin who definitely has no shortage of inspiration in her cooking. She offers fresh and tasty recipes for all eating habits and preferences. This salad is made up of raw vegetables and a good lemon juice based sauce.
Ingredients :
• 2 tomatoes
• 1 cucumber
• 1 half avocado
• 1 half red onion
• Parsley
• 1 lemon
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper
Preparation:
Cut the vegetables, tomatoes, cucumber and avocado into cubes, the onion into thin strips. Finely chop the parsley. Put everything in a salad bowl. For the sauce, mix two tablespoons of olive oil with the juice of one lemon, add the parsley, salt and pepper. Serve the fresh salad, enjoy your meal!
Detox Crunch Salad:
This salad is a real delight for both the palate and the sight. It contains all the goodness of this season, it will be perfect if you follow a detox treatment. Furthermore, its crunchy texture will make your lunch a moment of pure pleasure.
Ingredients :
- 100 g of cauliflower
- Some broccoli
- 100 g of red cabbage
- 1 carrot
- Parsley
- Half a celery stalk
- A handful of almonds
- Some sunflower seeds
Preparation:
Grate the cauliflower, carrot and broccoli, finely chop the cabbage and parsley. Cut the celery. Put everything in a salad bowl. Decorate with almonds and sunflower seeds. For the dressing, mix the olive oil with the lemon juice, parsley and add a little honey and ginger. To add additional flavor, let the vinaigrette macerate in the refrigerator for about an hour before serving.
Asian Cucumber Salad:
Another recipe to integrate cucumber and enjoy all these benefits. Krista from Joyfulhealthyeats shows us that you don’t have to starve to lose weight.
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Ingredients :
- 1 cucumber
- 1 half red onion
- 1 half red pepper
- rice vinegar
- Of honey
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- Sesame seeds
- chili pepper pieces
- salt
Preparation:
Cut the cucumber into thin slices, the onion into thin strips, the pepper into cubes. Put everything in a salad bowl. For the sauce, mix the sesame oil with the honey and rice vinegar. Add the sesame seeds, chilli flakes and don’t forget to add salt to taste. You can serve this salad fresh or leave it in the refrigerator for up to a day, the cucumber will have had time to marinate in the vinaigrette, just enough to imbue it with an infinite number of aromas.
These salads can be used as a single dish, preferably for a light dinner, as you can use them to accompany your meats. The ingredients are not static, you can take them as a base and decorate them according to your desires, as long as you take foods that help you maintain your figure: you can add feta to the cucumber/avocado salad, you can also replace the sunflower seeds in the detox salad with pine nuts and add walnuts. Get the right nutrients, dare to take the step and let your culinary imagination play, put on your apron!