Showing posts with label salad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label salad. Show all posts

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Tilapia with lettuce salad



I love to eat conch salad. I had that in Nassau, Bahamas and it was one of the best food that ever i had . This recipe is quite similar with conch salad except that it is not conch but is tilapia. It is a very healthy dinner for those who are looking for healthy recipes
Ingredients
1 onion cubed
1/2 cup chinese parsley chopped
1/2 cup of julienned bell pepper
2 lemons
1 carrot julienned
1 jalapeno chopped
2 tomatoes chopped
1/2 cucumber cubed
3 cups of chopped Romaine Lettuce
salt
1 lbs of tilapia
1/2 lemon
salt
pepper
1/4 cup chinese parsley
Instructions
1) preheat oven to 350F
2) Marinate fish with 1/2 lemon juice, salt and pepper and top it with chinese parsley
3) Bake in oven for about 10 minutes-15 minutes
4) To assemble, layer the chopped lettuce in a bowl
5) Then layer with tomatoes, bell pepper, onions and carrot
6) Squeeze one lemon into the layer
7) Top the layer with cucumber, then another 1/4 cup of the chinese parsley and jalapeno
8) Place the fish on top of the salad
9) Squeeze the remaining lemon on top of the fish and top the fish with 1/4 cup of parsley

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Low Carb Caesar salad dressing and crouton




Yeah , yeah , eating healthy post again ! Crouton + Caesar salad dressing = Great salad. I remember the first time i cooked for my mother, i made caesar salad with a packet of crouton and packet of caesar salad mix. There, is my caesar salad which i claimed to make ! Seriously , why do people have to buy crouton and the dressing. It is extremely easy to make and you can whip the dressing up in 5 minutes or maybe less.


Recipes for caesar salad dressing

1 cloves of garlic / 2 ts of garlic powder

1/2 cup of low fat plain yogurt

1 ts worcestershire sauce

1 ts - 2 ts of white vinegar ( depends on preference)

1/8 ts salt

1 lemon

1 tb olive oil


mix everything together , cover
refrigerate until ready to use
Vegetable mix
* 1 slice of green apple , 1 ts chopped chives, 2 tb chopped red pepper , 1/2 cup chopped napa cabbage, tomato , 1/2 cup chopped brocolli

Crouton
Recipes

2 slices od stale bread

1 tb garlic powder

2 tb olive oil

1-2 tb dry basil and parsley


1)Peheat oven to 350F
2) Cut the bread into 1 inch X 1 Inch
3) Toss the bread with garlic powder, olive oil, dry basil and parsley unitl incorporated
4) Bake in oven for about 10-15 minutes ( until dry and brown)

p/s : this is a low carb version, and of course there is a real version of caesar salad out there in google ! :) enjoy !