Tossed Salad Recipe

by Loren's Gem
(Shetoldme.com)

This easy tossed salad recipe can be put together in a matter of minutes. Green salad makes a wonderfully cooling side dish to spicy dishes and many fancy recipes, but is equally excellent for everyday meals.

This tossed salad includes a very simple salad dressing recipe that's delicious, fresh, and also low in fat and calories. And it can be made as mild or as spicy as you like. Tip: double the salad dressing recipe and keep any extra in the refrigerator for a quick & scrumptious tossed salad any time!

Here's what you should need to do to make a simple yet healthy green salad:


Tossed Salad Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 medium yellow onion, chopped

• 1 medium tomato, chopped

• 1 cucumber, diced

• ¼ cup radish, shredded

• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar

• 1 /4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

• 1 teaspoon sugar

• Salt and black pepper to taste

• Romaine lettuce hearts, chopped


Directions:

• In a large mixing bowl, place lettuce, diced tomatoes and cucumbers, shredded radish, and finely chopped onions in and toss.

• To prepare the basic salad dressing, place olive oil, red wine vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper in a small covered container.

• Close the lid securely and shake for a minute or two until all the ingredients are well blended.

• Once sugar and salt are dissolved in the mixture, open the lid of the container and pour dressing all over the green salad.

• Toss all the ingredients well.

Now your salad is ready to go!


Lettuce Nutrition Benefits:

• Lettuce, the main ingredient of any tossed salad recipe and all the other leafy green vegetables not only contain vitamin A, C, beta-carotene, and fiber but also calcium, folate, and phytonutrients which make them a great choice for a healhty diet.


• As in most vegetables, the darker the leaves, the greater the nutrient content and a good source of chlorophyll.

• Lettuce has very low calorie content and is composed primarily of water, about 90-95%. It does also contain fiber, minerals¾potassium, calcium, phosphorous, iron and magnesium; anti-oxidants such as beta-carotene and vitamins A, C and E, vitamin K, folic acid, as well as many vitamins of the B complex.

• The milky latex, found mainly in the stems and leaf nodes of lettuce, contain a mixture of active principles which have been used for centuries for its medicinal virtues. It has extraordinary "sedative" and "painkilling" properties similar to those of opium.


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The Diet Solution Program favours a long term health orientated approach to fat loss, but not offering anyone a quick fix to their weight troubles. It has loads of valuable data and research to support its approach. I personally investigated the program thoroughly and my mum has been using it for a while now. I have to say she got some great results.

The nutrition plan is one of the healthiest we have seen, a strong core focus on vegetables, fruits, vitamin dense foods, lean proteins, select dairy produce and a clear approach to not expecting one diet to work for all body types. So give it a try and let me know how you’re doing.*

Original Tossed Salad Recipe