Salad Recipes

Whats easier than doing a quick salad?

You will need :
Rocket leaves
4-5 chopped Radishes
Eggs
Finely chopped Onion

Poach  1whole egg +3 egg whites.
Do this by filling a pan with water, add a drop of vinegar to keep the eggs from separating and let them steam on a low heat.


I flavoured my salad with Balsamic.  Ended up
looking like this. Was yummy!

Facts on Radishes. Bet you didn't know this! haha neither did I... :)

Health benefits of radish

• In China, radish along with cabbage and soybean curd (tofu) is believed as healthy food. A Chinese proverb says, "Eating pungent radish and drinking hot tea, let the starved doctors beg on their knees".
• Radishes are very low calorie root vegetables; contains only 16 calories per 100 g. However they are very good source of anti-oxidants, minerals, vitamins and dietary fiber.
• Fresh Radishes are rich in vitamin C; provide about 15 mg or 25% of DRI of vitamin C per 100 g.  Vitamin C is a powerful water soluble anti-oxidant required by the body for synthesis of collagen. Vitamin C helps body scavenge harmful free radicals, prevention from cancers, inflammation and helps boost immunity.
• In addition, they contain adequate levels of folates, vitamin B-6, riboflavin, thiamin and minerals such as iron, magnesium, copper and calcium. 
• They contain many phytochemicals like indoles which are detoxifying agents and zeaxanthin, lutein and beta carotene which are flavonoid antioxidants.
  
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TUNA SALAD

a Can of tuna

a scoop of Fromage blanc. (sub with bulgarian yogurt)

tablespoon of cooked lentils and peas

a tomatie

a shallot

fresh garlic

rocket leaves.

Chop, and mix.. and voila!  Guilt free salad!