Salads are packed with nutrients that can provide us with our daily nutritional needs without fear of gaining all that unwanted extra weight. They are very easy to make and are healthy alternatives to fast food take-outs for busy individuals who are always on the go.
We can have these packed for a light lunch at work; providing us with the right amount of energy to help us keep going throughout the day. The good news is that there are plenty of salads recipes that we can find on the internet, giving us a wide variety of salad dishes that we can have for each day of the week.
Salads are also a great way to help get our kids started on eating their vegetables, with recipes especially concocted for kids.
Salads for Light Lunches and Dinners
Having something light and yet satisfying during the day can boost our energy levels; while light salad dinners can give us a good night’s rest, without feeling any hunger pangs in the middle of the night or suffering from indigestion because of that heavy dinner we just had right before bedtime.
We don’t have to go with the usual salads recipes that are basically made with lettuce and tomatoes; we can try other vegetables and ingredients as well. We can also try out different chicken and seafood salads, such as shrimp salads, to make the salads even more flavorful and appetizing.
A simple shrimp salad of tomatoes, bell peppers plus herbs of our choice, tossed in extra virgin oil can already make for a light but satisfying meal that can tide us over until our next mealtime.
Broccoli mixed with bacon slices, cheese and onions tossed in a dressing of mayo, vinegar and sugar on the other hand, can help us make that oft-dreaded broccoli seem more appealing to our kids.
Salads for Weight Loss
Salads are also a great way for us to lose weight. As mentioned earlier, they are packed with nutrients to keep us going throughout the day, and yet they are light enough to help us keep our calorie intake in check.
Low-calorie salads recipes are available online so we can immediately try some of these out to help us create a healthy menu for the week, with different recipes for every day of the week.
Entrée salads are already perfect meals and they are not only healthy for us, they can also prove to be more affordable than most other regular dishes. What’s more, they don’t always have to be tossed salads; we can try out lettuce wrap salads for more variety.
We can come-up with our own healthy salads recipes and by using fat-free or light ingredients for our dressing, such as fat-free sour cream and light mayonnaise, we can whip-up salads perfect for our weight loss menus.
If we want to mix in a little amount of chicken, we should remember to take out the skin and use the breast parts since these are less fatty than other chicken parts. Throwing in nuts like cashew can also add to the flavor.
