This article is intended for salad lovers.
Salads are one of the easiest and most delicious meals that we can have. They are cheap and consist of a lot of healthy ingredients. At the same time, salads are the best way to stay full for a longer period of time without gaining weight. Salads encompass legumes, fruits, and veggies, all of which are abundant in essential antioxidants and vitamins.
Almost each salad ingredient supplies the body with the needed daily amount of fiber and water. By so doing, they hydrate the body and normalize the digestive function.
Therefore, in today’s article, we are going to show you 5 calorie-free and delicious salads which will improve your general health and promote weight management. They will not take more than 20 minutes for their preparation.
*Each salad dose is made for 4 portions
Cucumber and Cabbage detox salad
Ingredients you will need:
3 tbsp. of soy sauce
2 tbsp. of the canola oil
2 tbsp. of lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1 white onion
400 g of cucumber
600 g of green cabbage
Pepper
Directions:
Peel the cucumber and the onion and wash the cabbage. Then, cut them in some tiny pieces. Put them in a bowl. Meanwhile, take another bowl and mix the lemon juice, soy sauce, and the pepper. At the end, pour this mixture over the 1st bowl. 1 portion of this salad has 72 calories.
Citrus Salad
Ingredients you will need:
1 peach
200 g pineapple
700 g of red cabbage
3 tbsp. of lemon juice (freshly juiced)
2 tbsp. of orange juice (freshly juiced)
½ tsp. of cumin
1 tbsp. of olive oil
2 tbsp. of ACV
Pepper
Directions:
Get rid of the center part of the cabbage. First, cut it in quarter and after that, cut it into thin slices. Peel the peach and pineapple and cut them in tiny pieces. Put all of the ingredients in a bowl and then sprinkle some ACV over them. Let it stay like that for 15 minutes in order to marinate. Take another bowl and mix the lemon and orange juice. Then, add the olive oil and the cumin. Add the water and the pepper and stir well. Rinse the carrots and the cabbage and add it in the 1st bowl. At the end, take one large bowl and put all the ingredients in there to mix.
Apple, orange, and fennel diuretic salad
Ingredients you will need:
2 tbsp. of ACV
2 tbsp. of grape seed oil
2 tsp. of mustard
2 tsp. of honey
1 onion
4 oranges
3 apples
1 fennel
A couple of sprigs of dill
Directions:
First of all, cut the fennel in pieces and then peel the organs. Separate them in segments. Next, peel the onion and cut it in small pieces. Wash the apple but don’t peel it. Just eliminate its center and seeds. Take another bowl and mix the oil, honey, ACV, and mustard. Season the salad. Once the ingredients are well mixed, sprinkle the dill over the salad and enjoy.
