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It would seem that it is easier to make a salad. Prepare food, grind, season with sauce – and you’re done. However, there is a difference between salad and salad, sometimes the dish is not tasty enough. How to avoid the most common salad mistakes? After all, salad is not only a snack, but also a source of seasonal vitamins and fiber.
Add enough protein
If your salad is multi-ingredient and you want to make it as satisfying as possible, add protein to the plate – meat, fish, eggs, or legumes. But be sure to follow the measure. Not enough protein will make the salad empty, and too much will make the salad heavy and tasteless. The ideal ratio is two quarters of vegetables, a quarter of meat, and a quarter of additional ingredients and sauce.
Don’t spare the vegetables
Vegetables will make any salad juicy, prefer green vegetables – they have a more neutral taste and will highlight other ingredients well. Plus, vegetables – a source of antioxidants, micronutrients and vitamins – will help your body become healthier, speed up your metabolism, and help you lose weight while filling enough so you don’t fall for high-calorie snacks. Use different vegetables each time – so the amount of vitamins entering the body will increase significantly.
Regulate the amount of fatty foods
In no case should you refuse fats – the condition of the lice of the skin, hair and the hormonal system depends on them. But a large amount of fat is a path to excess weight, and therefore, properly calculate the amount of fatty ingredients and dressings in the salad. Choose vegetable fats that are a source of vitamins and healthy fatty acids – olive and other oils, nuts – small amounts, seeds.
Add carbs
If you want salad to give you strength and block hunger for a long time, use starchy ingredients – baked potatoes, bananas, corn, green leafy vegetables. They will also help cleanse the body of toxins and toxins.
Refuel correctly
The liquid sauce will not only add flavor and juiciness to the salad, but will also tie all the ingredients together. Play with flavors – pungency, sourness and sweetness, a little bit of bitterness will also do the trick. Greens, garlic, freshly ground pepper in combination with yogurt or vegetable oil will add zest to the salad.