With high temperatures, a salad is more appetizing than ever. So you can vary and don't get tired of them, here are summer salad recipes for all tastes.
With high temperatures, a salad is more appetizing than ever. So you can vary and don't get tired of them, here are summer salad recipes for all tastes.
Mango and ham salad
Mango and ham salad
As you can see, you don't have to complicate your life to make an easy, fast and delicious summer salad (this in particular is one of my favorites when guests come and I want to get out of the way with something attractive but easy easy). On a bed of lamb's lettuce and tender shoots, put sliced tomatoes, slices of mango and shavings or slices of ham (preferably Iberian, which is the one with the least fat). Feel like it, right?
- Decorate with nuts.
Tomato with anchovies and olives
Tomato with anchovies and olives
Remove the top cover of the tomatoes, empty them with the help of a scoop, and chop the pulp. Mix it with chopped chives, diced cucumber, olive slices and chopped anchovies. Garnish it with a little mayonnaise or yogurt and fill the tomatoes with this salad.
- Decorate with cucumber slices, green or sprouted shoots and some whole anchovies.
Quinoa salad with crudités
Quinoa salad with crudités
I make it as if it were a couscous. I cut into very small cubes purple onion, cucumber, and green and red pepper. I mix them with a glass of pre-cooked quinoa. And I leave it all together, marinating for a while with a thread of olive oil, lemon juice and fresh mint. Try it and you will see. A fresh and delicious salad.
Caprese salad with asparagus
Caprese salad with asparagus
It is more than easy and super fresh and nutritious. Instead of the usual large tomato slices, you can cut small tomatoes of various colors in half, and put mozzarella, burrata or another fresh cheese in the center (if you are looking for a light one, find out how many calories your favorite cheese has). Complete with olive oil and fresh basil leaves.
- For a special touch, add some sautéed wild asparagus.
Pasta salad with spinach, apple and salmon
Pasta salad with spinach, apple and salmon
And if you want a summer salad a little more forceful, you can also opt for pasta salads. This has bows, fresh spinach, apple slices, grilled salmon tacos, crunchy onion, nuts and seeds.
- To avoid blackening, sprinkle the apple with lemon juice when you cut it.
Red fruits salad
Red fruits salad
Salads are endless, but none are as colorful as our avocado and red fruit salad with orange sauce. A super easy dish to make that is not only a vegetarian recipe, but also 100% vegan (without a trace of ingredients of animal origin), and is packed with nutrients and vitamins.
Chicken raisin and pine nut salad
Chicken raisin and pine nut salad
Board outbreaks of mixed lettuce with grilled chicken strips, cheese and raisins and pine nuts (one of the good ideas to incorporate the fruits beneficial to dry the dishes). It is one of the recipes with chicken (for when you have tired of eating chicken).
- To give it a more delicious touch, you can complete it with a sauce based on vinegar, oil and a pinch of mustard.
Endives stuffed with vegetables
Endives stuffed with vegetables
Cut tomatoes in half, slices of radishes and baby cucumbers, dices of three-colored peppers, and strips of red onion. Mix everything in a bowl, season with salt and pepper and season to taste with oil and vinegar. Add a few cubes of cheese to make it more complete.
- You can serve this vegetable salad on some washed endive leaves.
Lentil Salad
Lentil Salad
When the heat is on, you don't want the stews. But that is no excuse to go from the healthy and recommended legumes, since they are also delicious cold in salad. I make this with spinach leaves and what I find in the refrigerator: red pepper, carrot, onion, pickles … I cut it all small, I mix it with some pot lentils and some spinach leaves and I dress it with a light vinaigrette with some old mustard.
Avocado and prawn Buddha bowl
Avocado and prawn Buddha bowl
Here you have a salad in the buddha bowl plan (which is nothing other than a combined plate in a healthy plan, with little or no processed foods). To make this, take avocado, cucumber, radishes, zucchini, carrot and onion, and cut them into slices or strips. Then, you put everything in groups together with some sautéed prawns.
- Garnish it with lemon juice, olive oil and the spices that you like best.
Oriental-style vegetable spaghetti
Oriental-style vegetable spaghetti
The secret of this summer salad is to present it as if it were pasta, but in reality, it is vegetable spaghetti with zucchini or carrot, which are lighter when the heat is on. To make them, you can use a spiralizer or the already cut ones. You mix them with sautéed tender beans along with onion and pepper strips.
- Top it off with toasted sesame seeds and a little soy sauce for an oriental touch.
Avocado, mango and strawberry salad
Avocado, mango and strawberry salad
This fruit salad is an authentic explosion of smells, colors and flavors that will win you over from the first bite.
