Vinaigrette: the calorie content of this dish, the benefits and the recipe for cooking

We all love salads, but most of them are very high-calorie and fatty, so they are prepared exclusively on holidays. Today we will talk about an easy, nutritious and inexpensive cold snack called "Vinaigrette". Caloric content of this dish, in comparison with other salads dressed with mayonnaise or sour cream, is low: per 100 g of product, on average, 130 calories. Depending on the amount of added oil, its caloric content increases.

Despite the fact that the vinaigrette consists of fairly simple and inexpensive ingredients, it does not lose its attractiveness and taste. Many people like and prepare it for even the occasional events. This is a full salad, which can be served as a cold appetizer or garnish to meat delicacies. The word "vinaigrette" comes from the French "vinagrette" - a sauce made from mustard, olive oil and vinegar.

Such a savory dressing for vegetables used in pre-revolutionary Russia. The name of the salad appeared during the reign of Catherine II. One day for dinner she was served this dish, she tried it and with disgust said: "Fee, ungreto!" It's since this cold snack has got the name "Vinaigrette". Caloric content of vegetable salad, in the opinion of nutritionists, is insignificant, it can not affect the body weight in any way. Provided, of course, if you reduce the amount of eaten fatty and flour products. A lack of protein does not contribute to the buildup of muscle tissue.

According to dietitians, vinaigrette is a salad, which is shown to people suffering from beriberi (the dish contains a large amount of coarse fiber, a complex of vitamins and microelements). This salad can diversify your diet, eating 150 grams of food per day, you not only satiate the body, but you can fill the missing complex of minerals. Beetroot snack is allowed to use with minor disturbances in the work of the gallbladder, pancreas, liver, functional constipation. Not recommended dish in the presence of diabetes and digestive diseases.

Children from the age of five can begin to give a light vinaigrette. The calorie content of the product is small, but it brings a huge benefit. A cold snack can be cooked on fasting and unloading days. Most importantly, all the components that make up its structure are cheap and affordable for any budget.

For its preparation we need the following set of products:

Boiled vegetables: large beets, potatoes (5 pcs), sauerkraut (200 g), beans (100 g), onion, carrots, green peas (2 tbsp), vegetable or olive oil.

All these vegetables are cut into small cubes (except beans and peas). Sliced onions a little sprinkle with salt and mix, so that he gave a useful juice. Ingredients are mixed with sauerkraut (you can prepare it yourself). Top with greens and peas - a useful, vitamin-rich vegetable salad. Caloric content of such a dish will be low if you add a small amount of oil, and instead of potatoes use a sour apple.

For food lovers, it is possible to cook a special sauce, which will make the salad more spicy and nutritious. Ingredients: a small spoonful of mustard, 50 g of vinegar 6% (can be apple), vegetable oil (20 g), salt, sugar, pepper to taste. The ingredients listed carefully mix thoroughly and the resulting sauce to fill the vinaigrette. Caloric content with such dressing increases.

Conclusion: more often cook a salad, because of the benefits from it, as we found out, very much. Instead of sauerkraut you can use salted mushrooms, add lightly salted cucumbers. In any interpretation, it turns out delicious and beautiful. Do not forget the basic rule - you need to cook with your soul, then any dish will be received with a bang!