{"id":2315,"date":"2022-03-11T09:02:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T03:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fitterfly.com\/blog\/?p=2315"},"modified":"2024-06-12T17:23:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T11:53:29","slug":"how-to-make-a-healthy-salad-dos-donts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitterfly.com\/blog\/how-to-make-a-healthy-salad-dos-donts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make a Healthy Salad \u2013 Dos & Don\u2019ts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Salads are the go-to when we think of eating healthy – whether at home or at a restaurant. Yes, a good salad is an excellent way to get more fruits and vegetables into your diet. But who likes to eat a bowl of dry greens every day? To stay on track with this \u2018healthy habit\u2019 we top our greens with additives that tantalise the taste buds! And that\u2019s where we go wrong.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This article covers the common ways in which we ruin healthy salads with easy tips to fix these mistakes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

5 Common mistakes that make a \u2018healthy\u2019 salad not-so-healthy:<\/h2>\n

1. Using store-bought dressing:<\/span><\/h3>\n

“Eating salad alone can be very dry. Salad dressings and vinaigrettes pop the flavour and marry all the components of your salad together. As a thumb rule, don’t dump mayonnaise or unhealthy dressing as these are full of fat and sugar, adding tons of unwanted calories.<\/span> Instead, you can add healthier homemade salad dressings”, said <\/span>Ms Shilpa Joshi, Head – Metabolic Nutrition, Fitterfly Healthtech Pvt Ltd.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

How to fix it:<\/h4>\n

Here\u2019s how to make your own healthy and tasty salad dressing at home:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n