A substantial salad is really all you need for a lunch time meal. It will completely fill you up. Back in the day people were saying salad is just for people who like rabbit food, but salads have come a long way since then. If you go to a restaurant and order a meal you might find a piece of lettuce and a slice of tomato on top. This is what we call a plate filler and this might put people off salads. You can’t really blame them.
We are so used to eating a toasted sandwich or maybe even a burger for lunch and this is alright once in a while, but bread every day will not have good effects on your body and it might be time to adapt to a couple of exciting low carb diet meals. Eating salads will give you more energy. Summer salads are what we should be eating all summer and there is nothing boring about a collection of spiced up Summer salad recipes.
The Italians have proven that they lead a healthier lifestyle with lots of olive oil in their salad dressings so don’t be shy!
Marinated olives with feta and cherry tomatoes
Here is a summer salad recipe that tastes even better if you leave it overnight in the fridge so that all the flavors are absorbed. All you need to do the next day is add some rocket leaves and will have yet more summer salad recipes.
100g olives, pitted
100g feta
100g cherry tomatoes
100ml olive oil
5 sprigs of thyme
5 garlic cloves
5 leaves basil, chopped
- Put the olives, feta and cherry tomatoes in a bowl and cover with the olive oil, thyme, whole peeled garlic cloves and leave in the fridge overnight
- In the morning take the bowl out, leaving the olive oil, thyme and garlic behind
- Add the basil
You can use your imagination by adding more interesting ingredients to create more salad recipes for summer.