Helen’s Diet Blog

It is very important to stay healthy, and there are lots of foods that can help you with your quest of weight loss. Salads fall under such category of foods. There are various types of salads, and all of them are not effective in weight loss. If you want to reduce your weight, you need to opt for low calorie salads.

Here are some tips to create delicious low calorie salads:

No cheese: If you like cheese on your salad, then it is not exactly going to help you reduce your weight. You have to say no to cheese.

Vegetables: Focus more on fruits and vegetables. Chicken salad might be delicious, but will not help you in weight loss.

Variety: You can add variety to your salad to make it delectable, besides the health benefits. Some suggestions are fresh herbs, baby marrow strips, carrot strips, watercress, baby spinach, and different varieties of lettuce. You can also shower seeds and nuts on the salad.

Here are some salad ideas that you can try:

Tomato salad: Chopped tomatoes, finely chopped red onions, garlic and olives. Balsamic vinegar and olive oil for dressing. You can also use Thai dressing.

Coleslaw salad: Celery, raisins, sliced red onions, grated baby marrow, shredded cabbage, grated beetroot, and grated carrots. Lemon juice and olive oil, or mayonnaise for dressing. Again, Thai dressing can be used.

You can follow these low calorie salad ideas, or create your own, to follow a healthy diet and work towards weight loss.