If you are one of those who does not let a day go by without eating an abundant plate of vegetables, you will surely find these very useful 5 tricks to improve your salads.
You can make your salads more nutritious, filling, attractive and healthy. In addition, we explain how to better preserve vegetables and save a lot of time when preparing them.
The more colors your salad has, the more nutritional variety it will have, so make sure you choose fruit, vegetables, and grains from all the colors of the rainbow. Also, always eating the same combination of lettuce and carrot can be really boring.
Add whole grains like quinoa, brown rice or millet. In this way, you will not only get fiber and protein, but also a more satisfying salad that will not make you want to go for a snack after an hour. This is a key trick to improve your salads, so always remember it.
Make your own dressingas packaging is often rich in sodium and chemicals that are harmful to health. Courage… it's much easier than it sounds (you only need a blender and a few ingredients). You can make a large quantity to use throughout the week, thus saving time.
And speaking of saving time, if you want to have a fresh salad ready every night in a couple of minutes, wash and cut vegetables for two or three days and store them in tuppers. When it's time to cook, all you have to do is pour them onto the plate and you're done.
Whether you buy your vegetables in bulk or prefer packaged ones, divide them up and store them in plastic bags to prevent them from fuming. Remember to blow into the bag, filling it well with air, before sealing it.