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Summer is the perfect season to opt for light, refreshing and flavourful dishes. For this reason, salads are the main protagonists of the period. Prepared with fresh and nutritious ingredients, they help keep the body hydrated without abandoning the diet. Plus, they’re easy to prepare, making them easier to eat while traveling or at family celebrations. Below, find out how to make refreshing, light salads for summer!
Lettuce salad with tomato and cucumber
Ingredients
- 1 sliced cucumber
- 4 cherry tomatoes cut in half
- 1/4 red onion peeled and sliced
- 1/2 bunch leaves lettuce sanitized and torn
- Chopped parsley, salt, lemon juice and olive oil to taste
Preparation method
Place the lettuce leaves in a salad bowl and cover with the other ingredients. Season with salt, lemon juice, parsley and olive oil. Serve immediately.
Tip: Serve the salad garnished with green olives.
Salad with tomatoes, avocado and yogurt
Ingredients
- 8 cherry tomatoes cut in half
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Salt, lemon juice, basil and ground black pepper to taste
- Pulp of 1 avocado cut into a crescent
- Leaves from 1 bunch of iceberg lettuce, cleaned and chopped
- 1 buffalo mozzarella chopped into pieces
Sauce
- 100 ml of low-fat natural yogurt
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Preparation method
Place the cherry tomatoes in a container and season them with oil and salt. Set aside for 10 minutes. In the meantime, place the avocado on a plate and drizzle with lemon juice. Add the lettuce leaves, the reserved tomato, the buffalo mozzarella and the basil and mix. Book. Place the yogurt, lemon juice and olive oil in a bowl and stir to combine. Pour over the salad and serve immediately.
Lettuce salad with guava and mango
Ingredients
- Leaves from 1/2 bunch of iceberg lettuce, cleaned and torn into pieces
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes cut in half
- 1 red onion peeled and sliced
- 1 sleeve peeled and chopped
- 100 g of clean and chopped rocket leaves
- Salt and olive oil to taste
Preparation method
Place the lettuce, cherry tomatoes, red onion, mango, rocket leaves in a salad bowl and mix. Book. In a container, add the olive oil, lemon juice and salt and stir to combine. Drizzle the salad with the mixture and serve immediately.
Lettuce salad with chicken, pineapple and chia
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups cooked, shredded chicken breast
- 6 curly lettuce leaves, cleaned and torn into pieces
- 1/2 radish cut into slices
- 1/2 cucumber cut into half moons
- 1/3 cup of pineapple peeled and cut into half moons
- 1/4 cup chia seeds
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Salt and ground black pepper to taste
Preparation method
In a container, place the lettuce leaves, radish, cucumber and pineapple and mix. Add the chicken and season with lemon juice, olive oil, salt and black pepper. Finally sprinkle with chia seeds. Serve immediately.
Arugula salad with pear
Ingredients
- 100 g of clean and chopped rocket leaves
- 1 pear, seeded and cut into cubes
- 1/2 cup tea nuts bites
- 3 tablespoons of olive oil
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Salt and ground black pepper to taste
Preparation method
In a container, add the lemon juice and olive oil and mix. Season with salt and black pepper and set aside. Place the rocket leaves and pears in a salad bowl. Pour the dressing over the salad and stir to combine. Finish by sprinkling with walnuts and serve immediately.
Source: Terra
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