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Summer is here and the offer is on fresh vegetables and fruit is as beautiful as never before! It's time for a refreshing salad with lots of crunchy greens, Sheep cheese and one wonderful lime dressing . This deliciousness is perfect for hot days because it doesn't weigh on your stomach and tastes wonderful. And last but not least, yours too Gut microbiome the salad will bring joy. Get this simple recipe and enjoy our delicious salad with a whole grain baguette for lunch or as a side dish for a barbecue – it always tastes great, I promise.
How summer salad gets your body going
Especially in summer we want lunch something light so we can do ours body in this heat not with one too strenuous digestion . Our delicious summer salad is just right for that!
Don't these colors just look delicious to eat?!
With this salad we go whole six different types of fruit and vegetables – Spring onions, endive, rocket, radishes, cucumber and watermelon! That is ideal – because fruit and vegetables are not just rich in vitamins and wonderful taste, but also valuable fiber . This is exactly what your intestinal microbiome needs! Your Feed intestinal bacteria They mainly rely on fiber and only feel good when you give them some big variety offer. The more fiber, the more different bacteria colonize and the Your microbiome will become healthier and more stable ! Ergo, try more different vegetables in yours to incorporate into everyday life and so your microbiome eats healthily. (1)
Also help fiber in combination with drink a lot at stubborn constipation .
Ingredients
For 2 people
vegetarian, gluten-free
Preparation time approx. 15 minutes
You need these ingredients for our refreshing summer salad.
- Green salad: endive, lettuce...
- Arugula
- 1/2 bunch of radishes
- 1/2 cucumber
- 3 young onions
- 1/4 watermelon
- 100 g sheep cheese
- 1-2 limes
- olive oil
- 1 handful of pistachios
- 1/2 whole wheat baguette
- Salt pepper
Preparation
The first thing will be this Vegetables washed – i.e. lettuce, rocket, cucumber, radishes and spring onions. Then the Cut lettuce into bite-sized pieces Cut and into one together with the rocket large bowl give.
Then half Cucumber and the Finely slice radishes cut and add to the salad. The Spring onion free from their roots, in narrow rings cut and add too.
Crunchy, green, healthy and full of flavor!
Now it's up to him Superstar of our summer salad: the Watermelon ! Remove the rind from a quarter of the melon, cut it into slices and continue to slice them divide smaller cubes . These melon cubes can now also be added to the salad.
Then we'll prepare that too refreshing dressing before: One or two for that Limes squeeze and with something Salt, pepper and olive oil taste.
Now it will Dressing on the salad distributed and everything mixed well. Finally, this Sheep cheese crumble over the salad and the Pistachio nuts sprinkle on top. That was it!
We wish you a good appetite and Have fun with our delicious summer salad! 🙂
References
- Makki K, Deehan EC, Walter J, Bäckhed F. The Impact of Dietary Fiber on Gut Microbiota in Host Health and Disease. Cell Host Microbe. 2018;23(6):705-715.
