Healthy salad recipes that are delicious and a dieter's dream come true!
So many of us are on a perpetual diet, never seeming to make headway on that goal of losing weight – and keeping it off. While you may have tried every new diet that promises you'll achieve your objective, we're living proof that these fad diets are, more often than not, empty promises.
You strictly adhere to your chosen program of dietary restrictions, high this and low that, for a couple of months. You do lose some weight, but keeping it off is the trick. After a couple of months of boring food, it's too difficult to continue. You add a little of this or that and soon fall back into old eating patterns. Those pounds soon creep back. You naturally become discouraged and disappointed. “Do I have to live like this?”
Part of the enjoyment of life is eating, right? This is why the fad diets don't bring lasting results. Your taste buds crave a little happiness. The unending parade of bran muffins and protein just doesn't prove satisfying. So how can you devise a diet program that works, in the long run?
First, you need to understand that lifelong eating habits die hard. If you're used to scarfing up sweets, junk food and high fat dishes, you'll not achieve your goal of losing weight and keeping it off. You need to change your eating patterns in a sensible way that pleases your palate, offers diversity of menu choices and establishes a pattern of food choices that, in the long term, keeps the weight off.
Now, consider this. Don't you enjoy a fresh garden salad now and again? Healthy salad recipes satisfy all of the above objectives. This doesn't mean that you have to live on salad. It does mean that, with a little imagination, you can use a healthy salad recipe to improve your nutrition in a tasty approach. Here are a few ways to achieve that objective, load up on nutrients and never feel cheated.
The chef's salad is the King of healthy salad recipes. Why? Because you can make the chef's ingredient the star of the salad. If you're used to having a dinner salad with your main course, why not combine the two and do away with the fattening ingredients which are so often contained in the entree? Making healthy salad recipes that make you and your taste buds happy and which are filling and satisfying, is not so difficult as you might think.
Shrimp or crab are the centerpiece of the famous Louie chef's salads. These delectables are certainly healthy salad recipes. Start with a bowl filled generously with the greens of your choice. A mixture of iceberg, Romaine and mesclun is tempting all on its own. A cup of shrimp, crab or both has your mouth watering. A single hard boiled and sliced egg, laid atop the greens adds both protein and appeal. A vine ripened tomato makes it even better.
What else? Remember, you can pretty much go wild on your veggies. These are low in calories, high in fiber and add aesthetic appeal to boot. Add some diced red onions for color and cardiovascular benefits. A teaspoon of minced garlic, sprinkled over the salad, helps prevent infection, provides a boost to your immune system and, most importantly, adds taste. Sliced avocado provides yumminess and loads of vitamin E. Sprinkle sliced olives and some grated cheese and you've got something to savor to the Nth degree, a healthy salad recipe without compare.
If you don't care for shrimp or crab, chicken, ham or slices of pork loin can be equally delicious.
Were you to make a healthy salad recipe your regular dinner, at least three times each week, you'd find that not only will you continue to lose the pounds, but you'll look forward to this feast. You'll change your eating patterns for good. Making a healthy salad recipe for dinner means you won't be consuming a ton of calories you won't burn off while sleeping. You'll not only sleep better, but you'll feel satisfied, especially when you read the numbers on the scale tomorrow!
Donald Trosper
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