Some children love legumes but others do not find them so appealing. However, it is a food highly recommended for its properties, so it should be introduced in the diet of the whole family. We have to banish the idea that legumes are only taken in hot dishes, especially now that the heats arrive.
Legumes are healthy and delicious in salads, Have you tried them? Chickpeas, beans or beans, lentils ... there is no vegetable that resists a fresh combination that is very appealing in summer, fresh and nutritious recipes with many possible combinations.
Legumes are very rich in iron, vitamins, slow absorption hydrates, fiber and proteins; They do not include saturated fats and other minerals such as copper, magnesium, calcium and vitamins such as folic acid.
They can be introduced into complementary feeding after six months, better at first without skin (to avoid risk of choking and flatulence). However, if there is a risk of allergies, the introduction of legumes is usually delayed at two years.
But in general, for children who accept them well and when most meals have already been introduced into complementary feeding, these legumes are delicious in salads: chickpeas, lentils, beans, soybeans (it is considered highly allergenic, so it is recommended to start offering it at 12 months)… Next, we have the tender seeds of legumes that are considered vegetables: green peas and beans.
Vegetable salads must contain these cooked foods and, once cooled, are mixed with the rest of the ingredients and seasoned to taste, preferably with olive oil and hardly any salt. A cooked egg, cheese, bits of cooked ham, tuna, nuts, seeds, rice ... are some of the ideas to combine vegetables in salads. Of course, we add other vegetables: corn, tomato, lettuce, cucumber, olives ...
Here we leave some tasty recipes for cold and temperate vegetable salads, from our companions of Direct to the palate and Vitónica:
Vegetable salad recipes
Sweet and sour chickpea salad (top photo).
Lentil salad with rice and vegetables
Tuna and Lentil Salad
Lentil salad with pumpkin and goat cheese
Chorizo Lentil Salad
Prawn and lentil rice salad
Varied vegetable salad
Summer Lentil and Goat Cheese Salad
Bean and Surimi Salad
Warm white bean salad with roasted vegetables
Tempered cilantro lentil salad with prawns
Rice and legumes salad
Warm Black Lentil Salad
Bean Salad (video)
Chickpea and tuna salad with mustard vinaigrette
Salad with black beans and millet
Beans with gulas in vinaigrette
Lentil Cucumber Salad
Lentil and Chicken Salad
"Empedrat": cod salad with white beans
We hope that these ideas from vegetable salad recipes You find them delicious, most are very simple to make. And above all, we want the little ones in the house to enjoy their taste while benefiting from their properties. Bon Appetite!
