Low Fat Diet Salad Recipes/Ideas

[Wobbles]

Looking for some salad ideas for dieting ...anyone got any to share? I doubt there's much to venue into but you never know

Need to shape up a bit more and start using my exercise DVD

 

[vixforever]

My idea of a salad - nip to mcdonalds and get one! Yummm lol

 

[titch]

hot chicken and bacon salad;

mix salad leaves, chopped avocado and chunky cucumber in a bowl. boil some new poatoes. grill or fry chunks of chicken and bacon. once cooked add the hot ingredients to the salad, pour over fish sauce and sprinkle pine nuts and chopped fresh corriander, mix thoroughly so everything gets coated in the fish sauce. serve hot. YUM!

 

[MrsR]

Cashew nut and rice noodle salad;
Serves 4

50g cashew nuts
2 medium carrots
20g coriander sprigs
Juice of 1 large orange
3 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
2tbsp grapeseed oil
250g rice noodles, cooked
125g beansprouts
2tbsp light soy sauce
1 bunch of radishes, trimmed and sliced thinly

Put cashew nuts in a small dry frying pan over a medium heat and toast for about 3 mins, shaking the pan constantly until an even golden colour. Set aside to cool slightly.
Pare along the length of the carrots to make long, thin ribbons and set aside.
Set aside a handful of coriander sprigs. Put the rest into a food processor with the cashew nuts, soy sauce, orange juice, garlic and grapeseed oil. Whizz up until fairly smooth and season to taste.
Toss the noodles, carrot ribbons, radishes and beansprouts together. Pour over the dressing and toss well to coat evenly. Scatter over the reserved coriander to serve.

 

[flexilexi394]

ooh what tiny said! i am no cook or anything, id just throw things together. go to the mixed veg part and just throw whatever together, get some fresh meat and mix it together!! or pasta with meat mixed in with a tomato based sauce is great. avoid creamy dressings/sauces xx

 

[titch]

its better to use dark green salad leaves like spinach and rocket for the flavours. and i just looked at the top, you wanted low fat so skip the bacon. anyone doing low carb skip the poato! (nicer with both tho)

 

[titch]

Cashew nut and rice noodle salad;
Serves 4

50g cashew nuts
2 medium carrots
20g coriander sprigs
Juice of 1 large orange
3 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
2tbsp grapeseed oil
250g rice noodles, cooked
125g beansprouts
2tbsp light soy sauce
1 bunch of radishes, trimmed and sliced thinly

Put cashew nuts in a small dry frying pan over a medium heat and toast for about 3 mins, shaking the pan constantly until an even golden colour. Set aside to cool slightly.
Pare along the length of the carrots to make long, thin ribbons and set aside.
Set aside a handful of coriander sprigs. Put the rest into a food processor with the cashew nuts, soy sauce, orange juice, garlic and grapeseed oil. Whizz up until fairly smooth and season to taste.
Toss the noodles, carrot ribbons, radishes and beansprouts together. Pour over the dressing and toss well to coat evenly. Scatter over the reserved coriander to serve.

**drools***

 

[MrsR]

Melon, roasted pepper and ham salad
Serves 4

3 large orange peppers
2 tsp olive oil
1 small ripe galia melon
100g rocket leaves
125g wafer thin honey roast ham slices (preferably not reconstituted)
50g pecorino cheese, crumbled
Extra virgin olive oil to drizzle

Preheat the oven to 220 degrees centigrade, gas mark 7. Quarter, core and deseed the peppers, place in a roasting tin and drizzle with olive oil. Roast for 20-25 minutes then set aside to cool.
Cut the melon in half and scoop out the seeds, then cut each half into 4 wedges.
Arrange the rocket on the plate, top with melon, roasted peppers and ham. Scatter over the cheese and season to taste. Add a little drizzle of olive oil.

 

[MrsR]

Posh chopped salad
Serves 4

1 carrot
1 fennel bulb
Handful of small radishes
1 romaine lettuce
2 white endives
200g smoked salmon
Extra virgin olive oil
Fresh dill

Get a large chopping board and really really sharp knife. Start chopping the harder crunchier veg first. Peel, trim and chop the carrot, fennel (and it's herby tops) and radishes. Bring it all into the middle of the board and continue chopping and mixing together. Add the lettuce and endive leaves and chop them up too. When everything is well chopped you'll have a big mound of salad on the board. Slice up the salmon into small pieces and mix in. Make a well in the middle of the salad and drizzle in 6tbsp extra virgin olive oil, 2 tbsp lemon juice and a pinch of salt and pepper. Mix up so everything gets dressed. Sprinkle with some fresh chopped dill and serve.

I have more recipes if you want any?

 

[Wobbles]

Fish sauce over chicken and bacon?

Some of this doesn't sound so low in calories LOL but I'm going to have a better look soon, thank you girls x

 

[titch]

ooh just remembered my summer salad. chopped fennel, corriander, chilli and mango. pile on a plate and serve with grilled chicken breast ontop. i want salad now!!

 

[titch]

Fish sauce over chicken and bacon?

i mean the thai fish sauce. it goes really nice with chicken.

 

[MrsR]

Both the ones I put on are low calorie x

 

[LouiseB]

I keep it really simple - dunno if that is a lack of imagination or laziness...

Any salad veg i want, nice and bright. Onions are good for making you want to stop eating.

Skinless chicken or tuna or egg for protein.

If i want wetness - low fat cottage cheese or extra light mayo

 

[Emmamb]

Not a salad but a slimmin world favourite....mushy pea curry!!! Speeds metabolism,low fat and cheap! Tastes gorgeous.

2 tins mushy peas
I tin chopped toms
1 tin baked beans
onions
mushrooms
fry light
medium curry powder

Fry onions and mushrooms in fry light for approx 5 mins,add curry powder to taste,add beans,toms and peas,bring to the boil.
Can b served on it's own with rice or with diced chicken in xx

 

[Mamafy]

Some great ideas here

 

[vixforever]

Some sound yummy!