SPRING DETOX SALAD

This raw spring detox salad is not only healthy but delicious too! I never thought eating detox salads would be so good! The hemp oil-horseradish dressing gives it a special taste.

I love Spring! All these fresh, green veggies in the markets and the lovely weather…ah…this is Heaven for me! Yesterday was the first day of my detox program. I never thought it would be so easy to detox on a raw diet! I haven’t felt hungry at all! I drank 2 glasses of orange, glowing carrot juice in the morning, ate this delicious salad at lunch, drank a glass of apricot-banana smoothie as a snack and for dinner, I had another large spinach salad with pepitas and a crazy-good tahini dressing! Oh, gosh! That was amazing! Too bad I didn’t take a photo to share it with you too, but I’ll make it again today.

I never thought I was good at making salads. Now, I figured out I was just lazy! Yesterday I proved myself I can make some amazing salads with super-tasty dressings! For the next 10 days, I’ll be eating lots of spring detox salads, so I’ll surely improve my salad and dressing-making skills.

Hope you’ll like this spring detox salad! I know I did!

Pickled, grated horseradish…yum!

Want more spring detox salad ideas? Try these 10 Delicious and Healthy Veggie Salads. They’re not all specifically made for detox, but they’re vegetarian and delicious!

Spring Detox Salad

This raw vegan spring detox salad is not only healthy but delicious too! I never thought eating detox salads would be so good!

PREP TIME : 10 mins TOTAL TIME : 10 mins SERVINGS : 2 generous servings

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup parsley chopped

• 1 cup spinach chopped

• 6 radishes sliced

• 1 cup ramps chopped

• 1 cup watercress

• 1/2 cup scallions chopped

• 1 Tbsp raw golden flax seeds

Dressing:

• 4 Tbsps cold-pressed hemp oil you can use extra-virgin olive oil if you don't have hemp oil

• 1 lemon's juice

• 1/2 tsp sea salt

• 1 tsp herbs de Provence

• 1-2 Tbsps grated horseradish It is best to use pickled horseradish, but you can use fresh too

INSTRUCTIONS

• Make the dressing. Add all ingredients together and mix well.

• Rinse well and chop the greens and veggies. Mix them together. Serve with golden flaxseeds on top.

• Add dressing only right before serving the salad.

ZUCCHINI SALAD WITH MINT AND PICKLES

This zucchini salad with mint and pickles is inspired by one of Jamie Oliver’s 15-minute healthy recipes. This quick and savoury salad is raw, vegan and macrobiotic too!

Oh my, oh my… I never thought I’d like this salad so much the first time I saw it on Jamie Oliver’s TV show. I usually don’t like weird ingredient mixes in salads, like fruits and greens, or sweet and salty flavours, but this salad was the exception!

My mom called me a few weeks ago to tell me about this great zucchini and mint salad she saw on Jamie’s show. First, I was reluctant because mint and raw zucchini didn’t sound so appealing to me, but then I decided to give it a try. Oh…and I’m so glad I did! This is truly a great salad and all the credit for the inspiration goes to the amazing Jamie Oliver! 🙂

I added a personal touch too, the pickles and carrots go great in this! Also, I didn’t have some of the ingredients in the original recipe, so I skipped them. The result was just as good.

I really hope you’ll give it a try! This zucchini salad with mint and pickles is not only delicious, but raw, vegan and macrobiotic too! Enjoy!

Zucchini Salad with Mint and Pickles

This zucchini salad with mint and pickles is inspired by one of Jamie Oliver's 15-minute recipes. This quick and savoury salad is raw, vegan and macrobiotic

PREP TIME :15 mins TOTAL TIME :15 mins SERVINGS : 6 + servings

INGREDIENTS

• 3 medium zucchinis grated

• 2 medium carrot grated

• 2 medium tomatoes chopped

• 6 pickles sliced

• a few pinches of chilli powder

• 1-2 garlic cloves mashed

• 1 handful of fresh mint chopped

• 3-4 Tbsps extra virgin olive oil

• half a lemon's juice

• sea salt to taste

• freshly ground black pepper to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

• Grate zucchinis and carrots.

• Slice pickles.

• Put them in a large bowl. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix. That's it!

TOP 3 SALAD DRESSING RECIPES I LOVE! | ASIAN / AVOCADO / MUSTARD

Here are my top 3 favourite vegan salad dressing recipes with different flavours, colours and textures – Asian dressing, avocado dressing and mustard dressing.

Here are my top 3 favourite salad dressing recipes and some salad recipe suggestions that go very well with them. These simple salad dressings can be made manually, although it could take longer, or with the help of a blender in less than a minute!

The Asian dressing is perfect for root vegetable salads, such as celeriac salad, beetroot salad, carrot salad etc. and zucchini salads. The avocado dressing is my favourite! I frequently use it with pasta salads, but it can work with any other kind of salad. The mustard dressing can be made semi-sweet by adding a little bit of honey or agave syrup to it. You can use this dressing for any kind of greens salad.🙂

P.S. Have you heard about mealprepping? It goes hand in hand with meal planning and I absolutely LOVE it! It helps me eat better, healthier, avoid junk food and spend less time in the kitchen! I cook just two times a week for a maximum of 4 hours in total and prepare the lunches and dinners in advance. It’s amazing! I’m thinking about launching membership section on my blog, with a series of videos, added weekly, in which we can meal prep together and I can teach you all about it! What do you think? Is it something you’d be interested in? Let me know in the comments below. Your feedback is appreciated! 🙂

Top 3 Salad Dressing Recipes I Love! | Asian / Avocado / Mustard

Here are my top 3 favourite vegan salad dressings with different flavours, colours and textures - Asian dressing, avocado dressing and mustard dressing.

PREP TIME : 5 mins

TOTAL TIME : 5 mins

INGREDIENTS

Asian Dressing:

• 2 Tbsps soy sauce or tamari

• 1 Tbsp sesame oil

• half a lemon's juice

• a thumb-size piece of ginger

• sesame seeds added into the salad

Garlic-Mustard Dressing:

• 2 Tbsps mustard

• 3 garlic cloves

• 2 Tbsps olive oil

Avocado Dressing:

• 1/2 avocado

• half a lemon's juice

• 1 Tbsp olive oil

• 1 spring onion

• some water

INSTRUCTIONS

• Just add each dressing's ingredients into a blender and process everything until smooth.