Orange and Avocado Salad

Orange and Avocado Salad is great for a cool refreshing meal or with a curry to cool you down. I just peel and slice an avocado. Peel and slice and orange. Top with olive oil , vinegar and pieces of lemon balm and lemon verbena herb. This adds a great zest. Has anyone got any other good recipes for avocado? that they would like to share or give us a link.

Thanks for coming by

Crazycupcakes

Chicken Salad

Well it seems like an age since I was able to blog but this is a start. Summer hits the UK and it is salad season.
This healthy eating choice is sliced new potatoes, steamed asparagus and green beans, chopped radish, sliced cherry tomatoes,chopped Chinese leaves,chopped green pepper all topped with fried chicken done in olive oil with some fried mushrooms and garlic. A tasty selection. I topped it off with a dressing of wine vinegar , olive oil and Dijon mustard. I think this is simple good to eat and easy to get together, sort of like a stir fry with salad. Serve mushrooms raw if you like.
Thanks for reading
Crazycupcakes

Winter Salad

I would like to wish everyone who comes to my blog Happy New Year. Winter is really cold this year but I still like a salad. This meal which I think is healthy and nutritious at any time . It is just a straight forward every day meal. Nothing fancy just simple food . Today we had walked 8 miles and this was our refuelling meal. We finished our meal with

some fresh yogurt and Chai tea. The potatoes recharged us and we got lots of good nutrition in this meal. It takes about 10 minutes to make for 2.

The meal has grated carrot salad with satsumas topped with a drizzle of pure maple syrup. I just grated carrots added satsumas and topped with the maple syrup.

The second salad was chopped tomatoes and cucumber peeled topped with a drizzle of balsamic vinegar, really easy.

The third salad was chopped fresh celery, broken walnuts and an eating apple peeled and chopped. I tossed this in natural Greek style organic yogurt and seasoned with salt and pepper.

We had sliced boiled potatoes and a tin of tuna. It would be good with a fresh steak of tuna as well.

If you are on a diet this is a really healthy option for a meal.

This salad would go well with a baked potato ( done fast in the microwave)

If you like soupI have a new recipe for January at this link

MUSHROOM AND CELERY SOUP RECIPE FOR THE NEW YEAR

Thanks for reading

Crazycupcakes

Salad recipe

If you have not found what you want check out the ARCHIVES on the right for these recipes for salads:
Lasagna Salad
Salmon Salad
Ham and Corn Salad
Tuna Salad
Salad Nicoise
Chicken Salad
Cheese and Egg Salad
Haggis Salad
Ham and Egg Salad
Mixed May Salad
Cheese and Raw carrot salad
Orange Salad
Pasta Salad
Salad vinegars
Orange and Advocado salad
Tuna and Reds Salads
If you have problems getting a recipe for what you want leave a message in comments I may be able to help
Thanks for reading
Crazycupcakes

Lasagna_and Salad

This weeks meal with a salad was salad with a vegetarian lasagna. We had been out and walked 9 miles on the Ribbleway in Lancashire, so this meal was filling but refreshing.

SALAD

This was made from chopped lettuce, chopped spring onions, black grapes, sliced cucumber, water cress and chopped tomatoes.

I topped it all off with a salad dressing made from olive oil, balsamic vinegar and Dijon mustard. It provided a tangy sharp flavour.

We were so hungry after the walk I could have eaten it all again.

Hope you are still enjoying salads,

Thanks for reading

Crazycupcakes

Salmon salad

Salad this week involves getting our weekly dose of omega 3. I use oily salmon fish for this and also linseed oil as part of a salad dressing.
This link is good for explaining about OMEGA 3

This is good for all healthy things FLAX OIL
This salad which is really tasty is also packed with what we are calling the UK super foods, WATERCRESS and BLUEBERRIES.

Check out these details

WATERCRESS super food and BLUEBERRY SUPER FOOD

My salad consists of a salad ring of lettuce, spring onions, blueberries, watercress and cucumber.
The inner area has salmon on top of new boiled potatoes.
The salmon was fresh salmon cooked in the oven on a high heat for about 10 minutes. I added some garlic and chilli sauce to the salmon, salt and pepper and a few slices of Chorizo sausage.
I made a dressing for the salad and potatoes from flax oil, red wine vinegar and Dijon mustard to add a good bite .
It was a good combination . This salad would be good as a salad starter to a meal. I would use salmon, chorizo, watercress, blueberries and a garlic and chilli dressing for a starter.
Thanks for reading
Crazycupcakes

Ham and Corn Salad

Well even though the weather seems to be turning and Autumn is upon us we are still having salads. This is Ham and Corn Salad.
This is a really quick meal.
In the centre of the plate my usual new potatoes and steamed broccoli.
The main salad element is sliced lettuce, mustard cress, yellow sliced pepper, chopped white onion and sugar free tinned corn. I topped with roast ham.
I made a dressing with olive oil, Dijon mustard, salt and pepper and red wine vinegar. Omit the oil or put in less to aim for a weight loss diet.
This salad would be good as a salad starter or as I have had it as main course salad.

This is a good site for looking at the nutrition content of potatoes which are a good source of carbohydrates and vitamin C HEALTHY POTATOES
and this really tells us all the potato facts you need FACTS ON POTATOES
Thanks for reading
Crazycupcakes