Sunday, July 5, 2020

Fresh and healthy summer fruit salads


Summer is coming and what we most want to eatare light and fresh recipes don't make us feel heavy. Of course, we also want them to be healthy and easy to make.

Salad is the star dish of the summer And it is what comes in most when the heat hits, perfect to take to the beach or the pool, and also to prepare in 5 minutes after work. So we have searched for the 10 best looking fruit salad recipes on Instagram so you dare to experiment with a new recipe. They look amazing!

And if you want more, we have also compiled 15 tasty and 100% guilt-free pasta recipes, a bunch of simple and appetizing cold dinners and 18 recipes for lunch or dinner that are prepared in 5 minutes. 

Strawberry and feta cheese salad

We start with this strawberry and feta cheese salad that influencer Paula Ordovás has shared on her healthy recipes account.It's really easy to prepare:

  • For the dressing: mix the vinegar, EVOO, sesame seeds, mustard, salt and pepper in a bowl until all the ingredients are combined.
  • For the salad:base with spinach, arugula and mint. Then, go adding the rest of the ingredients cut or cut into small blocks. Finally, sprinkle with feta cheese, add the dressing and stir until all the ingredients are integrated.

Pear salad

Another salad that looks amazing is this pear that we have also copied the influencer. Based on fresh spinach, cooked green beans, half sliced ​​pear, half avocado, fresh mozzarella cheese, a handful of pecans, hummus, spicy grilled chicken with garlic powder, cumin, ground black pepper, salt, and EVOO.


Brocoli salad

We continue with this broccoli and strawberry salad it looks amazing. If you want to do it at home, follow these steps:

  • The first step is to cut the strawberries and leave them to marinate in apple cider vinegar and the juice of half an orange overnight.
  • Then you have to steam the broccoli for 4 'so that it is crisp and does not lose its bright color.
  • We cut the tofu into cubes and sauté it with tamari sauce.
  • We serve broccoli with macerated strawberries, sautéed tofu and sliced almonds on a plate. a
  • And finally, in a small saucepan we cook the frozen strawberries. Once we have a kind of "syrup" we crush them together with the rest of the ingredients to obtain a dressing with a fine texture that we will serve on the plate.⁠

Poke bowl salad

The Hawaiian-style poke bowl salad is one of the most seen on Instagram. To prepare it you need: 150 gr of natural pineapple⁠, half a tomato⁠, 100 gr of lettuce⁠, 30 gr of edamame in grain⁠, 1 can of tuna in olive oil⁠, 75 gr of brown rice with quinoa⁠, sprouts of alfalfa⁠, EVOO and sal⁠. You just have to cook the rice and the quinoa,wait for it to cool and add the rest of the ingredients.

Watermelon salad

Watermelon is one of the freshest fruits of the summer.We recommend this salad that mixes it with cucumber, feta cheese, very small cut fresh mint leaves, purple onion and vinaigrette.

Malaga salad

This salad is very easy to prepare and is delicious.You just have to mix the following ingredients: potato (roasted in the microwave or cooked), fresh chives, desalted cod crumbs, mandarin orange, boiled egg, black olives and vinaigrette.

Fruit and tofu salad

We continue with this fruit salad and tofu,also super easy to do:

  • We cut the tofu into cubes and let it marinate with soy sauce, squeezed orange, hot paprika and a little water for several hours.
  • To cook it, drain it and prepare it on the grill.
  • We wash the canons and put them in the salad bowl.
  • Add the cut strawberries and the pomegranate. Also the tofu.
  • And finally we season, mixing well, and serve with some sesame seeds on top.

Chickpea salad

You could not miss a chickpea salad, for vegetable lovers. This one has orange, tomato, seeds, lamb's lettuce, corn and zucchini. Ready in 5 minutes!

Red fruits salad

You will love this colorful berry salad. It contains a mixture of leaves, flowers⁠, strawberries ⁠, blueberries⁠, tomato, red onion⁠ and the final touch is given by the burrata⁠. Line it up to your liking and eat!