Unique summer recipes: quick and easy recipes for healthy eating and staying in shape
Many ideas of unique recipes to prepare in the summer without wasting cooking time. Also perfect for taking to the beach or as a quick lunch in the office. Vegetarians, based on meat or fish, are healthy and tasty.
UNIQUE SUMMER RECIPES
Unique summer recipes: the ideal solution for not being too much behind the stove during the summer. In summer, we prefer to spend our free time on walks, on days on the beach, and sports. Not much is left for the stoves. What to present at the table to make everyone happy and without wasting precious time?
The summer salads are unique, tasty, complete and very healthy dishes, they help us to stay light and in shape thanks to their satiating and detoxifying effect, as well as not to waste those foods left in the refrigerator that we don’t know how to use.
UNIQUE VEGETARIAN DISHES
You can prepare salads with the most varied and colorful ingredients: seasonal vegetables, legumes, seeds and nuts, mushrooms, and even fruit and vegetables together.
LETTUCE SALAD AND SESAME SEEDS
Here is an easy and tasty recipe with lettuce, radishes and sesame seeds.
INGREDIENTS
-lettuce or endive
-celery
radishes
-ripe cherry tomatoes
-grated carrots
-green olives
-finely chopped onion or leek
-a handful of natural sesame and pumpkin seeds
PREPARATION
Mix everything in a large bowl (with these ingredients you can also add beans or chickpeas previously boiled) and add the hard-boiled eggs: season with extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, and salt.
SWEET SALAD
If you like sweet and sour flavors, here is another fantastic fresh and tasty salad.
INGREDIENTS
-raw spinach to taste
-a handful of walnut kernels,
-ripe pear slices at will
-raisins
–Sesame seeds
PREPARATION
After washing and draining the spinaches well, put everything in a large bowl, mix and season with extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, and salt.
LEMON SALAD WITH SPINACH
A nutritious and healthy dish, rich in vitamins and mineral salts. Also excellent as a main dish enriched with feta or parmesan flakes. Don’t forget to accompany the salad with a few slices of homemade bread.
CHICKPEAS SALAD
A colorful, nutritious and healthy recipe, to be enriched, according to your tastes, with grilled zucchini, black olives, carrots, spinach or dried tomatoes.
BEANS SALAD
The sour bean salad is a nutritious and healthy side dish that is prepared in a few minutes, ideal also as a main dish accompanied by croutons.
LENTILS SALAD
A healthy and nutritious dish also excellent as a main dish in the office and on the beach during the summer. And to make it even tastier, enrich the salad with pomegranate grains and Champignon mushrooms.
BARLEY WITH RUCOLA PESTO AND ALMONDS
A unique dish with a special flavor and to be enriched, according to your tastes, with flakes of Parmesan and dried tomatoes. As an alternative to almonds, use walnuts.
QUINOA WITH CHICKPEAS AND RICE
The ideal dish to taste the quinoa and benefit from its many properties. Rich, cheerful, gluten-free and animal derivatives, suitable for the whole family.
UNIQUE DISHES WITH MEAT
Here are other ideas for tasty dishes that combine meat with vegetables, or cereals. Like our special chicken and citrus salad. Flavorful.
CHICKEN AND GRAPEFRUIT SALAD
INGREDIENTS
-chicken breast to taste
-Belgian endive
-pink and yellow grapefruit slices at will
PREPARATION
Boil the chicken in strips and add the slices of grapefruit in a bowl. Season all with extra virgin olive oil, white wine vinegar, salt and a pinch of white pepper.
BRESAOLA CARPACCIO WITH ZUCCHINI
A nutritious and healthy dish, simple to prepare and perfect also to take to the beach. If you want to replace bresaola, use cooked ham or speck.
UNIQUE DISHES WITH FISH
Very tasty are also the unique dishes based on fish, just steam it, let it cool and add it to a bed of vegetables … then give space to the imagination. If you want, share your creations with us, meanwhile here is a delicious and fragrant octopus salad recipe.
