7 delicious and healthy winter salads

7 delicious and healthy winter salads

Today I want to share with you recipes for healthy winter salads. After all, vegetables in winter are no less important than at other times of the year! They contain a lot of fiber and useful substances, while they are low in calories. 7 delicious and healthy winter salads.

Vegetables contain a lot of fiber, they need to be chewed for a long time, they take up a lot of space on the plate and in the stomach. All this is a guarantee of a healthy diet! In my opinion, this is a very simple principle to apply. I strongly advise you to try it. So, let’s move on to healthy winter salads.

During seasonal colds, it is very important to make sure that there are as many vitamin products on the table as possible. And healthy salads are one of the best options for winter. To speed up the process, I recommend using a food processor. This way things will go much faster!

1. The salad of radish and cauliflower

The salad of radish and cauliflower
The salad of radish and cauliflower pixabay

Ingredients:
Radish (medium) 1PCs
Cauliflower or broccoli 5.29oz
Parsley  1 bunch
Boiled eggs 2 PCs
Olive oil 2 tablespoons
Salt and pepper to taste

Instruction:

Peel and grate the radish. Finely chop the cabbage and parsley. Mix all this with the crushed egg and season with olive oil. Salt. To put in a beautiful dish for the salad.

2. Salad of red cabbage with apples

Salad of red cabbage with apples
Salad of red cabbage with apples pixabay

Ingredients:
Red cabbage 1/2 head
Apples 2 PCs
Pumpkin seeds (peeled) 3.53oz
Olive oil 2 tablespoons
Medium beets 2 PCs
Apple cider vinegar 1 tablespoon
Salt and pepper to taste

Instruction:

Finely chop the cabbage. Cut the apples into slices. Heat the seeds in a dry pan over medium heat for 3-4 minutes. Pre-boil the beetroot in the skin for 30 minutes. Then cool, peel and cut into cubes. Mix all the vegetables with ami, season with oil and vinegar. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with seeds before serving.

3. Peking cabbage Salad with dried fruits and apples in ginger

Peking cabbage Salad with dried fruits and apples in ginger
Peking cabbage Salad with dried fruits and apples in ginger pixabay

Ingredients:
Peking cabbage 1/2 head
large apples 2 PCs
Lime juice and zest 2 PCs
Beetroot 1 PCs
Ginger root 1/2 teaspoon
Olive oil 2 tablespoons
Nuts (cashews, almonds, peanuts) 3 tablespoons
Salt and pepper to taste

Instruction:

Finely chop the cabbage. Cut the beets very thinly into slices. Cut the apples into cubes and put them in a bowl with lime juice, beetroot, sliced ginger root. Add 1-2 tablespoons of hot water from the kettle. Let stand for about an hour. After an hour, remove the apples and beets from the bowl and put them in the cabbage. Grate the lime zest into the salad and add the oil. Season with salt and pepper. Before serving, sprinkle with nuts, preheated in a dry pan for 3-4 minutes. Bon Appetit!

4. Beet salad with walnuts. 7 delicious and healthy winter salads.

Beet salad with walnuts
Beet salad with walnuts pixabay

Ingredients:
Medium beets 3 PCs
Walnuts 5 tablespoons
Garlic 3 cloves
Raisins 6 tablespoons
Olive oil 4 tablespoons
Table vinegar (for cooking beets) 1/3 tablespoon
Salt and pepper to taste

Instruction:

Boil the beetroot in the skin for about an hour in slightly salted water with vinegar (so that the beetroot does not lose its beautiful color). Cool, peel and grate on a fine grater. Squeeze the garlic into it. Add nuts, raisins and butter. Season with salt and pepper.

Note: you can increase or decrease the amount of garlic. Instead of raisins, dates, prunes, ginger and dried apricots are suitable. There are many variations!

5. Salad of celery root with parsley. 7 delicious and healthy winter salads.

Salad of celery root with parsley
Salad of celery root with parsley pixabay

Ingredients:
Small celery root 1 PCs
Parsley 1 bunch
Garlic 3 cloves
Lemon juice 1/2 PCs
Dijon mustard 1 tbsp.
Sour cream 1 Cup
Mayonnaise 3 tablespoons
Salt and pepper to taste

Instruction :

Peel the celery root and grate it on a medium grater. Mix mayonnaise, squeezed garlic, sour cream, lemon juice, mustard and salt and pepper in a separate bowl. Chop the parsley. Mix celery root with parsley and sauce.

6. Salad with carrots and cabbage

Salad with carrots and cabbage
Salad with carrots and cabbage pixabay

Ingredients:
Celery 6 stalks
Green grapes 5.29oz
Apples 2PCs
Walnuts 3 tablespoons
Red cabbage 1/2 head
Olive oil 3 tablespoons
Apple cider vinegar 1 tablespoon
Salt and pepper to taste

Instruction:

Cabbage and celery finely cut apples cut into slices. Mix vinegar with oil and pour this sauce over the vegetables. Season with salt and pepper. Before serving, sprinkle with coarsely chopped nuts.

As you can see, there are a great many variations! All these salads are prepared very quickly, they are healthy and delicious. Experiment with the ingredients and you will get new combinations.

7. Mexican vegetable salad. 7 delicious and healthy winter salads.

Mexican vegetable salad
Mexican vegetable salad pixabay

Mexican vegetable salad – a real riot of colors and flavors! In the season of vegetables, make sure to prepare this salad and join the Mexican cuisine. A special feature of this salad is that all its ingredients are cut into small pieces.
Ingredients for 4 servings:
Avocado 3.53oz
Cherry tomatoes 3.53oz
Fresh cucumber 4.23oz
Bell pepper 4.23oz
Canned corn 5.29oz
Canned beans 5.29oz
Purple onion 3.53oz
Chili pepper 1/6 PCs

For dressing:
olive Oil 3 tablespoons
Lemon juice 1 tablespoon
Sugar 1 tablespoon
Salt to taste
Ground black pepper to taste

To serve:
parsley or coriander to taste

Instruction:

Prepare all the ingredients for the Mexican vegetable salad. How to make a vegetable salad with avocado:

Cut the avocado in half, remove the stone, remove the skin, and cut the flesh into small cubes. Cherry tomatoes cut into quarters, bell pepper and cucumber cut into cubes. Put all the chopped vegetables in a bowl.

With corn and beans, salt the liquid, and put them to the rest of the salad ingredients.

Cut the purple onion into rings, scald the onion with boiling water to remove the bitterness, let the onion cool. Cut the chili pepper into half rings and put the onion and pepper in a bowl.

As a salad dressing, we use olive oil, sugar, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Whisk the dressing until it turns white. Pour the dressing over the salad and mix all the salad ingredients well.

We transfer the ready-made Mexican vegetable salad to a salad bowl and serve it to the table, garnished with fresh parsley or coriander. Bon Appetit!