Peanut salad - he althy food can be delicious

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

If there is no way to have a normal lunch, a snack helps out. Most often it is cookies, fruits, s alted peanuts. The latter, by the way, perfectly copes with the feeling of hunger. In addition, peanuts contain many vitamins, amino acids and vegetable fats. It gives strength, relieves fatigue, improves brain function, skin condition, increases hemoglobin (after all, it contains almost a third of the daily iron requirement), improves the functioning of many body systems, and it is also an excellent prevention against baldness and early wrinkles.

But! It is very high in calories (100 g of the product contains more than 500 calories). Which is not at all useful given its usefulness.

In order not to exclude peanuts from the diet, you can simply reduce its amount. For example, adding to vegetable dishes.

We offer several recipes for salads with peanuts (photo later in the article). Now you can not be afraid to gain weight by eating well.

Chinese salad withpeanuts

The recipe is simple. First, prepare the following ingredients:

• 1/5 tbsp peanut butter (butter);
• 1 tbsp l. soy sauce;
• 2 tsp sesame oil;
• 100 grams of rapeseed oil;
• 1 tsp grated ginger;
• 60 grams of peanuts;
• 1 tbsp l. honey;
• ½ jars of green peas;
• bunch of lettuce mix;
• 400 grams of chicken breast;
• bow;
• carrot;
• cilantro;
• s alt;
• 2 limes.

Start making the sauce. Mostly oriental cuisine offers spicy dishes. If desired, you can add a pinch of red ground pepper to the sauce. It will not spoil the taste of the salad, it will give it some piquancy.

So, in a deep bowl, whisk vinegar, peanut butter, ginger, soy sauce, honey, sesame oil, rapeseed oil, dried red pepper, s alt.

Let's start making peanut salad.

Boil chicken in s alted water, cool and cut into strips.

Three carrots on a special grater, as for Korean salad.

Chop cilantro leaves, leek, and tear lettuce with your hands. It is better to take mixed greens, as indicated in the recipe. The sheet mixture suggests the presence of bright rich colors.

Put all the ingredients for the peanut salad in a large transparent glass salad bowl, add the peas. Pour sauce over and gently stir.

Roast the peanuts, cool, peel, lightly chop with a knife and sprinkle with themsalad.

Cut each lime lengthwise into four pieces and decorate the finished dish.

Note

To save time, you can use ready-made grilled chicken. In this case, the meat will be tender, juicy and fragrant. True, it contains more calories than chicken breast. This is worth considering if you do not want to gain extra pounds.

And one more thing: peanut butter lovers should be careful - the dressing in this bright and colorful salad can be addictive! It is so delicious and spicy that not everyone can resist.

This dish can be served on its own or paired with boiled rice or rice noodles.

Offer green tea to guests. After spicy food, they will definitely want to drink. The refreshing effect of this drink has long been known. It will quench thirst, invigorate and improve digestion.

Now you can safely get to work. By the way, scientists have proven that during mental and physical stress, the use of peanuts fills the body with energy, helps to concentrate, relieves fatigue, and reduces stress. As you can see, chewing nuts is not only tasty, but also he althy.

Green bean salad

As you know, peanuts are called nuts only conditionally. In fact, it is a relative of legumes. The high protein content makes it almost indispensable, for example, when refusing meat during fasting or on a vegan menu.

We offer a recipe for a salad with peanuts and asparagus beans. This dishit turns out incredibly bright and juicy, smells like spring and gives a great mood. In addition, it is very light and can be prepared all year round.

You will need:

• 2 cucumbers;
• paprika;
• 200 grams of asparagus beans (you can take fresh or frozen);
• blue bow;
• parsley;
• sesame;
• peanuts;
• olive oil;
• s alt.

Beans can be used fresh or frozen. In the second case, it is not necessary to defrost it, we send it to s alted boiling water for several minutes. At the end, you need to drain the water in which they cooked and rinse in cold. This will help maintain the beautiful green color of the pods.

Next, cut the onion into half rings, add beans, parsley, chopped cucumbers and paprika. If desired, you can use several colors of peppers (red and yellow), this will add brightness to the peanut salad.

S alt to taste. Remember that the beans are already quite s alty.

Add olive oil and mix gently.

Spread on a dish, and sprinkle with sesame seeds and lightly roasted peanuts on top.

Indian salad

Indian food is quite spicy. This salad contains chili peppers. To many, the taste of the dish may seem unusual. Therefore, the spiciness of the salad with peanuts and carrots is better to regulate.

Cook:

• 2 carrots;
• 60 grams of peanuts;
• chili pepper (small pod);
• 2 tbsp. l. cilantro;
• ½ lemon;
• ½ tsps alt;
• 1 tsp sugar.

Peanuts can be used ready with s alt.

Chili pepper, de-seeded, chopped.

Cut the cilantro.

Squeeze the juice from the lemon, add sugar, s alt, cilantro and chili.

Pour the prepared sauce over grated carrots, mix, top with chopped peanuts.

This is just a small selection of peanut recipes. It goes well with meat, vegetables, fruits. By the way, s alted peanuts can also be used for fruit salads. This will add spice to them without spoiling the taste. But, as elsewhere, the main thing here is to feel the measure and proceed from personal preferences.