Sprouts Salad

Yeyiiee!! Day 7..
Yes we did it.. atleast I did!! ;)
You can grab a piece of chocolate cake after today!! :D

Again a very simple one!!

PROTEIN

1 cup Green lentil sprouted
1 cup Brown lentil sprouted

SALAD:

1 cup Cucumber chopped
1 cup tomatoes chopped
1/2 cup onions chopped
1/2 bunch cilantro
2-3 green chillies chopped
salt to taste
lemon juice

METHOD:

Mix everything together your salad is ready!! :)

Kale tandoori chicken Salad

Day 6 of salad week!!

Salad:

Green beans

Cucumbers

Tomatoes

Bell peppers

Onions

Brocolli

Basil

Cheese (optional)

Dressing:

I felt a little bit of sweet dressing should go with kale..:) Rest is the tandoori chicken masala magic :)

1 cup Greek yogurt

1 tbsp honey

pinch of salt 

Marinade:

2 tbsp hung yogurt

1 tbsp ginger and garlic paste

1 tbsp mustard oil

Red chili powder

salt to taste

METHOD:

Marinate the chicken and keep it aside for at least an hour

Cook when its time to serve... 

Don't let this go to waste use it later in you salad..:D

Combine all the ingredients together with shredded chicken...:D

Enjoy!!

Three Bean Salad

Yeyiiieee it's Day 5 of our Salad Week... This one is really simple so lets get started

PROTEIN:

Boiled 1 cup Kidney Beans 

Boiled 1 cup Chickepeas

Boiled 1 cup Lobia (Lobi)

You can use any other bean if you like...

1/2 cup Chopped Onions

1 cup chopped cucumbers

1 cup chopped tomatoes

2-3 green chilies

1/2 bunch cilantro

Few mint leaves

Dressing:

I kept it really simple

Juice from 2 lemons/lime

Salt n pepper to taste

Chaat masala to taste

METHOD:

Combine all the beans with the vegetables...

When time to serve, add the lemon juice, salt, pepper and chaat masala...:D

Mix well and ready to be served..!! :)

Fruit n Nut salad with lemon shrimps

Salad week Day 4!! 

PROTEIN:

SHRIMPS

SALAD

Chopped lettuce leaves 

Carrots

Celery

Basil

Tomatoes

onions (optional)

Blueberries

Pineapple

Strawberries

Mix roasted nuts

Cheese (optional)

Dressing:

Salt to taste

Black pepper

1 tsp each ginger garlic paste

Juice from 2 lemons

Dried thyme

METHOD:

Combine all the dressing ingredients in a bowl, Use half for marinating the shrimps and keep rest aside for dressing.

Mix all salad ingredients in a bowl...

Cook the shrimps when it's time to serve...

I added some extra black pepper for the kick..:D Combine everything together, add the dressing and dig in...:D

Roasted veggie salad with Coconut Lime dressing

Salad Week Day 3 

Marination and Dressing:

1/2 can coconut milk

2 tbsp chilli paste

Sate and pepper to taste

Juice from half lemon

SALAD:

Finely chopped Lettuce

Green beans

Asparagus

Bell Peppers (Mix)

Zuchini

Tomatoes

Olive oil

Salt and Pepper to taste

Dried parsley

PROTEIN:

4 Boiled eggs

1 Chicken breast

METHOD:

Get the dressing ingredients in one bowl, take some out for the dressing and marinate the chicken in the rest. 

Place all the veggies on a baking sheet and roast them with oil, parsley, salt and pepper
I baked them on 400 for 15 mins and then Broil for 7 mins.

Note: Place tomatoes in a separate sheet and i just broiled them.

 Place all the veggies on the lettuce with eggs and chicken...

Add the dressing and ready to be served..:D

Chickpea Parsley Salad with Orange Lime dressing

Salad Week Day 2

I loved the combination of orange lime dressing with Parsley... I hope you will too..

Protein used: Chickpeas

Dressing:

Juice from 2 Medium oranges (preferably cuties)

Juice from 1 lime

Black pepper n salt to taste

1 garlic clove minced

2 tbsp Chili paste/sirarcha

1 tbsp Honey

1 tsp vinegar

Salad:

Boiled chickpeas (2 cups)

1 bunch of Parsley leaves (flat)

1/2 bunch cilantro leaves

2 Medium tomatoes chopped

1/2 Cucumber

Bell peppers chopped

1 celery stalk

Some broccoli florets

Your choice of cheese (optional)

METHOD:

Nothing fancy here, Just mix all the salad ingredients in a salad bowl...

And all the dressing ingredients in another bowl...

