After the festive season, it’s a great idea to get right back into fresh and wholesome healthy eating salads for your meals.
Salads are a great way to pack in lots of fresh veggies, and you can be sure to add some delicious flavours by making your own tasty dressings.
The salad dressings that you can buy from the supermarket tend to be loaded with sugar, oil, cream or mayonnaise – not exactly ideal when you are trying to lose weight after pregnancy.
By making your own from scratch, you can leave out the nasties that could derail your weight loss and focus on packing in as much flavour as possible.
A classic Caesar Salad isn’t usually known as a healthy option, but this lighter version can be on your healthy eating plan as it goes easy on the richer ingredients.
There’s no bacon, no mayo, wholemeal bread instead of white, less cheese, less oil – but still so much flavour that you won’t feel as though you are missing out at all.
Optional extras:
- Add 1 cooked and shredded chicken breast
- Throw in some chunks of crisp cucumber
- Finely slice and add an anchovy or two
- Add some wedges of boiled egg
- Toss in some cooked prawns
Ingredients:
- 1 cos lettuce
- 100g Greek yoghurt
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 6 tbsp Parmesan cheese, grated
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- Juice and zest of ½ a lemon
- 2 slices of good quality, thick wholemeal bread, cut into cubes
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Method:
- Heat the oven to 180C.
- Sprinkle the bread over a baking tray and cook for 10 minutes until crisp and golden.
- Make the salad dressing by combining the yoghurt, olive oil, half of the Parmesan, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, and lemon.
- Season to taste.
- Rip or chop up the lettuce and arrange in a large bowl.
- Add the croutons, then the salad dressing.
- Use your hands to toss it all together.
- Sprinkle with the rest of the cheese to serve.
Serves: 4. Calories per serve: 210.
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