- If you want to surrender to its charms, don't miss how to do it step by step.
Express Cauliflower and Seafood Salad
Express Cauliflower and Seafood Salad
I make this summer salad when the saint goes to heaven and I have almost no time. I take some canned cauliflower trees from the pantry, drain them, and mix them with some canned mussels, strips of green and red pepper, and spring onion.
- To give it a party touch, I add some prawns, which I usually have frozen and sauté directly in a hot pan with a thread of oil.
Salad with tuna tataki
Salad with tuna tataki
If you are looking for a summer salad with a gourmet touch, this is delicious. As a base, arugula leaves, lamb's lettuce and endive. And on top, radishes and red tuna tataki. The trick to make the tuna look like this is loin, lightly brown it on the grill on both sides (but leaving the center a little raw), and cut it into cubes. You can accompany it with boiled egg and soy sauce. And decorate with sesame seeds.
- If you don't want to complicate your life, you can put a good bonito or canned tuna instead of the tataki.
Avocado and orange salad
Avocado and orange salad
If you are looking for a nutritious salad, not too heavy but very refreshing, try this one with avocado and oranges. A vegetarian recipe and very easy to make, which only requires 15 minutes of preparation. You will fall in love.
Strawberry, cucumber, avocado and prawn salad
Strawberry, cucumber, avocado and prawn salad
To make this salpicón, cut strawberries into quarters, cucumber slices, and avocado tacos. You mix them in a bowl with some cooked and peeled prawns. And ready.
- You can accompany it with some tender shoots and you have a super complete unique dish.
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Fig salad with mozzarella
Fig salad with mozzarella
Wash some figs, remove the end and cut them into slices. Cut fresh mozzarella into small balls or cubes. Cut a few slices of ham into julienne strips and brown them for a few minutes in a non-stick pan with a few drops of oil. Let drain on absorbent kitchen paper. On a bed of lettuce, arrange the figs, the mozzarella balls, the julienned ham and season to taste.
- If you want it to be more tasty, you can marinate the mozzarella for a while with lemon juice, oil, pepper, salt and minced garlic.
Gazpacho salad
Gazpacho salad
Yes Yes. It is about making a salad with the ingredients of the gazpacho, but without crushing them. In a salad bowl, arrange tomato, pepper, cucumber and onion cut into small cubes. Dress with a vinaigrette, season with salt and pepper, and serve with slices of toast.
- If you want it to be even more reminiscent of gazpacho, add 1 garlic peeled and mashed in the mortar to the vinaigrette until it is pureed.
Avocado stuffed with salad and salmon
Avocado stuffed with salad and salmon
You can also try this recipe with smoked salmon. You empty an avocado and fill it with salad. A real shot of beneficial omega 3 that is prepared in just 15 minutes.
Melon salad with ham
Melon salad with ham
And why not turn melon with ham into a salad, one of the quintessential summer recipes. Wash some green shoots, drain them and distribute them among 4 plates. Add cucumber and melon cut into thin slices with the help of a kitchen mandolin or a potato peeler. Dress with a bittersweet vinaigrette (based on oil, vinegar, honey, salt and pepper) and complete with ham shavings.
- If you want to give it a different flavor, substitute the ham for smoked salmon.
As you have seen, there are summer salads for all tastes. If you want to get the most out of them, take note.
X-ray of the perfect summer salad
- Put a good base. Lettuce, green sprouts, spinach, red cabbage …
- Give it body with vegetables and fruit. Carrot, tomato, cucumber, pepper, avocado, apple, mango, strawberries, red berries, mushrooms …
- Add protein (animal or vegetable). Legumes, cheese, eggs, seafood, fish, meat …
- Supplement with healthy fats. Seeds and nuts, olives …
- Decorate with real food or little processed. Fresh or sprouted herbs, dried spices …
- Season without harming your health. To avoid falling for treacherous salads, opt for olive oil, lemon juice, light vinaigrettes, yogurt or mustard sauce …
To make it much more complete and work as a single dish, do not forget to also add carbohydrates, one of the requirements for a healthy salad-based diet.
- A plus of energy. Cooked potato, quinoa and couscous, whole grain rice and pasta, which are much more filling …
Make your own versions
- Do not cut yourself. Whether you do not have any of the ingredients at home or if you or someone at home does not like it, you can replace it with another similar or that you like more.
- Special effects. If you serve them in beautiful containers, such as glasses, original bowls, and other attractive shapes, they will enter your eyes and they will be much more appetizing.
