Are you looking for salad recipes for weight loss? Here is a veg salad recipes for weight loss. That is, Cucumber tomato avocado salad, is a healthy and nutritious salad. It is a simple yet delicious salad with few ingredients like cucumber, tomato, avocado and slices of red onion. Most importantly it is a refreshing and crunchy salad.
Further this salad is perfect during summer to beat the heat. As cucumbers are very cooling during summer. This salad is light and flavorful with lemon & olive oil dressing and the freshness of cilantro (coriander leaves). It is so simple to make and a tasty, filling salad. One of the perfect salad for lunch or dinner.
Furthermore this salad is loaded with veggies; juicy tomatoes, creamy avocado and crunchy cucumbers, along with red onion slices, fresh lemon juice, flavorful cilantro. If you wish, you could also add bell peppers too for crunchiness. Moreover to enhance the freshness, add fresh basil. Here I have used English cucumber, rather than normal cucumbers. Because English cucumbers are seed less cucumbers and they have a thin outer layer(peel) compared to the regular cucumbers. But both the cucumbers almost have the same nutrients.
Even more this refreshing salad is helps in weight loss too and a perfect salad which comes under 300 calories. One of the nutritious salad for those who are willing to loose their weight. In addition to this, cucumbers are especially refreshing in summertime when you sweat a lot.
The tomatoes can reduce inflammation in your body and protect your heart in the meantime. Avocados are a super food, a healthy source of fats that are great for your digestion, heart, brain and inflammation- related pain.
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Here is a refreshing cucumber tomato avocado salad with step by step photos and a detailed video.
Recipe Video:
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Ingredients
- 1 english cucumber thinly sliced
- 1 avocado/butter fruit chopped
- 1 tomato finely chopped
- ¼ cup red onion thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped
- 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ tsp garlic salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper crushed
- ¼ tsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Firstly take a large mixing bowl and add the chopped ingredients like engish cucumber, avocado and tomatoes.
- Then add thinly sliced red onions and finely chopped coriander leaves.
- Next sprinkle a little bit of extra virgin olive oil.
- Also add garlic salt and crushed black pepper.
- Finally squeeze a little lemon juice and give a good mix.
- Now the healthy & nutritious cucumber, tomato, avocado salad is ready to serve!
- Enjoy this salad as an evening snack or for dinner as well.
Instructions
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Firstly take a large mixing bowl and add the chopped ingredients like engish cucumber, avocado and tomatoes.
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Then add thinly sliced red onions and finely chopped coriander leaves.
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Next sprinkle a little bit of extra virgin olive oil.
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Also add garlic salt and crushed black pepper.
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Finally squeeze a little lemon juice and give a good mix.
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Now the healthy & nutritious cucumber, tomato, avocado salad is ready to serve!
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Enjoy this salad as an evening snack or for dinner as well.
