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The salad is probably the last thing we think during this period of social distancing but food is important to keep a strong health system. Eating healthy is also beneficial for mental health. Make your day more positive with one of these salads, composed of unexpected ingredients that will make you salivate. Pro Council: Making your salads more attractive visually will make them more appetizing.

1. Try super rich salads

Super rich salads are incredible: who needs bread when you already have some fruits, protein, crunchy and lots of colors? Combine with seeds of your choice, chia or other, with a cooked protein (salmon and chicken are always versatile), nuts and a fruit. Try this salad grenade, curly cabbage and quinoa for example, which integrates salmon as a main ingredient and is accompanied by a vinaigrette that kills.

2. Sprinkle fruit

Fruits in a salad? This could be blasphemous for some but fruits are the best way to brighten up a salad and make vegetables much easier to eat. Strawberries are our favorites, especially with spinach and curly cabbage. This recipe adds quinoa and we suggest you to take freedoms with goat cheese that gives a little acidic nonculosity to the mixture.

3. If in doubt, add cheese

Anyone who hates the salad has certainly already put a bunch of industrial cheese at their Iceberg lettuce. Rather, opt for a healthier and greedy option by adding ricotta or fresh feta, since the grated cheese of the supermarket is not exactly what is more "fresh". This salad composed of ricotta, broccoli and chickpeas could be a complete meal.

4. Do not lesinate meat or fish

For non-vegans or non-vegetarians, salads may seem discouraging. But there is no shame to add some pieces of grilled chicken or fish to make your task easier. This will make you feel full unlike many salads that end up giving you the feeling of still hungry after eating them. The addition of protein will also increase your energy so you have less hungry throughout the day. This SirAracha lemon chicken salad, for example, certainly better taste your Thai Gras prepared dish.

5. Add a pinch of honey

Some people like to put a little sweetness in their salad but do not want to add fruit. The solution is honey or agave, which gives a pinch of natural sweetness to the vinaigrettes or cheeses already flavored with honey. Grilled nuts and returned with honey are also delicious. The honey cuts well with lemon, you can consider making a honey and lemon vinaigrette or yellow lemon for more fun.

6. Pancing or grilling vegetables

The way you cook vegetables certainly has a powerful effect on their final flavor. Steam vegetables VS Grilled vegetables for example, there is really no comparison. Grill cooking adds a more robust and earthy taste, with a preferable texture and the same goes for cooking in the pan. Try with peppers, eggplant or mushrooms. Poached and grilled vegetables are also easier to digest with raw vegetables.

7. Become familiar with the different types of beans

A salad made up of different types of beans might not sound like the most exciting thing but you have to experiment with it to fully appreciate it. Particularly useful for vegetarians, this protein-rich ingredient is divided into a ton of varieties and textures. Mix white and red beans with EDAM for example. The addition of green beans, Quinoa or Couscous is also a great way to make salad more dynamic and further improve textures.

8. Play with the temperature

Curiously, combining different temperatures in a single salad, it seems more copious and satisfying. For example, mix salmon or steak at room temperature with fresh lawyers, crunchy cucumbers and onions. For some reason, the heat gives automatic comfort to salad, even if it's not a cheese pasta dish. This recipe adds a little crunchy with crisp curly cabbage. A salad that has the taste of potatoes? Yes please.

9. Add spices

While the heat is useful with some ingredients, adding spices is a fantastic way to introduce new flavors to your salad. You can cook your proteins in a pungent or spicy sauce, in addition to adding spices to your ingredients. Others prefer to add Happy Jalapeño pepper, marinated ingredients or a sweetened and spicy combination. For something super unusual, try this bowl of salad with chicken infused at the cumin.