A summer and travel salad.
When the heat presses, sometimes we take away our hunger (sometimes!) . Or you just fancy something lighter to go out in the 34 degrees in the afternoon. Or something cool. It may also be that in summer the consumption of salads skyrockets because a) we missed (much, too much) the bikini operation; or b) we have to clean up those 15 days of beach bars, straws and fried fish.
Be that as it may, it is a fact: in summer we eat more salads. And since we still have summer left, **we have made a route through the healthiest places in Madrid** and we have chosen their star salad for August. We have something left, of course: quinoa is still well up. And a good salad admits almost everything.
PLANET ORGANIC
Vegetable & fruit sauteed quinoa It is the most successful salad of the summer at this organic supermarket-restaurant.
Ingredients: made with quinoa, garnished with vegetable fettuccine, goji berries, avocado, lime, mango and roasted peanuts. The dressing is coconut oil with tamari (a traditional Japanese soy sauce).
Well colored on the plate.
CASSAVA
"All our salads are named after a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro," he tells us. Olalla Pineiro, owner of this brazilian healthy of Chamberi. "Each one of them will captivate you with every bite. Made with fresh products of the day, capriciously flavored oils in Manioc, respecting the nutritional value that your body needs. Oooh what a beauty...!".
The Summer Salad is the leblon salad: "It's a light salad. Rich in protein and beta-carotene. Ideal for weight loss diets. Good for the skin. Gluten-free. Lactose-free," says Piñeiro.
Leblon salad ingredients: Quinoa base, walnuts, arugula, grilled marinated cut chicken, seasoned red onion, cherry tomato seasoned in flavored oil and orange.
'What a beauty!'.
MAGASAND
In one of the most classic of healthy cuisine in Madrid, they have two salads that are especially popular in summer.
"Spoiled Nephew It is a simple, light and quick salad. The Modena vinaigrette is hardly filling and is the best ally for salads. A perfect option for mid-day during the summer," they explain.
Ingredients: mézclum, roast chicken, dried tomatoes, Parmesan, walnuts and Modena vinaigrette.
The secret of the Modena dressing.
"Quinoa is a fresh food that customers request a lot in their salads when summer arrives. Spiquinoa It has a star element: the pomegranate. There is no fruit more refreshing and summery than the pomegranate"
Ingredients: spinach, quinoa, toasted almonds, pomegranate, feta cheese, red onion, honey mustard dressing. THE CIRCLE FOOD
From one of the latest healthy proposals in Madrid, they recommend a well-traveled bowl: "The Hanoi salad is inspired by Vietnamese food, and evokes the freedom, well-being and adventure of travel in this country" say its creators.
"Combining ingredients, all fresh and worked daily in our kitchen They make it a very tasty, fresh and natural salad".
Ingredients: baby spinach and rice noodles as bases, baked pork with teriyaki sauce, hand-shredded carrot, cucumber, pickled red cabbage, mint and cilantro (to taste!) . The dressing is a vinaigrette based on soy sauce, sesame oil and peanuts.
Straight from Vietnam...
HONEST GREENS
The star salad of this new healthy mecca is: Avocado Supergreen. Once again, the avocado is the star.
Ingredients: organic arugula and spinach, lamb's lettuce, avocado, sautéed organic portobellos, beetroot, cherry tomato, cucumber, poppy, alfalfa and soy. Balsamic dressing.
There is never enough avocado.
ABOLEA
From the corner with the most bowls in Chamberí they recommend us two "very fresh" salads Of summer.
The Bowl Abolea (464 kcal) . "Our star bowl this summer! A fresh and super healthy vegetarian option. Caviar lentils are the lentils that have more protein, in addition to many carbohydrates and fibers", says the creator of Abolea, Rosanna Anson.
"We recommend mix all the ingredients and savor slowly. In addition, the low temperature egg comes with a surprise, can you guess how we get it to have that fuchsia color? It is the perfect food for weight control diets due to its high fiber content that helps improve intestinal transit."
Ingredients: lentils caviar, low-temperature egg, carrots and roasted red onion petals , grapes, cherry tomatoes, feta cheese, sliced almonds, 'lemon lime' dressing.
Pink eggs? Amazing salads.
"The Thai Bowl (364 kcal) is one of our most flavorful bowls. The chicken is marinated with soy, citrus and ginger and we accompany it with a little bit of slightly spicy peanut sauce. which complements well the refreshing courgette, carrot, red cabbage and kale salad. It is an excellent option for athletes as it prevents fatigue during high-resistance exercises due to its high energy value."
Ingredients: Thai-style marinated chicken, peanut sauce, grilled pineapple, jasmine rice, zucchini spirals, carrot, red cabbage, red onion and kale.
Thai influences in this energetic bowl.