Spring is the time for vitamins, so with the warm May weather approaching, indulge yourself with spring salads, while saturating your body with essential vitamins and minerals. To make the salads as healthy as possible, make sure your greens are as organic as can be.
AdmiGram.com has specially prepared a few simple and delicious spring salad recipes for all lovers of spring greens, which you can prepare every day. They are incredibly delicious and can be made in just a couple of minutes.
Top 5 recipes for everyday spring salads
Classic spring salad with grated walnut and orange
© Jose Nicdao / Flickr
Ingredients:
- White cabbage – 500 g (1 lb);
- Tomatoes – 100 g (4 oz);
- Cucumbers – 100 g (4 oz);
- Carrots – 100 g (4 oz);
- Walnuts – 100 g (4 oz);
- Orange – 100 g (4 oz);
- Vinegar (preferably apple cider) – 1 tbsp;
- Salt, spices – to taste.
How to cook:
To prepare this simple salad, you’ll need only fresh ingredients. Finely shred the white cabbage and carrots, add salt, vinegar, and mix well. Let the cabbage sit for 5-10 minutes. Meanwhile, slice the tomatoes and cucumbers, chop the walnuts. Cut the orange in half. Slice one half for decoration, and squeeze juice from the other half to sprinkle over the salad at the end. Before adding the tomatoes and cucumbers to the salad, mix the cabbage once again. Then sprinkle the salad with walnuts and add a special touch with freshly squeezed orange juice.
Spring spinach salad with cheese
© City Foodsters / Flickr
Ingredients:
- Spinach leaves – 200 g (7 oz);
- Lettuce leaves (butterhead, leaf, oakleaf) – 200 g (7 oz);
- Tomatoes – 100 g (4 oz);
- Hard cheese – 100 g (4 oz);
- Vinegar (preferably apple cider) – 1 tbsp;
- Olive oil – 1 tbsp;
- Salt, spices – to taste.
How to cook:
To prepare this “vitamin bomb,” you’ll need to chop or tear the lettuce and spinach leaves. It’s excellent if you use a variety of lettuce leaves, such as neutral and slightly bitter. Slice the tomatoes into thin slices, then carefully mix all the ingredients and add salt. Drizzle the salad with vinegar and olive oil on top. Let the salad sit for 3-5 minutes, and meanwhile, grate the hard cheese into thin slices and sprinkle it over the salad.
Country-style spring salad
© Larry / Flickr
Ingredients:
- Radishes – 200 g (7 oz);
- Lettuce leaves (butterhead, leaf, oakleaf, arugula) – 300 g (10 oz);
- Homemade cottage cheese – 100 g (4 oz);
- Walnuts – 50 g (2 oz);
- Prunes – 50 g (2 oz);
- Vinegar (preferably apple cider) – 1 tbsp;
- Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp;
- Salt, spices – to taste.
How to cook:
Slice the radishes thinly, then season with salt, vegetable oil, and vinegar. Mix everything thoroughly and let it sit for 5-7 minutes. Meanwhile, slice or tear the lettuce leaves. Add cottage cheese, large walnuts, and prunes to the leaves. Mix the ingredients, then place the contents of the bowl with radishes on top. Without mixing, allow the radish juice to drain to the bottom of the plate and serve.
Assorted spring salad
© Andrzej MadPole Szymański / Flickr
Ingredients:
- White cabbage – 100 g (4 oz);
- Tomatoes – 100 g (4 oz);
- Cucumbers – 100 g (4 oz);
- Carrots – 100 g (4 oz);
- Bell pepper – 100 g (4 oz);
- Asparagus – 100 g (4 oz);
- Cold-smoked meat – 100 g (4 oz);
- Olive oil – 2-3 tbsp;
- Salt, spices – to taste.
How to cook:
To prepare the salad, you’ll need two plates. One for arranging the salad and the other for mixing. Use only fresh ingredients. Finely chop the cabbage and carrots, and slice the rest of the ingredients. Start by mixing the cabbage and carrots, add salt and olive oil. Mix well and place on a wide plate, covering 1/4 of its surface. Then mix the bell pepper, asparagus, and meat, adding olive oil. Place on 1/4 of the plate. Continue with the tomatoes and cucumbers, then season the salad and serve.
Spring cobb salad
© Andrzej MadPole Szymański / Flickr
Ingredients:
- White cabbage – 200 g (7 oz);
- Tomatoes – 200 g (7 oz);
- Chicken eggs – 5;
- Vinegar (preferably apple cider) – 1 tbsp;
- Olive oil – 0.5 tbsp;
- Salt, spices – to taste.
How to cook:
This is the simplest yet delicious salad that can be prepared in just 10 minutes. To prepare it, boil 5 chicken eggs. While the eggs are boiling, slice the tomatoes and cabbage. Crush the cabbage with your hands to release some juice, then drizzle it with olive oil and vinegar. Slice the eggs into wedges. Arrange all the ingredients on a plate, season with salt and spices.
image on top: logan jeffrey / Unsplash
