Light summer salad recipes can not be missing on hot days. They refresh us, provide vitamins and are not heavy on the stomach. We show you our top 11.
When it's hot - really hot. The thermometer rises above 30 ° Celsius, we are happy about light summer salad recipes.
Crisp vegetables, fresh cool leaf salads, sweet fruit - anything goes with salads in the summer.
Summer salads can be prepared in no time and refresh us from the inside. How about the classic tomato-mozarella-basil? Or fruity summer salads with strawberries and melon?
However, summer salad recipes can still be quite refreshing with shrimp, turkey or chicken.
Simply combine leafy salads with sprouts, fruits, vegetables, delicious dressings, herbs or quinoa.
Tip: Allow the salad to chill in the refrigerator. It tastes most refreshing that way.
You can easily take the salad to the office. Just put it in a jar with a screw cap. Salad in glass by the way, is perfect to prepare the day before. You can store it in the fridge overnight and save yourself a lot of work the next day.
By the way: If you're looking for a change, you can get your own Salad dressings easy to make yourself.
We got inspired on Instagram and gathered delicious summer salad recipes.
These salad ingredients will refresh you:
- Tomatoes
- Cucumber
- Paprika
- Zucchini and eggplant
- Onion or shallots
- Sprouts
- Fruit like strawberries, melon, mango
- Herbs
These ingredients make you full:
- Quinoa
- Couscous
- Bulgur
- Tuna
- Feta
- Mozzarella
- Turkey or chicken
- Lenses
- Beans
These are our top 11 summer salad recipes
So much we can already reveal: The trend this year goes clearly in the direction of goat cheese :)
Salad with chickpeas and strawberries
Summer salad recipes can contain colorful ingredients. This is shown by this delicious snack from lenylike. You'll find strawberries, cherry peas, arugula, sorrel and delicious herbs. The orange blossom of the nasturtium freshens up the salad. It becomes really delicious with an elderflower dressing.
Treat yourself to this bulgur salad with feta and vegetables!
Fruity summer salad with fig and goat cheese
The combination of figs and goat cheese makes this salad irresistible. The summer salad gets a pleasant taste of sweet and sour.
Cucumbers and tomatoes are also perfect for hot days. You should not be stingy with tasty fresh herbs. Summer salad recipes can be combined with a piece of wholemeal bread.
Melon fan? Try this watermelon feta salad!
Grapefruit salad with blueberries
Dei combination of grapefruit and blueberries may sound a little strange at first glance. But mixed together, the ingredients make the perfect salad for the summer.
Thanks to the grapefruit and blueberries you get a big load of vitamins. And that with every bite.
On top there's some cocktail tomatoes, parmesan cheese, asparagus (if you can still buy some) and a big load of arugula mixed with pick lettuce.
Perfect for hot days: cucumber salad with sour cream and dill!
Pick lettuce with sprouts
Pine nuts, sprouts, shredded carrots, goat cheese and mixed leaf lettuce end up on the plate here. It's served with a delicious pita bread and a vinegar-oil dressing.
Fruity summer salad with fig, apple, raspberry
If you like it fruity, you will find it at itsmebabsz right. While figs make the salad sweet, the green apple and raspberries provide a pleasant acidity. The summer salad becomes beautifully green with fresh ruccola leaves. The goat cheese and bread make you full for a long time.
Yummy: Couscous salad with crunchy vegetables!
Salad with bulgur, feta and cucumber
Salad does not necessarily mean leaf lettuce. That shows us judithyoudidite. There are many delicious variations. With this recipe you will be really nice and full. Bulgur is responsible for this. The small grain is cooked, refined with tomato paste, salt and pepper and made really tasty with fresh parsley, peppers and olives. The side dish is a delicious cucumber salad with feta and lots of dill.
It gets fruity with watermelon, plums and raspberries. You can eat them directly with your salad or enjoy them as a healthy dessert.
Watermelon salad with mize, pomegranate and goat cheese
Who has not tried it yet: You absolutely must try combining melon and goat cheese. This summery mix from lauriegenevieve will blow you away. It's delicious with a few leaves of fresh mint, a tablespoon of sunflower seeds and pomegranate. This makes not only visually really what.
This quinoa salad with sweet potatoes tastes terrific!
Summer salad with chicken and pine nuts
Attention meat lovers! With the salad from fraeulein bud it becomes deliciously crunchy. The salad bowl is filled with pine nuts, black olives and pieces of nectarine. Also pick lettuce and breaded chicken strips.
Summer salad with shrimps, potatoes and leaf salad
The sight of this salad immediately makes your mouth water. Summer salad recipes with shrimp are especially delicious. For the recipe of miss_marykaefer you fry the shrimps in Coconut oil*, season with lemon and pepper.
They taste best lukewarm. The basis for this summer light salad is red and green leaf lettuce. Pieces of potato are hidden in between. Very tasty with it: Fresh basil.
Light summer salad with sesame seeds, herbs and tomatoes
On particularly hot days, the salad from lecker_fleischwolf will refresh you. You take spring onion, cocktail tomatoes, sesame seeds, cucumber, cilantro, lettuce. What must not be missing is avocado. Cauliflower florets sautéed in peanut oil and small chili pepper rings add extra flavor to your lunch.
Greek salad
It gets classic with bite_to_dream. Anna refreshes herself with a Greek salad. In it you will find tomatoes, cucumbers, onion, herbs and a large amount of feta. It tastes best when all the ingredients are iced.
With this salad you bring Mediterranean flair into your living room. Delicious!
Our conclusion
As you can see, summer salad recipes are very varied. You can let off steam to the fullest. If you want to follow the salad trend 2017, you should not do without goat cheese. :) Enjoy it!
Do you also have a delicious recipe that absolutely has to be added to our collection? Write us on Instagram! We like to add to our light summer salad recipes.
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