Later, other species joined it, which was greatly facilitated by the feudal wars in the Old World. When the castle is under siege, and there are not enough food for everyone, you are willy-nilly starting to look for alternative food. So, for example, the ration of the Italians firmly entered the arugula. What are the most delicious and useful salads?
At first, salad was used as a side dish for meat, and only by the beginning of the XIX century, when fish, meat and eggs were added to the leaves, it turned from a plant into a generic name for a huge quantity of dishes from "something sliced".
Lettuce leaves are now the basis of light meals or a healthy side dish. We love them for low caloric content, high content of iron, magnesium and sodium, folic acid, vitamin C and beta-carotene. Salad improves lactation and kidney function, saves from beriberi and helps the intestines work. But the most important is the bitter substances contained in stems and leaves - lactukopicrin and lactucine: they soothe the nervous system, improve sleep and help to remove cholesterol from the body.
Useful collection
Romain is the record holder for sodium content and is used in the treatment of certain adrenal diseases. Butterhead is a good source of vitamin E (tocopherol), which slows down aging, improves the nutrition of cells that relieve fatigue. Frize salad, useful because of the bitter substance of the intibine, necessary for improving the functioning of the circulatory and digestive systems. Rukkola contains flavonoids and essential oil of complex composition: they stimulate the immune system, help maintain vigor and efficiency even when the strictest diets are observed. The iceberg strengthens the bones and protects the eyes from the harmful effects of the computer thanks to vitamins A, K, B9 and sodium.
Lettuce, which contains a large number of iron salts, is a welcome product on the table of those who complain of rapid fatigue, drowsiness and general reduced tone. Replace the familiar PMS chocolate on the leaves of lettuce, and menstruation will be easier. Cress-salad cleanses the respiratory tract and strengthens the nervous system due to the contents of mustard oil, iron and vitamin PP.
Compose a mixture
If the vegetable salad, divide the ingredients into equal parts: for example, add the same number of cucumbers, tomatoes and bell peppers. Salad will taste better if the pieces are about the same size.
Do you want to make a dish more satisfying with the most delicious and useful salads? You need to add one protein component: eggs, chicken, seafood or boiled (or grilled) meat. As a rule, one thing is enough. But hard-boiled eggs are usually "intensified" salads with light ingredients like shrimps or chicken fillets. In addition, the yolk, mixing with the dressing, gives the dishes a pleasant creamy taste.
Another point that should be taken into account: salads with meat should not be filled with mayonnaise or sour cream, it is better something sour-cranberry, grains of pomegranate, to make the taste more expressive. The sour component, for example slices of lemon, successfully combines with seafood. Traditionally, salads with poultry meat are supplemented by conventionally sweet foods - berries, pineapple slices. In general, the "protein" part of the salad should not exceed 1/3 of the volume of lettuce leaves.
Dress code: how to fill?
Usually we choose either vegetable oil or sour cream. By the way, it is refueling, or as it is called in the English manner of the chef - dressing, can significantly beautify the taste of a salad and turn it into your signature dish. Practitioners told about the variety of gas stations "ZhZhZ".
We recommend experimenting with four bases for salad dressings, olive oil, mayonnaise, cheese and soy sauces. Traditional European dressing is an oil with a share of wine vinegar, which can be replaced with sour juice - orange, lemon, mango or even pomegranate. The taste of homemade mayonnaise (whipped from two yolks, 200 g of olive oil and 1/2 tsp of mustard) can be enriched by adding herbs, crushed pickles or garlic. Cheese base is prepared so in warmed on a water bath cream should melt the cheese. Which one? For delicate salads, you should choose mozzarella, for hearty meat - spicy cheeses with mildew.
The sauce can consist of even herbs. Another spectacular move - add to the sauce shredded dried vegetables, which are fresh in the salad. The brightest example is sun-dried tomatoes in Italian gas stations.