Low-Fat Salad Recipes

Low-fat diet is good to those people who are obese and weight watchers. One of the easiest-to-prepare low-fat meals is the salad diet. Here are the two delicious low-fat salad recipes.

Low-Fat Asian-Styled Pasta Salad Recipe

Serve: 8

Ingredients:
600 g / 20 oz wholewheat penne
500 g / 18 oz frozen soya beans
2 x 250 g / 9 oz pack green beans, trimmed and halved
small knob of ginger, grated
2 tablespoons soy sauce
juice of 2 limes
2 teaspoons sesame oil
4 carrots, grated
100 g / 4 oz alfalfa sprouts
2 small bunches coriander, leaves roughly chopped

Preparation:

1. Cook the pasta in a pan of boiling water until just softened. Transfer the pasta to a colander, but retain the water. Refresh the pasta under the cold water, drain and set aside.
2. Cook the soya beans and green beans in the boiling water for 5 minutes, then pour over to the pasta in the colander.
3. In a large bowl, combine ginger, soy sauce, lime juice and oil. Then, transfer the cooked pasta and beans from the colander to the bowl.
4. Add in the carrots, alfalfa sprouts and coriander.
5. Toss well and serve

Per serving: Fat 6 g, saturated fat 1 g

Low-Fat Prawn Noodle Salad Recipe

Serve: 4

Ingredients:

200 g / 8 oz rice noodles
4 carrots, grated
200 g / 8 oz sugar snap peas, shredded
200 g / 8 oz baby leaf spinach
170 g / 6 oz cooked peeled prawns
For dressing:
2 red chilis, seeded and finely chopped
6 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 teaspoons caster sugar
2 teaspoons fish sauce
2 tablespoons roughly chopped mint

Preparation:

1. Bring a pan of water to a boil. Remove from heat. Place the noodles to the boiled water and cover for 5 minutes. Refresh under cold running water and drain.
2. Transfer the noodles to a bowl. Add in the carrots, snap peas, spinach and prawns.
3. To prepare the dressing, combine the chilis, rice vinegar, sugar, fish sauce and mint in a separated bowl. Mix until the sugar is fully dissolved.
4. Pour the dressing over to the noodle salad and toss.
5. Divide equally amongst the serving bowls and serve immediately.

Per serving: Fat 1 g, saturated fat 0 g

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