Fruit Salad - Delicious and Nutritious

Fruit salad has made a comeback. This light refreshing fare can be served as a desert, appetizer or part of the regular meal. Fruit is one of the healthiest things you can feed your body. They are loaded with vitamins and fiber; they are great for feeding your skin, digestive system, hair and at keeping other body functions running like clockwork. Sometimes called fruit cocktail this tasty dish is the perfect fare.


Where to Get It?

Many restaurants will offer fruit salad on their menu as part of their breakfast or dinner menu. There are also canned varieties that can be found in any grocery store. Some people prefer to create their own salad at home. There are many recipes available.


Ingredients

All the main ingredients of fruit salad is fruit. This seems simplistic enough, but there are recipes that use sour cream, mayonnaise and yogurt as part of the recipe. There are some recipes that use ingredients that defeat the purpose of eating the healthy fruit.


Typically a recipe will call for a combination of different citrus fruits, apples, grapes and some type of dressing. The dressing may be derived from the juice of the fruits that are used. There are very exotic recipes that call for very exotic ingredients and dressings. There are very simple recipes that require very simple fruits with a very simple lightly sugared dressing. Some recipes require only berries to be used; usually they are topped with some type of cream.


There is one variation that is popular in the south eastern United States that calls for mini marshmallows, some type of whipped cream in addition to the fruit.


The Waldorf salad may be one of the most famous fruit salad recipes invented by a chef at the Waldorf Hotel during the nine teen twenties in NYC. This recipe adds a mayonnaise based sauce.


Some recipes also include the use of brandy or other liquor to infuse the fruit with flavor.


The dish can be served hot or cold and largely depends on cultural norms. In some areas of the world the fruit is prepared by frying or grilling it and in some areas of the world the fruit is simply sliced mixed up and served at room temperature or slightly chilled.


Anyway fruit salad is created or served it is usually very well received. The taste is awesome and the presentation is grand. The colorful fruit will dress up any plate.

Delicious Vinaigrette Salad - Great Low Calorie Fat Free Food

Wherever good taste and low calories are required; a delicious vinaigrette salad must be tried. This recipe is a great low-calorie fat-free food and will go splendidly on a variety of salads. Fresh lettuce, handpicked from your garden requires, almost mandates that a vinaigrette salad dressing be its companion. The dressings are easy to make and are some of the lowest caloric-valued items that can be consumed that also taste terrific. In order to learn how to make vinaigrette salad, all one has to do is read below.


'Vinaigrette' is not a single type of dressing or food item, in fact, any number of combination of lemon juice and oil plus a few spices can create a wonderful vinaigrette salad dressing. Any fruit or vegetable will do just fine as a standard for the vinaigrette base. The choice is up to the consumer and the sky is the limit when it comes to creating a great vinaigrette salad dressing.


The goal of any serious dieter is to have a great low- calorie fat-free item and this is exactly what vinaigrette salad is. The best way to demonstrate how to make a lemon zest vinaigrette salad is to read below.


Lemon Zest Vinaigrette Salad

* Shaved Lemon Zest
* 2 Tablespoons Canola Oil
* 1 Tablespoon Mustard
* 1 Tablespoon Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice
* Freshly Ground Black Pepper
* Dash of Salt


Once all the food items are accumulated it is time to grab the largest mixing bowl and whisk and get to 'churning'. Once all the food items are smelling great and looking even better, it is time to locate a relatively larger 'Mason' type jar and as long as a screw lid is accompanied with the jar, deposit all the vinaigrette yummy salad dressing into this receptacle. Give the vinaigrette a few upside-down turning shakes, in order to better dissipate the oil, and then open the jar slowly. Now it is time to add the spices that are the family favorite, such as bay leaves or oregano or maybe even some of the leftover lemon zest, just to add a bit more kick. Once everything is added to the dressing it is time to place it in the refrigerator and await the production of the star of the show, the salad.


As mentioned earlier, vinaigrette salad dressing is a wonderful way to have a great taste experience and also cut down on the caloric intake. Many dieters swear by the use of vinaigrette as the tasteful concoctions spice things up and liven up a rather dull dietary plan and one that needs some extra care from time to time. That is the problem with a lot of diets, the food tastes like wood or worse rice cakes, and eventually individuals lose interest. By making this lemon zest vinaigrette dressing, that will not be a problem as the whole family will simply adore this handmade and low calorie favorite food item.

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A Salad Is A Perfect Diet Food, Right?

It depends.

Are you having a salad or a tossed meal?

Does the salad dressing you’re using have a lot of calories in it, and are you using so much of it on your salad that you have the caloric equivalent of a McDonald’s burger on your salad in dressing alone?

Many people think that if they are having a salad for lunch or dinner, or even breakfast – that they are having a healthy meal. And yes, a salad can be a very healthy food choice. It can also be just as bad of a food choice as a fast food burger and fries depending on what is put on that salad.

Here’s an example of a salad a friend of mine who was dieting recently made for herself when we were having lunch at a restaurant with a salad bar. I watched her make a huge salad and this is what it contained:
• Iceberg lettuce
• Shredded carrots
• Tomatoes
• Cucumbers
• Hard boiled egg
• Diced ham
• Diced turkey
• Diced salami
• Bacon bits
• Shredded cheddar cheese
• Shredded Parmesan cheese
• Croutons
• Sunflower Seeds
• Regular ranch dressing – lots of it
• On the side of the salad but on the same plate she piled servings of potato salad, pasta salad, and cottage cheese.

I think I remembered all the ingredients. I may have forgotten one two, but I’m pretty close to having them all. I remembered her salad because she talked about her diet a lot during lunch and was so proud of herself for not ordering the hamburger she really wanted and instead having the salad. When I pointed out that the hamburger would have been less calories, she laughed at me. I think she thought I was joking but I wasn’t.

My friend did not have a salad. By the time she finished making her salad it was hard to see the lettuce. She had a tossed meal. And she had several high fat items in that salad like the processed deli meats, the cheddar cheese, and the bacon bits.

On the other hand, a salad can be a very healthful choice. Some good choices are:
• Dark leafy greens although iceberg is okay too
• Raw vegetables like tomatoes, broccoli, mushrooms, carrots, cauliflower, cucumber, green pepper (or any other color pepper), celery, radishes, and onions
• A low fat or vinaigrette dressing (raspberry vinaigrette has big flavor without having a lot of calories)

A salad can be whatever you want it to be. But a salad piled high with high calorie and high fat foods in a not the perfect diet food. In fact, what it might be is the perfect diet wrecking food because it fools people into thinking they are eating a low calorie meal when they aren’t.

Thank you info by Dorrie Ruplinger