Top Summer Salad Recipes

Here are 3 great summer salad recipes to try. All tasty, quick and easy to prepare. They are also all healthy and calorie controlled but not at the expense of flavour.

1/Broad bean, couscous and feta cheese salad

(380 calories)

150 grams (5oz) broad beans

100 grams (3½oz) bag of rocket (arugula) or salad leaves

100 grams (3½oz) couscous

6/7 pitted black olives

20g (3/4oz)  low fat  feta cheese, cubed

Small bunch of coriander, chopped

Small bunch of fresh mint, chopped

Juice of 1 lemon

2 teaspoons of balsamic vinegar

1 teaspoon of sugar

2/ Thai beef salad

(330 calories)

120 grams (4 1/2oz) sirloin steak

1 tablespoon soy sauce

Zest of 1 lime

3 tbsp lime juice

1 1/2 tbsp fish sauce

1/2 tsp sugar

80 grams (2 ¾ oz) lettuce

1 tomato, chopped

½ pepper, chopped

2 tbsp chopped fresh mint

1/2 tbsp sesame oil

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions: While you cook your steak, combine the soy sauce, lime juice, lime zest, fish sauce, sugar, sesame oil and salt and pepper. Mix together then mix in the lettuce, tomato and pepper.

3/ Spiced Lemon Chicken Salad

(380 calories)

For chicken: (combine ingredients and cook chicken)

1 large chicken thigh piece (120 grams – 4oz)

1/2tsp Olive oil

1tsp paprika

½tsp dried oregano

¼tsp cayenne pepper

½tsp salt

For salad:

¼ cabbage finely shredded

½ large carrot, peeled and sliced into think batons

½ onion, finely sliced

¼ cucumber, cut into batons

1tbsp lemon juice

½ tbsp white wine vinegar

½ tsp extra virgin olive oil

Salads don’t have to be boring and ‘diet food.’ Jazz them up a bit with these summer salad recipes and they can be tasty and filling as well and healthy and calorie controlled.

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