If you made and loved our delicious carnitas recipe, you will definitely enjoy using that recipe in a healthy way!

This salad is an all-in-one package that has everything that you love to make it the perfect meal since you can build it your way! I’ll just give you an example of how we prepared it, but don’t be shy to add any other ingredient that you love.

The protein of the salad will be the carnitas accompanied by the rice in a bed of lettuce. After that, you start adding extra ingredients like corn, pico de gallo, guacamole, beans, jalapeño, onions… As you can see, let your imagination fly! Finally, add a spoonful of sour cream to complete the perfection.

Now, it is difficult to set a specific amount of grams for each ingredient, as the fun part of making this recipe is to add as much as you like of each. So I’ll give you a list of ingredients, some preparations you can make (such as the pico de gallo, guacamole and caramelized onions), and leave it to you to build your signature burrito bowl!

Awesome Burrito Bowl

Recipe by Giovanni PamparanaCourse: SaladsCuisine: MexicanDifficulty: Easy

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

30

minutes

Build your own burrito bowl salad to make your unique signature meal with the ingredients you love!

Ingredients

• Burrito bowl base

• Lettuce

• Cooked Rice

• Pork Carnitas

• 1 tbsp Sour Cream

• Guacamole

• 2 avocado

• 1 tomato diced in small cubes

• 1 big green onion finely chopped

• 1/2 to 1 lime’s juice

• 2 tbsp chopped Cilantro

• 1 tbsp Olive Oil

• Salt and pepper to taste

• Pico de Gallo

• 2 tomatos diced in little cubes

• 1/2 purple onion diced (has to be this one since it is not strong)

• 1/2 lime’s juice

• 1 tbsp chopped cilantro

• 1 tsp red chilli powder (optional if you like it spicy)

• Salt and pepper to taste

• Caramelized Onions

• 1 large onion sliced in thin julienne strips

• 1 tbsp olive oil

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 1 tbsp sugar

• Add your toppings

• Corn

• Canned black beans

• Jalapeño

• Peppers

• Purple Onion

• Cilantro to garnish

• Limes to decorate and add extra acidity to the meal!

Directions

• Have your carnitas ready and cooled off
• Caramelized Onions
• Heat a large pan with the olive oil
• Lower the heat to medium-low and add the onions and salt. Do not cover the pan and stir frequently. They have to start caramelizing with their own sugars and not get browned (or burnt of course). This process can take around 30 minutes, so be patient and do not leave it there without attention
• When you see that the onions start to be very translucent and have a brownish tone from the inside, add the sugar and stir
• Now, continue cooking the onions until they are fully cooked. Let the sugar dissolve and caramelize the onions. Taste them and correct either the salt or sugar to taste
• Take out from the pan and let it cool for a bit while you prepare the other ingredients
• Pico de Gallo
• Add all the chopped ingredients and red chilli powder (optional) in a bowl and mix
• Add the lime’s juice and the salt and pepper
• Taste and correct the flavour with the salt and pepper
• Guacamole
• Mash the avocados in a bowl
• Add the rest of the ingredients and mix everything together
• Correct the taste by adding more lime jouce, salt or pepper
• Time to build it up!
• In a large serving bowl, add a bed of lettuce
• Over the bed of lettuce, add the rice and pork carnitas
• Add the guacamole, pico de gallo, and caramelized onions
• Add the toppings you like!
• Add the sour cream and garnish with some chopped cilantro
• Decorate with the lime wedges and take a picture and share it with us!
• Mix everything up and add more salt, pepper or lime juice (or even more sour cream :P) to match your taste!
• Now it’s time to enjoy!

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This specific salad mixes the deep flavours of blue cheese with a sweet but fresh balsamic berry dressing. The crunchiness of the bacon bits and fresh strawberries will provide flavour explosions, while the avocado makes it smooth, bringing everything together.

Personally, I would go for a greens mix for this one, but the green leaf lettuce will also go well. I wouldn’t choose bitter lettuce for this one.

This dressing is also useful for other salads, and goes really well with strong cheese. You can keep it in the fridge for a while, but I wouldn’t recommend more than a week since it doesn’t have any preservatives.

Now go and toss your healthy salad!

Strawberry and Greens Salad with Balsamic Berry Dressing

Recipe by Cherezade SaudCourse: SaladsCuisine: MediterraneanDifficulty: Easy

Servings

1

servings

Prep time

15

minutes

Cooking time

10

minutes

Transform the boring greens to a yummy and fancy salad that will be a game-changer!

Ingredients

• Greens mix

• 1/2 small avocado cut in little squares

• 30 g crumbled blue cheese

• 3-5 strawberries cut in halves

• 1 tbsp crunchy bacon bits

• The amount of dressing you like

• Dressing

• 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar

• 1/4 cup berries mix (blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, and blackberries)

• 40 g honey

Directions

• To make the dressing
• Place all the ingredients in a sauce pan and bring to boil.
• Lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes while continuously stirring to make a sauce.
• While still hot, strain the sauce to remove the seeds. This will make the dressing be very clean and liquid. Perfect for a salad.
  (If you would like to have the seeds and everything in your dressing it’s ok too)
• Place it in the fridge in a closed jar until it’s cold. You don’t want to have a hot dressing in your greens salad
• Prepare the Salad
• Now that your dressing is nice and cold, in a bowl place all the salad ingredients and top with the balsamic dressing (it’s not necessary to use it all at once, just use the amount you would like and then store the rest in the fridge). Personally, I like to put some extra virgin olive oil and salt in there, but you can further season it however you like!
• The last step is to toss your salad using two spoons to get it well mixed and ready to eat!

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