Category: salad


Apr
2016

Watermelon, Feta and Basil Pizza

categories: Brunch, Cooking with kids, Diabetic-friendly, Recipes, salad, Starter
You could dress this up further with toasted pine nuts too!
You could dress this up further by adding toasted pine nuts!

This entire month, I’m going to try to whip up a salad a day! The summer has kind of got to my appetite. And it’s the month of clean eating. No overdoing of spices or standing next to the oven for too long! And it’s time to knock of some weight too :) Isn’t it always…

So this recipe is a simple watermelon, basil, feta and balsamic vinegar salad that can be made as fancy as you like. You can either toss this up into a bowl or serve it like I did…on watermelon slices. It’s great for a party snack too!
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Jan
2016

Tortilla de Patatas Served with Green Salad and Stir Fried Mushrooms with Sausages

categories: Brunch, Diabetic-friendly, Low Calorie, Recipes, salad, Weekend
A super elegant lazy meal :) Tortilla de Patatas
A super elegant lazy meal :) Tortilla de Patatas

I don’t know about you, but I am gearing up for a super lazy weekend, where the food cooked is simple, quick and lulls you back into lazydom :) Potatoes thus are an important part of this meal. Throw in some eggs for the proteins and a quick salad for the fibre, a glass of wine stirred into some wholesome mushroom and sausages and I am set. Does that seem like too much work?

You will be surprised! This meal, and I mean all 3 dishes, will take you all of 45 minutes to put together from washing the veggies to finish. I told you it would be a lazy meal! :)

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Aug
2015

5 Greens, Smoked Almonds and Feta Salad

categories: Diabetic-friendly, Recipes, salad
Nothing tastes better than feta and almonds in a salad
Nothing tastes better than feta and almonds in a salad

I am the food I eat. And the days I eat just greens I feel like a mountain goat…light on my feet and ready to run at the sight of an open road, with music plugged to my ears! I’ve done a million combinations of this one basic salad and each one ends up yummy!

The base of a good salad is the quality of the ingredients you use, the combination of crunch, sweet, salty, spicy, nutty and eye candy appeal. Most salads are served cold and that’s what we in India love to eat given the crazy temperatures we live in. Its perfect when paired with a sandwich or a soup. This one has my favourite ingredient: feta.

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Jun
2015

Watermelon, Feta and Lychee Salad

categories: Brunch, Diabetic-friendly, salad, Starter, Vegetarian, Weekend
Watermelon, feta, lychee salad--perfect for a hot afternoon
Watermelon, feta, lychee salad–perfect for a hot afternoon

For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been on a make-a-new-salad-a-day kind of regime. Some of these recipes have found their way here and the others were gobbled up before I could take any pictures. This Watermelon, Feta, Lychee and green salad was hidden in the cooler were a good part of a hot summer afternoon…and this helped the flavours develop. Try it.

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Apr
2015

Arugula, Fig, Almond, Feta Salad

categories: Brunch, Diabetic-friendly, Low Calorie, Misc, salad, Weekend
A perfect accompaniment to any meal! The feta adds the saltiness, the figs the sweet, the greens add the zest and earthy flavour and the almonds the crunch!
A perfect accompaniment to any meal! The feta adds the saltiness, the figs the sweet, the greens add the zest and earthy flavour and the almonds the crunch!

For the last one month we’re thriving on a low-carb diet. It’s quite a task to think of innovative tasty dishes that can be mopped up without a bread or rice, but 20 days into the diet I’ve managed to add a delicious salad to every meal. :)  This is a super easy salad that can be tossed together in less than five minutes.

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Apr
2015

Mango Salsa

categories: Brunch, Diabetic-friendly, Low Calorie, salad, Weekend
I served my mango salsa with chicken kebabs...made for a splendid combination
I served my mango salsa with chicken kebabs…made for a splendid combination

I am not a mango fan, at all. I don’t like mango milkshake, or mango and ice cream, or even a mango cheese cake. The only way I eat this divine fruit is in a salsa! Yeah not quite the best ode to this king of fruits. Sorry. And it’s not that I am worried about the calories, given that one ripe mango has only 110 calories.

Anyway to cut a long story short, try this mango salsa with a protein of your choice and you will enjoy the sweetness of the fruit with the punch of chillies, onion, tomato and a lot more. The fact that the flavour of the fruit stands out despite the combination, makes me respect it a lot more!

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Apr
2015

Strawberry and Spinach Salad with Toasted Almonds

categories: Brunch, Low Calorie, salad, Weekend
Yummilicious salad: a perfect accompaniment to any protein
Yummilicious salad: a perfect accompaniment to any protein

When I first read about this combination, I wrote it off as “eeks–cant be”. Then when I bought The Flavour Thesaurus and stumbled on various combinations that were supposed to be meant for each other, my thoughts were drawn to this recipe I had read a long time ago. I mean who in their right state of mind would combine spinach with strawberries and onion! But boy does it work…the textures, flavours literally play bursting bubbles with the taste buds.
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Apr
2015

Grilled Chicken stuffed with Pepperoni and Cheese

categories: Baked, Diabetic-friendly, One-pot dish, salad, Weekend
Chicken stuffed with pepperoni, cheese and jalapenos
Chicken stuffed with pepperoni, cheese and jalapenos

Now this is a dish I can devour, no matter when it’s made. It’s simple, rustic and packed with flavours and has all my favourite ingredients. What’s more it gets put together in a jiffy and looks exotic even if it is served with a simple salad like the Sweet Potato, mint and Pomegranate Salad listed here. I’ve added a recipe for Gucamole, just to get the entree, rich in vitamin C.

My fridge is usually stocked with chicken breasts, its one of the easiest and most easily accessible protein element. This pepperoni came all the way from Germany, the last bit of our shopping :( and to add to my pleasure I had some mozzarella cheese again from Amsterdam. I love travelling only because I get to eat foods of the world and bring back home flavours I love to experiment with.

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