| Green Salad Recipes are a great way to lose weight, | | | | Same amount of olive oil, as lemon juice |
| keep your body strong, and give you a variety of food | | | | 2 pinches of Italian Mixed Herbs |
| and colour in your diet. Salads are quick and simple to | | | | Pinch of salt |
| make, and are very filling. The more nutrients your | | | | Method |
| salad has, the more you will feel satisfied. | | | | For this you will need a big bowl, a chopping board and |
| I have heard many people say that you cannot | | | | a big sharp knife. (Be careful of the fingers) |
| become satisfied by just eating a salad for lunch. I | | | | |
| used to think this myself, until I changed the way I ate. | | | | 1. Roughly chop up the Vegetables into small pieces, |
| In the short time of 3 months I lost 23 kilograms, and | | | | except the Tomato. Put these into the bowl. |
| have managed to keep the weight off for over a | | | | 2. Take the Tomato and chop into large pieces, put |
| year. | | | | this aside. |
| One of the green salad recipes that I make for lunch is | | | | 3. Add the olive oil, lemon, herbs and salt stir well and |
| below. Enjoy! | | | | leave to sit for 10 minutes before serving |
| Hearty Salad | | | | 4. Add the Tomato, mix and serve |
| Ingredients | | | | Serves: 4 as a side |
| Vegetables | | | | Comments: The more colorful the salad the better it is |
| 2 Handfuls of Lettuce Mix | | | | for you. The basis for the salad is the green stuff and I |
| 1 Lebanese Cucumber | | | | like to use a mescaline mix including some baby |
| Half of a Yellow Capsicum | | | | spinach for this, as you then get all the different flavors |
| Handful of Snow Peas | | | | and textures. I like to chop up my salad ingredients |
| 1 Large Tomato | | | | quite small as this allows the dressing to draw out the |
| 1 Large Avocado | | | | flavors of the ingredients |
| 1 Small Carrot | | | | Being able to bend down and touch the floor without |
| 1 Small Zucchini | | | | crushing my organs with my stomach, climbing steep |
| 1 Handful of Watercress | | | | stairs or hills without losing breath, and being able not to |
| Dressing and Seasoning (this can be put in a separate | | | | think about eating all the time are some of the things |
| container so your salad doesn't go soggy) | | | | that I am now very grateful for. |
| Juice of 1 large lemon | | | | |