Salads

Chicken Chili Blueberries Salad

chicken blueberries chili This salad with cold chicken, chili and blueberries is another lovely meal made of leftovers. If you have chicken meat left, turn to this recipe. As you might have discovered from earlier posts, I am the Queen of Leftovers.

Cold chicken can be completely uninspiring whilst looking at you from the fridge, but it can also be the most perfect ingredient in a creative leftover dish. For me it’s important to create a visual nice effect of my ingredients. Like in many other leftover-recipes, this is mostly about getting inspired of what is in your fridge and make a ball out of a green chili or a dull halloumi cheese (or whatever you’ve got).

24/01/2017

Home Salads

The Super Simple Salad School

This is the Super Simple Salad School of LCHFLondon. Find quick and simple versions of salads for your dinner and your lunch. I will inspire you to make these delicious salads every day. Nothing less. Freshly and homemade salad is on my table every day, and most of these recipes are suitable for lunch also. The most important thing is to make your salad a little different every day. Otherwise you’ll not see the beauty in the long run. Apply a little special treatment every day that makes it so much more than just a side. And it’s easy, once you read this post. I divide the salad theme into veggies and combinations, and dressings and finally tips for preparing it all.

27/10/2016

Salads Sides

Fennel Radish Pear Salad

fennel pear salad This fantastic salad is made of fennel, radish and pear sliced with a mandolin, see picture in the recipe below.

If you don’t have a mandolin like that, you could slice the veggies very thin with a sharp knife. I definitely recommend a mandolin though, so you’re better off buying one. They are not expensive, and it’ll save you a lot of time. The characteristic of this salad is the very thin slices of fruit and veggies, which makes the salad smooth and soft. You can make the salad a day before serving. It’ll only get better.
The choice of vinegar or balsamico will change the colour of the salad, which is why my salad turned put darker. I use balsamico.

22/07/2016

Salads Sides

Sliced Grilled Squash With Mint

Today I present a side dish made of sliced and grilled squash drizzled with mint leaves and chili. When you are living an LCHF lifestyle, you would often choose a piece of meat, a chicken or a fish for dinner unless you’re a vegetarian. Most people can fry a chicken or a steak or find the information of how to do. I therefore reckon the fish dishes are the main dishes that need the most focus on my blog. Fish dishes are relatively easy and often fabulous, but if you don’t quite know how to do or which fish to choose, it might be so dull that you will never buy a fish again.
This side dish with go along with both fish and meat and also stand as a vegetarian dish together with one or two other veggie dishes. I recommend to have this with Ginger-Lime Marinated Fresh Salmon or The Fantastic Salmon Tartare Salad or eventually together with the Pizza With The Best Crunchy Cauliflower Crust and of course it will be fantastic to meatballs and a steak or fried fish as well.

30/05/2016

Fish Lunch Salads Starters

The Fantastic Salmon Tartare Salad

This fantastic salmon tartare salad is super easy to prepare. Just make sure your piece of salmon stays in your freezer for 24 hours before using it raw. When you are going to do this dish, take the salmon out of the freezer in the morning, and put it in the fridge. This will ensure a slowly defrosting period which is the most gentle way to handle the salmon used for a raw salad.

When you come home in the afternoon it will still be slightly frozen, but very easy to cut into the tartare style. It will finally be nice and cold and completely defrosted when prepared with the other ingredients. Use a good strong knife for chopping and best if you have a plastic cutting board.

Maybe your fishmonger sells salmon that has already been frozen, and if so, you don’t have to do this again. It is often available due to the use of raw salmon for sushi dishes. You can ask him to take away the skin as well. You don’t need that for the Salmon Tartare Salad.

15/05/2016

Home Salads Vegetarian

A Simple Awesome Salad With Lots Of Potentials

This very simple and awesome salad is made of simple and fresh ingredients and turns out completely awesome! Please find the recipe below. First I’d like to say a little about the LCHF lifestyle and the challenges regarding salads. As you might have read before on my blog, I often talk about the importance of eating enough fat. Why is that necessary to write about along with a recipe for salad? Well, the answer is, that very many salad-lovers are female and have learned for their whole life not to eat fat, which is why many (new on LCHF) tend to stay in their comfort zone by eating salads. That’s perfect living the LCHF Lifestyle, as long as you also do the fat! So this salad should go along with some more fat, cheese for instance or as side dish to meat or fish. you can also have chorizo, iberico ham and/or fried aubergine! Another variation is hardboiled eggs and mayonnaise. Please never think of any neither this awesome salad as good enough without added fat. You’ll get hungry within an hour.

04/05/2016

Fish Home Salads

A Cold Sword Fish Salad With Warm Creamed Spinach

This is a cold sword fish salad with warm creamed spinach mainly made of leftovers. If you have grilled or fryed fish for dinner, and you don’t eat everything, you should use your leftovers for this salad the next day. I had it for dinner, but it will be amazing for lunch as well. You must use a very firm fish as redfish, swordfish or tuna. I don’t think mackerel will do as it all will get too fatty. This recipe is for the fish salad only. Regarding the spinach as the side dish, please just put handful of raw spinach per person in a pot, evaporate for 2 minutes, pour away the water, add cream and salt and boil again for 1 minute. Add a little butter and serve. Voila!

27/04/2016

Salads Sides Vegetarian

Cauliflower Salad With Basil And Parsley

This beautiful salad is made of cauliflower, basil, parsley, olive oil and lime juice. Can you imagine an easier way to get a fantastic salad and a great varition of cauliflower? You can vary the herbs and also the amount. Cauliflower is one of the best sources for getting enough fibres in your LCHF food. I love cauliflower myself and use it for many dishes, one of them is mash. another one is pizza crust, both of which will very soon be presented here. I am very busy getting all my recipes displayed on the blog!
You can store this salad 1-2 days, after that, the cauliflower seems quite tired. An air-tight container would be the best.

21/04/2016

Home Meat Salads

Slices Of Beef On A Layer Of Salad

This is how to make a nice dinner with slices of lovely tender beef on a layer of salad or any other raw vegetables.

In my family we are trying to reduce our intake of meat both due to sustainable reasons but also due to a greater wellbeing. I feel, that when I succeed balancing vegetables and meat, I feel better than if do not. So an intake of 100 grammes of meat in a dinner is more than enough, which means you can buy one beef for your family and share it depending of the size of your family. I love meat, but I think we need much less than what is suggested in many recipes.

10/04/2016