Brussels Sprouts Warm Salad

Hello Friends,

After a gap again, I am here with this delicious and warm salad that is super yummy, green (like everybody wants), not raw as I know not many of us like raw veggies and get this, only 129 calories per serving.

I know someone may say oh, 129 calories for salad might be too much, when you can get usual raw green veggie salad for under 100 calories. But, for that, I would say, just give it a try once and you won't complain for calories, as it is all healthy including the cheese.

It has 4.7 g of Fiber, 7.8 g of Protein, 163% of Vitamin C, 28% of Vitamin A, 11% of Calcium and 11% of Iron. Does it get any better? So, ready to try?

Brussels Sprouts Warm Salad

Ingredients (Makes 1 serving)
Brussels Sprouts - 2 cups, diced/sliced or chopped as you like
Onions - 1/2 cup sliced/diced or chopped, use the same way you do brussel sprouts
Salt - 1 dash
Black Pepper - 1 dash or per your taste
Olive Oil - 1 tsp
Reduced Fat - 1-2 tbsp Feta Crumbled
Preparation

• Take a non stick pan and heat in medium heat
• Add oil and once the oil is hot, add in onion and brussel sprouts
• I usually add the dash of salt here (but you can add it at the end too, your preference)
• Saute (open pan) for up to 4-5 minutes
• Close the lid and let it steam for about 1 min.
• Open the lid and switch off the gas
• Add salt/pepper (skip salt if you already added it before).
• Take it in serving bowl and crumble feta cheese all over.
• Mix it right before serving.

Serving

Serve it as a warm salad right before lunch/dinner. In addition, you can also use it as a side dish with roti/rice. I also tried using it as a soft taco stuffing and it works great, so use your imagination.

I am sending this to The Healthy Me & Healthy Us event for May 2013 Edition is being held by Jayanthi @ her Home Made Food Ideas for Toddlers and Young Children blog.

That's all for now. Take care till next post.

Priya

Quinoa and Apple - Raisin - Almond Salad

Hello Friends,


Lately, so many of you have been tempting and inspiring me, cooking with with Quinoa, that I had to cook with it and taste it. So, here is one of my very first quinoa recipe taken from "Family Fun" magazine (edition May 2010). I was reading at my son's math's class waiting room :)


If you want to kn ow more about Quinoa, please click on the word Quinoa. Source: Wikipedia.



Quinoa and Apple - Raisin - Almonds Salad

Ingredients
Quinoa - 1 cup
Water - 2 cups (to cook quinoa)
Diced Tart Apple - 1 cup
Toasted Almonds - 1/2 cup
Golden Raisins - 1/3 cup
Dressing
Honey - 2 tbsp
Lemon Juice - 1/4 cup
Olive oil - 3 tbsp
Salt and papper - as per taste
Preparation

• Take a heavy bottomed pan, heat water to cook quinoa and let it come to boil.
• Add quinoa, mix well, cover and let it simmer for 15-20 minutes.
• Let it cool down completely. 
• Meanwhile dice apples and toast almonds.
• Add raisins, apples, almonds to cooked and cooled quinoa.
• Refrigerate it till right before serving.
• Mix all the ingredients of dressing in a bowl.

Serving
Toss salad with dressing right before serving and serve it before any meal or enjoy it simply as an evening snack.


I had prepared it when one of my very good friends came for lunch yesterday. Even they had never tasted or actually even heard of quinoa. It was liked by all :)


One thing I forgot to mention above. You do not see any almonds in my picture because I had only little left and I burnt them while toasting them (I got distracted) :(


Thanks to all the blogging friends who introduced me to this grain.


I am sending this to Soup, Salad & Sammies Sundays event by DEBINHAWAII

 


I am also sending this to Innovative Salad # 2 - Fruits event.


That's all for now, take care till next post.

Sprouted Moong (Green Gram) Salad

Hello Friends,


I had sprouted some hari moong (Green Gram) to make into some Hari Moong Ka Cheela. So, I was left with few leftover sprouted moong (meaning they sprouted as they were left in referigerator). I thought of a real good use of it and made it into this really healthy green gram salad.


I am sure you all make a version of it at your home. This is such a perfect thing for this summer when you can just pull some sprouted moong from fridge and make it right before your lunch and enjoy it real cold.


Sprouted Moong (Green Gram) Salad

Ingredients
Sprouted Moong  - 1 cup
Onions - 1/4 cup chopped finely (increase or decrease the quantity based on your liking)
Tomatoes - 1/4 cup chopped finely (increase or decrease the quantity based on your liking)
Green Chillies - 1-2 chopped finely (I used 1/2 tsp red chilli powder instead)
Chat Masala - 1/2 tsp (optional)
Salt - as per taste
Lemon Juice - as per taste
Preparation
Toss everything together in a bowl.
Serving
Serve it in a bowl as a cold salad right before you have your lunch/dinner or as a healthy snack in the afternoon. Alternatively, this can also be eaten as a chaat as back in my place, we get those "bhaiyas" selling it as a nice yummy chaat.


I am sending this for Healthy Inspirations - Salads hosted by Usha and Serve Me Some Salads hosted by Madhuri.

Also, sending it to Vegetable Marathon - Beans event hosted by Anita and MLLA # 22 event hosted by Ruchika.

Also sending this recipe to Let's Sprout event of Priya and Iftar Moments: Hijri 1431 event of Ayeesha.

 

Till next post, take care and have a wonderful night and weekend.