Spring Vegetables That Should Be Present In Your Salads

2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29

The days are getting longer and longer, and although it is still quite cold outside, the sun will soon begin to delight us with its warm embrace.

It's time to wake up from your hibernation and start taking care of your healthy menu if you've abandoned it during the cold months. If you love spring salads, you can now often eat these appetizing and useful temptations.

Here are who they are vegetables for spring saladswhich should be present in your menu if you want to eat healthy and very tasty.

Leek

This vegetable comes to us from the Mediterranean countries. Compared to old onions, it has a softer taste and combines better in fresh spring salads.

It is extremely rich in vitamins C, B1 and B2, magnesium, potassium and phosphorus. Also, leek stalks are rich in carotene, which is a natural antioxidant.

Its season is the end of March and the beginning of April, when it already appears in stores and markets. Its leaves are slightly harder than green. With it you can prepare many different ones delicious salads and delight your loved ones every day with new culinary temptations.

Mangold

Unfortunately, this vegetable is little known and used in Bulgaria. It has large leaves and dark red stems, and is also rich in vitamin C and K, which is needed for blood clotting.

It also contains a lot of calcium, which is good for bones, and iron, which takes care of the normal level of hemoglobin in the blood.

Unlike beets, for example, this vegetable is early and appears in April. Its young leaves taste very much like spinach and are a perfect addition to your fresh spring salads. In addition, with the leaves of this plant you can make sirmi or delicious spring soup.

Arugula

The various leaf additions for salads are really many, and arugula is one of them. The plant has a slightly bitter but very pleasant taste.

The salad is available almost all year round, so you can enjoy it not only in the spring. Adding arugula to your salads, you will discover completely new flavors. In addition, this vegetable can be added when making pesto or as a side dish for fish.

Asparagus

This vegetable is available all year round, but is most useful in the spring. Rich in B vitamins, it also contains folic acid, vitamin C and K, and many other trace elements. Its only drawback is the higher price.

You can prepare asparagus in many different ways: in salads with olive oil, in purees, in omelets, pastes and other dishes. They are not only obtained with them appetizing spring salads, but also very tasty side dishes to the main course, as well as even a separate dish.

Spinach

This is another indispensable vegetables for spring salads. It is rich in vitamins A, E, C and K, carotene, folic acid, iron and other trace elements. If the spinach leaves are too young, then you can stew them with a little olive oil and then add them to your salad.

Sprouted seeds

They can be made of wheat, rye, barley, beans or soybeans, and at first you may think that this is food for the amateur, but this is far from the case. If you add these seeds to your salad, you will see how its taste will be transformed.

In addition, these seeds are very rich in vitamins and iron. Unfortunately, however, they are quite expensive and have a short shelf life. Ready-made sprouted seeds are added not only in salads, but are also a wonderful addition to Asian dishes, if you like such cuisine.

Turnips

It is a wonderful addition to fresh salads. Can be combined with carrots and other vegetables. It is rich in vitamins P, PP, A, B1, B2, B6 and B9, K, E, calcium phosphorus, zinc, beta carotene and others. It has a slightly special, but very pleasant taste.

And if in winter these useful products are less, then in the spring months you have no excuse for them not to be present at your table. So take care of your health and do not miss the opportunity to eat fresh vegetables constantly.

Chinese cabbage

This vegetable is also called Chinese salad, but this is not entirely correct. It is rich in many vitamins, iron and cellulose.

The leaves of this cabbage really look like salads and go perfectly in ordinary salads with cucumber and tomatoes. It is often used in Asian cuisine and combines well with chicken or shrimp.

Celery

Vegetables, which are a little underestimated in our country, although they are very useful. It is rich in many vitamins, minerals and trace elements. It goes well with spring saladsand also the taste of celery root is very pleasant. It goes very well with apples and carrots, and you can even bite it like that.

See more of our fresh and useful suggestions for:

- spring potatoes;

- spring rolls;

- all spring recipes.