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Superfood Vegetable Salad made the easiest way with colorful vegetables that are either steamed or boiled (it’s your choice), seasoned with herbs and topped with pantry essentials like olives, nuts, avocado and hard boiled eggs.
Every person’s definition of a vegetable salad may be different and certainly there are different ways of making a veggie-based salad. For example, this salad combines steamed veggies seasoned with salt and spices, with basic pantry essentials that bring extra nutrients and more flavor to the mix.
What makes this vegetable salad a superfood
With salads there is always one category of ingredients that goes into every one of them, and that is an assortment of colorful vegetables. Adding different pantry essential on top of those veggies will transform an ordinary salad into a superfood salad. This, I believe, is what makes this vegetable salad super healthy and nourishing.
This delicious vegetable salad was a superfood salad:
Easy to Make
Colorful
Natural
Healthy
Low-Carb
Satiating
Nutritious
Nourishing
Delicious
This vegetarian salad is rich in flavors, low in carbs, nutrient-rich and super easy to make. You can prep this salad ahead of time and eat it the next day, but it’s also perfect to pack for lunch at work. You can even enjoy this superfood salad at a picnic in the park, or you can take it on your next camping adventure.
What goes into this Superfood Vegetable Salad
Our superfood veggie salad combines steamed or lightly boiled vegetables with healthy low-carb pantry essentials. We use things like hard boiled eggs, kalamata olives, raw pecans, and avocado, on top of the steamed vegetables. The result is a nutritious and delicious lunch or dinner option that anyone can prep without much effort.
This salad doesn’t call for any kind of special or pricey ingredients. As always, there’s room for improvisation so feel free to make it your own by using your favorite extras.
You’ll need a few simple ingredients in order to prep this low-carb vegetable salad, as follows:
- Vegetables for Steaming – green peas, green beans, carrots, bell pepper.
- Additional Pantry Essentials – hard boiled eggs, avocado, kalamata olives, pecans, salt and optional herbs.
Pro Tip: I use frozen veggies quite a lot because it’s a faster way to cook a healthy meal. It literally takes me one minute to unpack the bag with frozen veggies and dump its contents into the cooking pot. Frozen vegetables are already portioned, and always fresh and rich in nutrients, simply because frozen veggies retain their nutrients better. Lastly, frozen veggies can easily be found all year round and this is a big plus for me.
More reasons to try our superfood veggie salad
It can be an easy way to add variation to your everyday meals.
This salad is vegetarian, low-carb and plant powered.
It’s a perfect meal for those who want to consume more plants.
Made using lightly cooked veggies and pantry essentials, this veggie salad simply tastes good!
Since it’s made using a combo of vegetables, healthy fats and protein, the flavors combine really well.
It’s satiating so it will keep you full for longer. Also, you won’t get sugar cravings after consuming this type of low-carb salad.
Can be easily modified to include your favorite vegetables or pantry essentials.
Can be made in advance and eaten the next day, or at lunch break.
This low-carb superfood salad comes with lots of gut-friendly fiber to keep you healthy and happy.
You stay away from additives, preservatives, fillers, soy, wheat, trans-fats or refined seed oils.
Homemade food is always better … and cheaper!
If you decide to try this delicious superfood vegetable salad, do let us know! We’re excited with this colorful salad recipe and we think you will be too.
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Friends, enjoy this healthy salad together with your loved ones!
Just curious, what are your favorite vegetables that you like consuming often? Share in the comments!
Easy Superfood Vegetable Salad | Vegetarian & Delicious!
Equipment
- Cooking Pot
- Salad Bowl
Ingredients
Vegetables for Steaming
- 150 g green peas (fresh or frozen)
- 150 g green beans (fresh or frozen)
- 2-3 carrots (peeled)
- 1/2 red bell pepper
Additional Pantry Essentials
- 4 hard boiled eggs (peeled, sliced in half)
- 1 avocado (seed removed)
- 15-20 kalamata olives (pitted)
- 15-20 pecan halves (or walnut halves)
- 1/2 tsp Himalayan salt
- fresh parsley (basil or dill (optional))
Instructions
- Steam cook all the vegetables until tender. You can steam vegetables using your preferred steaming method: using a steamer, in the oven or stove top (lightly boiling for a few minutes).
- Once vegetables are ready, discard remaining water (if any) and transfer steamed vegetables into a salad bowl to cool down.
- Peel eggs and slice in half lengthwise. Prep all other extras as you feel like by cutting them into desired sizes.
- Sprinkle herbs and salt over steamed vegetables, and use a wooden spatula to mix everything together.
- Add avocado, olives and pecans, and gently mix them with steamed veggies.
- Portion into serving sizes. Add egg halves on the side of each serving and your salad is now ready.
- DONE! Enjoy this superfood salad right now or store it in the fridge for later.
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This veggie salad is exactly what I was looking for, for my after training meal. Thanks for sharing!