Salad, anyone?

Salads are nutritional and can be the great source of vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates, minerals and lot more. They are considered as light meal and much more than an appetizer. Their preparation mostly involves vegetables (leafy vegetables) sometimes fruits. The dressing of the salads forms the crux of it, which differentiates the taste of different salads. Occasionally the salad is prepared with meat, fish cheese or nuts, which makes the salad of high calorie-content. Salads are healthy with low calories and commonly found in western cuisines.

The most commonly consumed green salad consists of variety of vegetables like lettuce, spinach or arugula. Other veges include tomato, cucumber, peppers, mushrooms, onions, spring onions, and red onions, carrot and reddish. Salads might be added with pasta, olives, cooked potatoes, croutons, beans, rice meat, cheese and fish.

Lets look at one of the recipe called Chinese chicken salad recipe which easy to prepare and tasty to eat. The almonds and noodles in the salad adds a crunchy taste to it and the dressing makes it spicy and sweet. Take a quick look at the ingredients needed.

Chinese chicken salad

Ingredients:

lettuce, carrot, cucumber, sweet corn nibblets, basically any fresh veges of your choice

1/2-cup of chopped green onions

Few sliced almonds to add crunch

4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts

Dressing essentials:

1/2 cup of sugar

1/2 cup of olive oil

2 tsp. of soy sauce

1/2 cup of wine vinegar

Method

To start with the Chinese chicken salad, you need to bake/grill and cube the 4 chicken breasts properly. Once this is done you have to combine all ingredients together. When the ingredients are mixed properly add the dressing immediately before serving.