TOP 55PREFERRED MEDITERRANEANSALAD RECIPES SELECTED,HEALTHY, DELICIOUS, SATISFYING YOUR TASTEBYROUMIANKA LAZAROVA2015
TOP 55PREFERRED MEDITERRANEAN SALAD RECIPES. SELECTED, HEALTHY, DELICIOUS,SATISFYING YOUR TASTE Copyrights Copyright RoumiankaLazarova, Author, 2015Cover and Interiordesign Roumianka Lazarova, 2015Photographs copyrightRoumianka Lazarova, 2015All rightsreserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or byany electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrievalsystems, without permission in writing from the author, except by a reviewerwho may quote brief passages in a review.
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WHAT SHOULD YOU EXPECT FROMTHIS BOOK
If you want to be one of those who eat under the rules ofthe healthy Mediterranean, diet you necessarily need to prepare one of the 55recipes offered in this book. Most products used in Mediterranean diet arefresh vegetables. They are the basis for the preparation of different types offood. The most common food made from raw vegetables naturally are the salads. To be easier to make your choice, salads offered here areorganized into several sections:
Vegetable salads Salad with fish and seafood
Salad with cheese and dairy productsSalads of cereal productsSalad with pulsesSalad with chickenA garnish for little varietyTwo kinds of bread for home cosiness
WHAT TO USE FOR PREPARATION OF SALADS
For the implementation of the 55 recipes in this book, youcould use the traditional for the Mediterranean diet products: olive oil"Extra Virgin", fresh vegetables, olives, lemons, nuts, aromaticfresh herbs (basil, parsley, mint, and dill), seafood and cheeses, which youcan buy in all seasons in your supermarket.
The products are cheap. The saladsare prepared for a short time and satisfy even the most discriminating taste. Fresh vegetables and grain products that are the mainingredient of salads contain many necessary for the human body vitamins andminerals. Furthermore, Mediterranean products are rich in vitamin E, whichdeservedly is called the vitamin of the youth. This without hesitation with afew raw vegetables and spices you can prepare wonderful healthy salads. Thesupporters of Mediterranean diet consume salads at every meal.
Sometimes arich, nutritious salad satisfies hunger and the most discerning tastes.Especially if to it is added to fish, seafood or cheese. The benefit of the salads to human health is the fact thatthey are balanced and varied food free from harmful fats. Try to prepare popular Mediterranean salads alone at homeand you will see how fun and easy it is. Thus, you will show your children howimportant for the person to eat a tasty, healthy and fresh food. They will getused to the taste of vegetables and will learn to prepare their favorite saladshimself.
WHY TO CHOOSE THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET
The Mediterranean diet is based on the characteristics ofnutrition of the inhabitants of the Mediterranean region.
With it, man can loseweight and control his weight for a long time. But the most important of all isthat this diet will strengthen your health. Followers of the Mediterranean dietbelieve that on the account of the products involved in the menu of everyinhabitant of the Mediterranean, it is possible: - To rejuvenate the body; - To improve eyesight; - The skin becomes smooth and elastic; - To reduce the level of cholesterol; - To keep heart-vascular system under control; - To adjust his weight without any effort, without hungerbut with well-prepared food.
SOME PRINCIPLES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET
Actually, the Mediterranean diet is simple way of life thatis built in the ages by the people inhabited the lands around the Mediterraneancoast on several basic principles:
Regarding the nutrition rules: - To eat vegetables every day. The best way is the vegetablesto be eaten raw. The daily norm of man in terms of the vegetables is 1 kg perday.
This could be well known vegetables: all varieties of cabbage, peppers,tomatoes, eggplants, onions, carrots, zucchini, olives, etc. Nutritionists say that the olives (both green and black) arerich in vitamins A, C, E and contain many useful vegetable fat, sugar, proteinand pectin. - As a main source of fat should be used olive oil. - As protein sources, must be systematically eat fresh fishand seafood (lobster, squid, and mussels). - Moderate consumption of poultry meat and eggs; nuts, pastaand bread. On other factors: - Portions of food that you take should not be large; - To enjoy the food, to eat slowly in proper time with goodcompany; - To cook the food with love and to donate people with a lotof humor and love; - To share with your loved ones good and difficult momentsof your life.
RECIPES
TOMATO SALAD WITH WALNUT
Servings: 4Ingredients: 4 medium sized fully ripe tomatoes 1 red onion 4 tablespoons chopped parsley
For the dressing: 4 tablespoons choppedwalnuts, 1 head of garlic, a pinch of salt, 3 tablespoons olive oil, 3tablespoons lemon juice
Instructions: Select harder tomatoes and cut them into small pieces.
RECIPES
TOMATO SALAD WITH WALNUT
Servings: 4Ingredients: 4 medium sized fully ripe tomatoes 1 red onion 4 tablespoons chopped parsley
For the dressing: 4 tablespoons choppedwalnuts, 1 head of garlic, a pinch of salt, 3 tablespoons olive oil, 3tablespoons lemon juice
Instructions: Select harder tomatoes and cut them into small pieces.
Addthe finely chopped onion and parsley. For the dressing: Place the walnuts, garlicand salt in a mortar and crush them. Add olive oil, lemon juice and stir well. Pour the dressing over the salad and serve.
SALAD WITH BOILED POTATOES
Servings: 4Ingredients: 2 lb potatoes 3-4 green onions 1 green pepper 1 cucumber
For the topping: juice of 1 lemon, 1 coffeecup olive oil, 10 mint leaves, 2 tablespoons finely chopped dill and 2tablespoons finely chopped parsley.
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