Salad Seekers

Today is Cinco de Mayo and in honor of this day, Saladseekers has a few Mexican bean salads to share at your Cinco de Mayo festivities. Enjoy these tasty and diet friendly ensalada recipes.

BLACK BEAN AND RICE SALAD (VEGAN)

2 cups cooked rice — cooled
1 cup black beans – drained and cooked
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1/2 cup Cheddar cheese, shredded
1 tablespoon fresh parsley — snipped
1/4 cup Low calorie Italian salad dressing
1 tablespoon Fresh lime juice
Lettuce leaves

Combine rice, beans, tomato, cheese (if desired), and parsley in large bowl.

Pour dressing and lime juice over rice mixture.

Toss.

Serve on lettuce leaves.

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Looking for something different? Try a seaweed salad. Served mostly at Japanese restaurants, seaweed is a very nutritious food. The kind of seaweed that we can eat is called wakame, and it is rich in calcium, iron, niacin, and thiamine. So the next time you have sushi, try a side salad of seaweed or even try this recipe at home!

Ingredients

3/4 ounce dried wakame seaweed (whole or cut)
3 tablespoons rice vinegar (not seasoned)
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons sesame oil
½ teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon finely grated peeled fresh ginger
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
2 scallions, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted

Directions

Soak seaweed in a bowl of warm water and cover for 5 minutes.

Drain and squeeze any excess water. If wakame is uncut, cut into strips.

In a separate bowl, mix rice vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, ginger, and garlic in the bowl until sugar is dissolved.

Combine dressing with seaweed and add scallions and cilantro.

Sprinkle salad with sesame seeds.

Enjoy!

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Mozzarella and Tomato Salad
Check out this different salad that only contains tomato, mozzarella cheese and basil!
Ingredients:

4 large tomatoes
10 ounces mozzarella cheese, thickly sliced
8 leaves fresh basil, torn into strips
4 tablespoons olive oil
ground black pepper to taste

Directions:

Slice tomatoes finely and arrange on a plate.

Drizzle a the four tablespoons of olive oil over the tomatoes, and sprinkle with black pepper.

Place slices of mozzarella cheese over tomatoes.

Add strips of basil over cheese.

Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes before serving.

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Fruit salads are a wonderful way to get in your daily servings of fruit.  Fruit salads are fullfilling and will send your tastebuds in delight mode!  Why not try something different to your fruit salad?  Try a Nigerian Fruit salad!

Nigerian Fruit Salad
From www.farminthecity.org

SERVES 10 -12

• 4 ripe papayas or mangoes, peeled, seeded and cut into bite-size pieces
• 2 red apples, cored and chopped
• 2 ripe bananas, peeled and sliced
• 1 (16 ounce) can pineapple tidbits, well-drained
• 1 cup fresh orange juice
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/3 cup sweetened flaked coconut

In large bowl combine papayas, apples, bananas, pineapple, orange juice, sugar, and cinnamon.

Toss to mix well. Cover and chill until ready to serve.

To serve, sprinkle with shredded coconut.

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Taco salads are a quick and easy change up to your salads.  But you have to use caution when eating certain taco salads.  Looking at the Taco Bell nutrition menu, the Fiesta Taco Salad is 840 calories.  http://www.tacobell.com/nutrition/information/ Why not make your own taco salad?  It will save calories and much more healthier for you!

Quick and Easy Taco Salad

1 package of ground beef or ground turkey.

1 onion (diced)

1 pepper (diced)

1 tomato

1 package of lettcue

1 package of 2% cheddar cheese

2 tsp of sour cream

1 jar of salsa

- Brown your package of ground beef/turkey along with the diced onions and peppers

- Place the cooked meat on a bed of lettuce

- Add shredded 2% cheddar cheese, tomatoes and sour cream

- Finish with a topping of salsa

- Add a few nacho chips for the taco flavor

Enjoy!

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