6 High-Protein Salad Recipes That Will Fill You Up
Eating a high protein diet on a regular basis is best for both aspiring and professional cheerleaders. Why do you ask? A high-protein diet helps in maintaining weight loss and reduces appetite and hunger levels. This also gives you fewer cravings for snacks during the day and late at night.
For your workouts, a high-protein diet boosts your body’s metabolism and increases fat burning compared to a regular high-calorie diet. Not to mention, high-protein diets increase body and bone strength which is ideal for those dance and exhibition routines.
Here, you will find 6 different salad ideas to prepare with their unique dressings. Whether you want vegan, fruity, or a hybrid salad, these high-protein dishes are satisfying and delicious.
Grab a pen and paper and write your list of salad ingredients to buy on your next trip to the grocery.
1. Spring Cobb Salad
A 20-minute preparation would be enough for this 7-ingredients salad. Easy to prepare and fast to consume, the Spring Cobb Salad provides all the nutrients and satisfaction in just a medium-sized bowl. Another thing - why not try a new dressing recipe such as the Creamy Herb Yogurt Dressing?
2. Seared Tuna Salad with Wasabi Butter Sauce
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Move on from the traditional Japanese Sashimi and turn it into a Westernized Salad. This salad combines both the oriental rawness of fish and western steak preparation style into one new delicious dish. With the taste of raw fish glazed with both the spice and flavor from butter and wasabi, this dish is sure to take you to one insane foodgasm by culinary innovation.
3. Lentil Salad With Roasted Cauliflower and Mushrooms
We’ve always thought that mushroom always goes with meat, but this lentil salad proves that to be wrong. The crunchy texture of cauliflower and toasted-chopped walnuts add to the high protein content of lentils without the presence of meat. If you want a vegan salad, this is your best choice. Notice that the small size of this salad’s individual ingredients makes it easy to mix, share, and enjoy with a friend or gym-partner.
4. Grilled Buffalo Chicken Salad
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If you love the taste of grilled chicken meat plus veggies, then the Grilled Buffalo Chicken Salad is a great option. Not only that, but this salad is also brimming with flavor from franks red hot sauce, corn, and tomato. Talk about spice and everything flavorful and nice.
5. Asian Tofu Salad
For a total of 20 minutes, you can prepare a crunchy, crispy, high-protein, and low-carb vegan diet with the Asian Tofu Salad. All you need is 5 minutes for chopping veggies and fruits and 15 minutes of frying the tofu. The combination of spicy, sweet, and salty taste of radish, pineapple, and tofu guarantees you to have all the satisfaction, protein, and flavor in just one meal.
6. Strawberry Spinach Salad
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The strawberry spinach salad is a new combination of fruit, chicken meat, and veggies making it a super salad hybrid. With its full-course combination, it is said to be the most flavorful and addicting to eat. If you find the taste of salads to be boring, the strawberry spinach salad will change your mind while making you want to prepare and eat time and time again!
High-protein dieting can be challenging yet salads are a great way to help you meet your protein macros. Salad is a very versatile dish, and all it takes is to get creative with ingredients, preparation, and dressing. Once you master the art of salad preparation, you can have all the flavor, satisfaction, and nutrition necessary to be one fit and healthy pro cheerleader.
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