Salad with nuts - general principles and methods of cooking
Nuts - very healthy and nutritious food. Besides the fact that they are tasty in themselves, they give oily juiciness to various salads. In fact, we call nuts what in botanical descriptions is considered just a bone. The scientific name of the nut is a dry fruit with a shell of a solid type and not adherent kernel, for example, hazelnut is a real nut. And all other types - seeds and seeds.
You can store them for a long time without losing taste, while all the trace elements and vitamins in them are saved. Although you need to remember - not all people can benefit from nuts, as they are quite heavy food. Therefore, the dosage should be selected individually, and the best nuts are absorbed in salads, along with other ingredients - vegetables and fruits.
The most famous types of nuts that are included in salads are walnuts, pistachios, hazelnuts, peanuts. Excellent salads can be prepared on a vegetable, fruit and even meat basis. The simplest salad, decorated, for example, with a handful of pine nuts, receives new functions: it is easier to digest and quickly saturates the body. So, without further ado, let's get started - choose a suitable recipe and prepare a delicious and healthy nut salad.
Salad with nuts - food preparation
Nuts in the shell must be chosen heavier, they should not rattle if you shake them. Try to buy them whole, not cleared, as they can be rancid and not stored for long. Moldy nuts are hazardous to health; if the shells are cracked, you see pollen or mold - rather, throw it away without regret.
Salad with nuts - the best recipes
Recipe 1: Grace walnut salad
How much is Gracia? Yes, because it is really graceful - eggs, cheese and nuts, everything is simple, a nutritious nutty-flavored salad with cheese and garlic mayonnaise can literally saturate a couple of spoons. Walnut is valuable for brain work, and it also contains vitamin C more than black currants and citrus fruits. Therefore, prepare “grace” in the cold season, especially when our immunity is at risk. Ingredients: Cheese or cheese of durum (300 gr), eggs (3 pieces), walnuts (half a cup), garlic (3 cloves), mayonnaise.
Method of preparation
We clean walnuts, chop and fry in a dry frying pan. We shake cheese and eggs on a medium grater, skip the garlic through the garlic box, mix everything. We dress with mayonnaise and decorate - a sprig of parsley or fresh dill will fit perfectly.
Recipe 2: Salad with Pine Nuts
Seeds of Siberian cedar (pine nuts) are not only tasty, but also extremely useful, contain a huge amount of vegetable protein, perfectly balanced in composition. The body easily absorbs pine nuts, primarily because their composition is close to the proteins of human tissues. They are an excellent tool in the fight against obesity. And already in the company of prunes and mushrooms ...
Ingredients: pine nuts (100 grams), prunes, pickled mushrooms, chicken, cucumber, onion egg, mayonnaise, garlic clove.
Method of preparation
Here the composition is important, not proportions, so you can see by the eye how much you want to feel prunes or mushrooms here. We soften the prunes with hot water, cut into strips. Onions and mushrooms are fried in a pan, cucumbers cut into cubes. Fry the nuts in a dry frying pan. Put ready ingredients in layers, smearing with mayonnaise and crushed garlic. Sprinkle nuts at the end. Let's give the salad a little soak - and on the table. Yummy. Nutritionally.
Recipe 3: Nuts with Mushrooms
Walnuts are best combined with pickled mushrooms. Fry here we will only onions. The salad will also be very satisfying, like all mayonnaise salads.
Ingredients: smoked chicken breast (250 g), pickled mushrooms (200 g), eggs (3 pieces), onion, walnut kernels (80 g), salt, pepper, mayonnaise.
Cooking Method:
Fry beautifully chopped quarter onion rings. Additional flavor can be obtained by adding some herbs for chicken. Heat the nuts in the oven or microwave, grind the rolling pin. Mix the ingredients, add salt, mayonnaise. Sprinkle the salad with a small amount of nuts, add the rest to the salad.
Recipe 4: Eggplant salad with nuts and sour cream
This light salad is spicy, crumbly and fragrant. With nuts, it will become oily and juicy. Do not be afraid of the smell of garlic, feel free to put it on the festive table.
Ingredients for 2 servings: eggplants (~ 220g, 1 piece is enough), sour cream (2-3 spoons), nuts, garlic, greens, salt.
Method of preparation
We cut eggplant into cubes and send it to the oven for baking and stirring. About 15 minutes, and our eggplant will be soft and ready to eat. Cool, mix with chopped greens, chopped nuts and sour cream. Done!
Recipe 5: Carrots and Nuts
This is a truly dietary dish, and it is also soothing, thanks to the presence of lemon balm and yoghurt dressings. As the main ingredient we use almonds.
Ingredients: Carrot, medium apple, lemon juice, lemon balm, ground almonds (1 spoon), milk yoghurt.
Method of preparation
We rub apple and carrot on a large beautiful grater, cut finely lemon balm and mix everything with chopped almonds. We fill with yogurt and lemon juice. Real jam! Take care of your fingers when you lick, so as not to work out, as in a joke:
Waiter:
-I brought you a menu?
Customer:
- If so, I already ate it!
Salad with nuts - useful tips from experienced chefs
Cons nuts: with high calorie you can get carried away and earn an increase in the liver, in addition, some people are allergic to them, so be careful. For violations of the liver nuts are contraindicated. Roasted nuts are best absorbed, except that they should be chewed very well. Correctly calculate your nut limit. A bag of nuts of 20-30 grams is equal to a normal snack, but 60 grams (400 kcal) is already a full meal in terms of calories. More than 100 grams of nuts at one time the body does not absorb at all, so if you are carried away - in the next few days, forget about nuts and any other protein foods!
