It can sometimes be difficult to scale down recipes to cook for one or two persons. But If you plan ahead, you can enjoy home-cooked meals without a lot of extra fuss.
INGREDIENTS:
- Chopped Kale – 1/2 cup
- Celery stalk, chopped – 1 no
- Seedless Cucumber, peeled and sliced into 3" long – 1/2 cup
- Baby carrots, peeled and thinly sliced – 1/2 cup
- Hard boiled eggs – 2 no's
- Cooked Rice – 2 Tbsp.
- Black pepper powder – 1/8 tsp.
- Salt – 1 pinch
METHOD:
- Wash well all the vegetables.
- Kale’s curly leaves provide multiple traps for dirt, so kale should be cleaned carefully.
- Wash kale in a deep bowl of cold water, stirring it a bit to release the grit, then lift it out. Pour out the water, and refill the bowl with fresh water. Repeat until you no longer see any grit in the water.
- Then spread the leaves out on a large kitchen towel and roll them up into a cylinder. This dries the leaves.
- If you want to remove the stems from the leaves , you can either fold each leaf in half, then cut away the stems or grab the leafs with your hand and pull the steam away in the opposite direction.
- Now chop leaves in desired size and rinse in colander.
- Wash well, peel and slice baby carrots and Cucumber.
- Wash well, Cut both ends off a celery stalk.
- Rinse celery stalk thoroughly in cold water and dry with a paper towel and chop them.
- Remove the shells of the hard boiled eggs, slice thinly and set aside. An egg slicer is perfect for this job.
- Place all the cut vegetables in a bowl and mix well.
- Transfer the mixed vegetables to serving plates. This healthy Salad is enough for two servings.
- Now place the sliced eggs on the salad.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper on top of the egg slices.
- Serve and enjoy you tasty healthy Salad.
NOTE:
- You can make healthy and tasty salads using your favorite vegetables and fruits.
- Raw foods are low in calories, so incorporating more raw foods in your diet can help aid weight loss and help detoxify our bodies.
- Raw foods contain a high water content which helps to cool down your body and keep you hydrated.
