If you are trying to stick to the principles of a healthy diet, aim to maintain a beautiful figure, or want to lose a few pounds, replace high-calorie side dishes with light vegetable salads. When combined with lean meats such as chicken, these can make a great lunch or dinner.
It is necessary
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- For Greek salad:
- tomato - 4 pcs;
- bell pepper - 2 pcs;
- cucumber - 1 pc;
- onion - 1 pc;
- feta cheese or feta cheese - 200 g;
- pitted olives - 150 g;
- olive oil;
- lemon juice;
- salt;
- pepper.
- For cabbage and radish salad:
- cabbage - 1/4 head of cabbage;
- tomato - 1 pc;
- cucumber - 1 pc;
- bell pepper - 1/2 pc;
- radish - 4 pcs;
- dill;
- parsley;
- salt;
- vegetable oil.
- For potato salad:
- potatoes - 4 pcs;
- pickled cucumbers - 3 pcs;
- onion - 1 pc;
- greens;
- brine;
- salt;
- pepper;
- vegetable oil.
- For the cabbage and orange salad:
- cabbage - 1/4 head of cabbage;
- apple - 3 pcs;
- carrots - 1 pc;
- orange - 1 pc;
- lemon juice;
- salt;
- pepper;
- vegetable oil.
Instructions
Step 1
Make a Greek salad. Cut all vegetables: tomatoes - into slices, cucumbers - into semicircles, onions - into half rings, peppers - into strips. Cut the cheese into cubes. Prepare a salad dressing. To do this, mix 5 tablespoons of olive oil with 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, add salt and ground black pepper to taste. Place vegetables, cheese and olives in a large bowl, pour over the sauce and stir.
Step 2
Make a coleslaw and radish salad. Cut the radish into thin slices, cabbage, pepper, cucumber into strips, tomato into cubes, and onion into half rings. Chop the herbs finely. Place vegetables in a salad bowl, season with salt to taste and pour over with vegetable oil. This is a delicious, light salad. It perfectly replaces the side dish. You can use both white cabbage and red cabbage.
Step 3
Serve the chicken with potato salad. Prepare 4 medium-sized potatoes, cooked in their skins and peeled. Do not use crumbly potatoes for this dish. Marinate the onions first. Cut it into half rings, rub with salt, add 4 tablespoons of cucumber pickle, pepper lightly and leave for half an hour. Cut cucumbers and potatoes into cubes, chop the herbs with a knife. Combine vegetables with pickled onions. Add a tablespoon of vegetable oil.
Step 4
Complement the chicken dish with an unusual salad if you want to try a new, interesting combination. Cut the cabbage into strips, grate the carrots on a medium grater. Peel the orange peels and films. Cut the pulp into cubes. Core the apple, cut the fruit into strips. Mix everything, add the juice of half a lemon, salt, pepper and oil to taste.
