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<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\nUp until a couple of years ago, salads were directly linked to diets<\/strong>, because of their low calories income. But salads can also be tasty and original<\/strong>, switching ingredients and adding different vegetables, fruits and other healthy condiments to the plain lettuce. Nutririonists recommend to consume from 5 to 9 portions of fruit and vegetables per day<\/strong>, so a well-balanced salad can be the right way to go.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The main ingredient<\/strong> should be a green leaf vegetable<\/strong> (lettuce, spinach, endive, radicchio) that, besides being low-calorie, are a good source of fibres and give volume to the dish.<\/p>\n Then, almost every vegetable can be added to the salad<\/strong>, finely chopped: fennel, green beans, peas, carrots, radishes, broccoli, zucchini, asparagus, artichokes, avocado, tomatos, bell peppers, cucumber. Intensly colored vegetables (red and yellow) contain a great amount of \u00a0bioflavonoid, natural ingredients that are good for your health. Potatoes and olives give taste to the dish, but are not recommended in case of a low-calorie diet.<\/p>\n All the fruits<\/strong>, such as berries, apples, pears, oranges, pineapples and raisins can add a sweet-sour flavor and, most importantly, vitamins and antioxidants. To add nutrients to the dish, proteins<\/strong> should be added: hard boiled eggs, chicken, beef or turkey meat, prawns, tuna fish, fresh cheese suche as mozzarella, ricotta or cottage cheese or aged cheese (minding that they contain a higher amount of salt).<\/p>\n A good idea is to add to the salad nuts, almonds, cashews<\/strong> or other seeds<\/strong> (sesame, flex, sunflower, pumpink) rich in fatty acids, minerals and trace elements that provide energy without heaviness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Salads are not for diet only: they can be tasty and original, switching ingredients and adding different vegetables, fruits and other healthy condiments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":29910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[557,554,558,559],"class_list":["post-30318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellness-relax","tag-food","tag-health","tag-salads","tag-summer"],"yoast_head":"\nSuggestions<\/strong><\/h1>\n