Salads For Weight Loss Diet

Salads are one of the best foods that you can prepare especially if you are on a weight loss routine. There are several varieties of salads that you can choose from. They can be vegetable salad; legumes; green salad, pasta salad and a combination of greens and meats. While many would prefer to have plain greens, there are also those who are conscious in their protein needs so they would prefer greens and meats. An example of this is chicken salad. But do you know that chicken salad is also great with fruits and mint? Try this delicious and adventurous recipe of minted chicken salad.

Since we are aiming for a recipe that fits your weight loss routine, here are the ingredients that you need to create a luxurious minted chicken salad:

1-1/2 cups vanilla yogurt

2 Tablespoon finely chopped fresh mint OR 2 drops mint extract

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/4 cup honey

2 Tablespoon raspberry vinegar

1 pound box fratelli pasta

2 cups asparagus, cut into 2" pieces

1 pound cooked chicken, cubed

4 cups strawberries, halved

baby spinach leaves

fresh raspberries

To create the dressing for the minted chicken salad, find a medium-sized bowl and mix the yogurt, mint, mayonnaise, honey, and vinegar until evenly blended. Set the dressing aside. On the other hand, get a large stock pot and bring water to boil. When the water starts boiling, add fratelli pasta and cook as instructed in the label. During the last five minutes the pasta cooks, add asparagus. Remove from fire and drain the pasta when it is tender and the asparagus, crispy. Stir in dressing gently. Add chicken and strawberries and toss gently. Place salad in refrigerator for a minimum of two hours to a maximum of one day. Once ready to serve, place salad atop spinach and garnish with fresh raspberries.

Get refreshed after your weight loss exercise in the gym with this zesty and refreshing minted chicken salad recipe. Not only you will feel great as it is delicious but also it helps you lose weight too.

Salads are great for a healthy diet. Help detoxify your body by eating foods rich in fibers like salad!

Riza C. Belgira is health enthusiast and an advocate of strengthening women's health and well-being through informative health resources and articles.

Angelina Jolie Diet - Hollywood's Secret Weight Loss Diet!

There were recent speculations that for the film Tomb Raider, star Angelina Jolie adapted to several unhealthy eating regimen in order to lose weight & gain muscles, such as anorexia & bulimia. The starlet put down all the rumors and came out with a diet regime that is rated 9.5 over 10 by several diet & health experts in the industry. To begin let us understand the targets of this weight loss regime:


o It is not all about reducing to size 2. Angelina wants to pass on a message that you can look beautiful & healthy even without becoming skinny.
o You need not deprive yourself of anything. You can have everything but in moderation.
o Eat well but burn all the calories with a planned work out.

Now here are her diet secrets:

o She earlier never took breakfast. The mornings started with a cigarette & coffee. In this diet regime she had to quit all these bad habits. To mention a few - coffee, smoking, alcohol, etc.
o She had an absolute no sugar diet.
o She took lot of soy milk.
o The menu now comprised of several organic foods. The highlights are as follows:

-Organic salmon along with tomatoes
-Brown bread & herbs in breakfast
-Mackerel or grilled fresh tuna along with watercress
-Spinach tomatoes for dinner or lunch
-Fresh vegetables
-Omega-3
-Steamed Sea Bass
-Steamed Beef
-Steamed Vegetables

o Regarding the schedule of these meals, she took 6 well spaces out meals all comprising of high protein content along with low carbs & low-med fats.

-Kickboxing
-Canoeing
-Street fighting
-Yoga
-Scuba diving
-Sword fighting
-Spear throwing
-Dog sledding
-Bungee jumping

o Now, coming to the work out sessions, these included many weapon trainings and others stunts that were necessary for the starlet to do her action scenes in the film. To list a few these were:

-Kickboxing
-Canoeing
-Street fighting
-Yoga
-Scuba diving