Goodbye winter! We're sooooo happy spring is here that we've made this spring salad to celebrate, yey!
I'm a salad-aholic, I confess. They are healthy, light, delicious, and there are a thousand different combinations, so you can't get bored.
I eat salad almost every day. It's very important to eat raw fruits and vegetables because they keep all their enzymes and nutrients intact, unlike cooked food. So I try most of the fruits and vegetables that I eat are in their natural state. In addition, a salad requires less time to prepare than many cooked dishes.
Salads can be healthy and light, but you must be careful with the ingredients and especially with dressings you use, because if you add fatty ingredients like cheese and a caloric dressing, such as Caesar, or just add a lot of oil (although it is very healthy, you should consume oil in moderation), you'll get a salad high in fat and calories.
We've used seasonal produce because they are cheaper, tastier and better for our health (there's a lot of posts about the benefits of eating what's in season, it's so interesting!). Of course, you can add more ingredients or change any if you like.
For the dressing, we've used lemon juice, salt and olive oil. We like to cook with less salt, and we've also added less olive oil because avocados and nuts have a lot of fat.
Summer is coming! So we'll share with you many fresh and light recipes to be perfect this summer. Enjoy spring!
Spring Salad
Ingredients
- 12 leaves romaine
- 6 strawberries
- ½ avocado
- ¼ onion or spring onion
- 2 tablespoons pumpkin seeds
- Juice of half a lemon
- Salt and olive oil to taste
Instructions
- Chop the lettuce, strawberries, avocado and onion. Place the ingredients in a salad bowl.
- Add the pumpkin seeds, juice, salt and olive oil. Stir to mix the ingredients and serve.
Make My Grades says
Really it looks delicious. Do you have any other recipe for smoothies with it?
Iosune says
Hi! So glad you like dit 🙂 You'll find many smoothie recipes on the blog!
Mike says
nice
Iosune says
Thanks Mike 🙂
Ellis Louviere says
Hello, I just want to say, it was great post for salad. I like to make salad. I going to try with this method.I hope i will make good salad. Wish you good time.
Iosune says
Hi Ellis! Thank you so much. Have a nice day!
Viginia Luther says
Thanks for sharing me!
Iosune says
Hi Virginia! You're so welcome 😉
Yaksha says
Good to know about it.
Iosune says
Thanks for your comment 😀
Amanda says
Oh, I like how your version looks! These look absolutely delicious! Thanks for sharing your recipe.
Iosune says
Hi Amanda! Thank YOU for leaving a comment 😀
Kenny says
The quality of your images are amazing.
Salad looks good as well. 🙂
Iosune says
Thanks a lot Kenny! We love this salad, it's so easy and soooo yummy 😉
Supriya says
Yummy , nutritious , sumptuous and easy to prepare salad!!! Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Minimal Eats says
Thank you for your comment 😉
Libby at www.ditchthecarbs.com says
What a beautiful, clean looking salad. You just want to dive in. Libby x
Minimal Eats says
Thank you!!! 😉