Want a fresh salad, full of vitamins, tasty and appetizing? Do not look far. We have for you a recipe that will delight your taste buds with a varied, excellent for your health that will achieve your slimming goals.
This is an easy-to-prepare salad that is colored with fresh ingredients for a light meal, to enjoy alone or with the family. Composed of tomatoes, grilled lemon and many other healthy and low calorie ingredients, you will adopt it with pleasure for its extraordinary taste. Of course, in order for it to be 100% healthy, it is important that the foods used come from a biological culture.
Tomato and lemon salad recipe
- 2 yellow lemons cut into thin slices
- 2 cups of cherry, yellow and red tomatoes cut in half and seeded
- 250g of corn salad or arugula
- ½ sliced red onion
- Seeds of a pomegranate
- 1/3 cup parsley
- ½ cup of mint
- 3 teaspoons of extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- ½ teaspoon of 4 spices (ginger, clove, cinnamon, nutmeg)
- 1 ½ teaspoon of pomegranate molasses (if you prepare it at home, avoid using the added sugar but rather stevia)
- ½ teaspoon stevia powder.
Preparation
In a saucepan put the water to boil and add the slices of lemon. Simmer for 5 minutes. Afterwards, drain them and put them in a bowl and then coat them with a little olive oil, a little salt and stevia. In a baking sheet, spread parchment paper and divide the lemon slices, then bake for 20 minutes. Once the lemon slices have been grilled, remove them from the oven, let them cool, then cut them in half.
In large bowl, combine chopped cherry tomatoes, chopped onions, chopped lamb's lettuce, pomegranate seeds, sliced lemon slices, chopped mint and parsley, pomegranate molasses, olive oil olive, a bit of 4 spices as well as salt and pepper.
Serve immediately for a good tasting.
The benefits of this salad
It is without context that the key elements of this salad are lemon, cherry tomato and onion.
Lemon
In this recipe lemon is used with its peel. And we do not stop extolling the merits of this citrus often forgetting those of its zest which by far, remain the most important. Indeed, in one study, it has been proven that lemon peel has antibacterial activity and would have even more health benefits than its own juice. In addition, vitamin C contained in the zest of lemon would be a significant molecule for the beauty of the skin by promoting healing and collagen production. Not to mention that lemon peel is perfect for strengthening the immune system and relieving cold symptoms.
Cherry tomato
Including tomato in one's daily diet is a good alternative for maintaining healthy blood pressure and reducing blood sugar. Rich in carotenoids and lycopene, it helps protect the eye from eye damage. In addition, cherry tomatoes contain more beta-carotene than ordinary tomatoes.
Onions
Low calorie, a medium onion contains only 44 calories. Rich in vitamin C and vitamin B, it has been shown in one study, the role of the latter in the prevention of cognitive impairment. As well as its quercetin richness would be a major asset to reduce systolic blood pressure, according to a study. In addition, the consumption of red onions reduces the level of bad cholesterol (LDL).
Caution:
Lemon is not recommended in case of burning and stomach ulcer or in case of citrus allergy.
