4 summer salad recipes for your first picnics of the year
4 summer salad recipes for your first picnics of the year
The weather is good, the sky is blue, and the mercury is rising visibly. It’s timely, because to celebrate the return of sunny days, we have prepared a list of our 4 favorite summer salad recipes, as well as tips for keeping them fresh in our storage containers. Something to inspire you for the first picnics of the year.
They are healthy, light, full of flavor and colorful. At the beach, in parks or in orchards, take your salad with you everywhere. And enjoy a gourmet break surrounded by nature... without any guilt!
But before you enjoy it, you still need to know what recipe you are going to prepare. If you're tired of pasta salads, here are 4 quick and easy summer salad ideas, as well as all our tips for serving your salads and keeping them cool.
- The timeless Greek salad
It’s the queen of summer salads. From the first bite, you are immediately transported to the shores of the Mediterranean. And to impress your guests, you can serve your Greek salad in our Santorini salad bowl, inspired by the most famous of the Greek islands and its blue roofs.
Ingredients :
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 green pepper
- 1 yellow onion
- ½ cucumber
- ½ citron
- 120 g of feta
- 1 tsp dried oregano
Preparation :
Cut the tomatoes into small cubes then place them in a glass salad bowl. Then add the green pepper sliced into strips, cucumber and olives.
Cut the onion into thin slices and mix it with the other ingredients. Place the diced feta on top of your Greek salad.
Finally, squeeze the lemon to extract the juice and complete the seasoning with olive oil, oregano, salt and pepper.
- The delicious lentil salads
To delight your taste buds, there's nothing like a lentil salad. Rich in iron, calcium and magnesium, this superfood will delight you… and preserve your health! The best thing is that with your storage box Freshbox Duralex®, you can keep your lentil salad for 5 days in the refrigerator. Enough to make the pleasure last!
Ingredients :
- 240 g green lentils
- 100 g of feta
- 14 dried tomato petals
- A few green salad leaves
- Balsamic vinegar
Preparation :
Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add the lentils and cook for 20 to 25 minutes.
Meanwhile, wash your salad to drain it. In a glass salad bowl with a lid, add a few salad leaves, then the feta and dried tomatoes.
When your lentils are cooked, drain them and rinse them with cold water. Then add them to your salad bowl. Mix and season with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
- Bright red cabbage salad
Crunchy and colorful, red cabbage salad is rich in antioxidants. But it is above all for its subtle, almost slightly sweet taste that this product is so appreciated. For a colorful picnic, you can serve your red cabbage salad in our Jungle green lily salad bowl, or in the timeless Le Gigogne® salad bowl.
Ingredients :
- ½ red cabbage
- 1 carrot
- 30 grams of nuts
- 1 tsp mustard
- Parsley
Preparation :
Cut your half of the red cabbage into thin strips. Peel your carrot then grate it. Then crush your nuts.
For your vinaigrette, mix 3 tbsp of olive oil, 1 tbsp of sherry vinegar and 1 tbsp of mustard.
In a salad bowl, add the red cabbage, carrot, walnuts and chopped parsley. Then pour your vinaigrette over the preparation. Mix everything and set aside in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- The tasty green bean salad
It's not the most well-known summer salad recipe, and yet it is. Tasty, healthy and easy to prepare, this green bean salad will delight young and old alike. You can serve it in aLys glass salad bowl with lid. For a salad that keeps easier and longer.
Ingredients :
- 400 g green beans
- 4 potatoes
- 1 red onion
- 6 cherry tomatoes
- 2 eggs
- Chopped parsley
- Garlic powder
Preparation :
Hull your green beans. Then peel the potatoes and cut them into slices. In a casserole dish, then cook your green beans and potatoes.
Meanwhile, wash your tomatoes. Cut them into quarters, then peel your onion and cut it into thin slices.
Cook your eggs for 10 minutes. And crumble the egg yolk over your preparation. Mix everything in a salad bowl, then add the garlic, chopped parsley, olive oil and vinegar.
How to store your salads?
Making a good salad is good, being able to preserve it well is also good! For this, it is preferable to use a glass storage box because:
➡️ Duralex® glass is healthier. Indeed, it does not contain harmful chemical components, just natural materials coming almost exclusively from France and whose origin is verified and controlled. And unlike plastic, there is no risk of transferring particles into your food!
➡️ Glass storage containers are also more environmentally friendly than plastic containers. They never wear out, and are (very) easy to wash.
➡️ Finally, the glass is resistant to cold and heat, which guarantees that your storage box will not deform and will retain its qualities for many years.
There you go, you know everything! All we have to do is wish you a good appetite and a wonderful summer with the glass salad bowls and storage boxes Freshboxes of Duralex®. By your side every day, and forever!