Mix them as required...:D

Salad with Honey mustard dressing

I have already posted this recipe here's the link to it...

http://asthasrecipes.blogspot.com/2017/08/honey-mustard-chicken-salad.html

Just follow the steps and your day1 salad is ready... You can Prep your protein a day in advance that way it'll have more flavor.

I've done few changes in this recipe but pretty much the same...

Salad week Day 1

Protein:

Honey mustard Chicken 

3 cooked bacon slices chopped (optional)

Salad:

Lettuce leaves

1/2 bunch of Parsley leaves (flat)

1 Medium tomatoes chopped

1/2 Cucumber

Mixed bell peppers chopped

1 celery stalk

Your choice of cheese (optional) I used cheddar with cayenne peppers and jalapenoes

Spring onions chopped

Dressing:

1/2 cup Honey 

1/2 cup Mustard/ dijon mustard

Salt to taste

1 tsp Chili Flakes

1 garlic clove miced

METHOD:

Cook bacon, set aside...

Add all the salad ingredients in a bowl and dressing in another...

Marinate the Chicken in your salad dressing (keep some aside for later) for atleast an hr.

Cook the chicken, slice it and throw it in your salad with the others....

Mix Salad, protein and dressing when it's time to eat enjoy...:)

Pesto Pasta Salad

ALL YOU NEED:

2 cups boiled pasta

1 cup cooked chickpeas

Basil Pesto

Salt and pepper to taste

Vegetables for your salad:

Bell peppers

Carrots

Cherry tomatoes

Salad Mix

I also cooked some chicken in pesto sauce and added to this (optional)

METHOD:

Put everything in a salad bowl 

Add pesto according to your taste, and it's ready to be served...

Honey Mustard Chicken Salad

ALL YOU NEED

2 Chicken Breast/thighs

DRESSING:

1/2 Cup honey

1/4 cup mustard

2 cloves garlic grated

tiny piece of ginger grated

Salt to taste

black pepper to taste

SALAD:

You can use your favorite salad mix this is what I used:

Lettuce

Tomatoes

Onions

Mixed Bell peppers

carrots

Avocado

METHOD:

Combine all the dressing ingredients, mix it, keep it aside.

Cut the chicken into desire piece size and mix half of the dressing. Let it sit in the fridge for atleast an hour.

When it's time to cook, oil a grill pan nicely and place the chicken. you want it to cook through plus get the grill marks...

Just like this (Looks fancy), Slice the chicken  

Cut the vegetables for salad and place them in a bowl and add the chicken..

Simple right!! It's ready to be served...

Blue Cheese Salmon Salad

Happy New Year you'll!! So like every year we start with a resolution of loosing some pounds likewise this year... let's see how long we can follow it, have to loose some holiday weight...My inlaws family visited us for the holidays... it was so much fun and scrumptious food..:D 

Decided to make something light but delicious.. hope you'll will like it. It's a super easy recipe and ready in minutes..:D

ALL YOU NEED:

Salmon (I eyeballed it good enough for 2-4 ppl)
Black pepper
Salt to taste
1 tsp Garlic & Ginger paste each
Dried Oregano
Blue Cheese Dressing (I used low calorie greek yogurt based dressing, you can use the real one if you like)

Vegetables as many as you want and whatever kind you want
I used small portions of:
Onions
Bell pepper (Red, yellow & green)
Tomatoes
Cucumber
Green chili
Green onion/ spring onion
Cabbage
Celery
Cilantro
Parsley
Mint leaves

METHOD:

Start with Heating a grill Pan with few drops of olive oil and placing Salmon with Ginger garlic paste, black pepper, salt, dried oregano...

while it's cooking start breaking it into pieces...

Side by side chop all of the veggies and place them in a salad bowl/ container

Once the salmon is cooked and the veggies are chopped mix everything together add a bit more salt to the vegetables...

Add the Blue cheese dressing.. I added 2 tbsp because we are not much into dressings but you can use it to your desire...:D

This is the dressing I used...delicious without guilt ;)

 Mix it all well and wallah it's ready...:D

 I served it with the side of Rosemary potato fries and some sweet potato fries (Baked)

Make sure you guys try it..makes a yummy left over sandwich..:D

Mix it up!! (Salad)

Ingredients:

2 strands of Romaine Lettuce

2 strands of Red top lettuce

Blanched Broccoli

Handful of tomatoes

1 carrot

Olives

Avocado

2 Celery sticks

2 Spring onion strands

1/2 cup Pomegranate 

Bread crumbs

Oregano to taste

Black Pepper to taste 

Method:

Wash all the veggies thoroughly and start chopping them...

Any shape and size you want...;)

Added the avocado, pom seeds, and I also added walnuts...

There you go, add oregano, salt (i didn't add any), and black pepper... Top it up with bread crumbs...

Enjoy!! :)