This post is sponsored by Praise
If you’ve been reading Smaggle for a while you’ll know that I’m a salad fiend. (You’ll also know that I bloody love giveaways so stay tuned to see how you can win!) I even have a hashtag on Instagram – #smagglesalads. I have a salad for lunch almost every day (I usually stick to 300 calorie salad recipes), even if it’s a lame salad like a tin of tuna dumped on some lettuce if I’ve been lazy and haven’t shopped for a week.
As far as I’m concerned, the best part of any meal is the dressing or sauce. I LOVE dressing and sauce. Sweet chilli sauce, Italian salad dressing, BBQ sauce, mayonnaise, soy sauce, mustard dressing – I freaking love dressing and sauce. My brother-in-law calls me Saucy Minx because I pretty much don’t eat anything without adding some kind of liquid condiment to it.
There is a major problem with my saucy-love though, because if I go pouring a few tablespoons of full fat dressing over a healthy salad, I can quickly turn it into a giant bowl of excess calories and fat. I’ve been a low-fat dressing gal for years and Praise has just released a new range called Zero that I actually already had an almost depleted bottle of in my fridge when they approached me for a collaboration. Match made in heaven right?
Some people are a bit weird about low-fat salad dressings, making the very valid point that fat is good and I totally agree, fat is grand! I would just prefer to get my essential fat fix in the form of food, like cheese or nuts. If someone offered me a hunk of brie cheese or a teaspoon of olive oil, I definitely know which one I’d be going for. If you choose a sensible dressing you can afford to have yummier things like avocado and cheese. Delish! Here are my top 3 simple salads that I’ve been eating recently. The grilled veggie one is delicious eaten cold the next day.
Also, check out after the jump below to see how you can win a cheeky $500 dinner voucher!
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Kale and Beef Salad
150 gms stir fried beef
1 medium tomato
1 cup of baby spinach leaves
1 small cucumber
2 small radishes
Praise Zero Italian dressing
Total calories: 227 calories
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Grilled Vegetable and Cous Cous Salad
1 cup of cous cous (I used gluten free cous cous)
1 cup of baby spinach leaves
1 medium zucchini lightly grilled
50 gms Beetroot fresh or canned
1 medium tomato
Praise Zero French dressing
Total calories: 298 calories
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Sweet Potato and Haloumi Salad
100 gms baked sweet potato slices
10 grams of slivered almonds
1 cup baby spinach leaves
1/2 medium capsicum thinly sliced
60 gms haloumi sliced and browned in a fry pan
Praise Zero balsamic dressing
Total calories: 306 calories
Salad is the best. If Mr Smaggle wasn’t so amazing I’d marry salad (but only because I know lasagne would totally break my heart).
SO… if you’re a salad lover like me and you’re interested in WINNING a $500 voucher to the restaurant of your choice here’s how you can win…
1. Take a picture of your salad
2. Instagram or Facebook it with the hashtag #zerosalad
3. Tag me @smaggle in the post (so I can see that you’ve done it!).
Who’s in?
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What’s your favourite salad? And what’s your most favourite dressing ever in the world?
(It’s blue cheese dressing isn’t it…?)